We understand that he will not] bbe replaced with a competent fcr-' eign engineer, and while we have heard of a few Chinese engineers competent for such positions _we fare very pessimistic at the -outcome fof the road.
Its rolling stock is in gether by wei even the optimistic engine-drivers Took their old junkriles over and sadly say "No can do." On my, last trip I climbed into the engine cab and marvelled that an engine so neglected could ever pull at all, Great banks of ash and coal dust seemed to cover every vital lever. Steam was escaping out of a badly Packed joint and there was not a wrench on the train to tighten the rut, The throttle lever threatened to drop off and the steam gangs were buried almost out of sight in the accumulations of grime, but it brought me home after a fashion. Passengers and crow vie with each cther in cursing the inefficiency of the engines, but they are at least, learning what a Chi railroad for and by the Chinese" is like.
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