Peiping, Mar. 4.
Work on the construction of the municipal athletic stadium at the Altar of Agriculture was begun this morning. There was no formal cere-many, but both the building committee of the Bureau of Social Welfare and the architects, Messrs. Kwan, Chu, Yang and Ca, of Tientsin, were represenicd. The contractors are the Union Construction Company, which Mr. Zungying Wong has been the manager for many years.
"The foundation-stone laying cere-many is expected to be held about the €nd of this month when General Chin "Teh-chun, the Mayor, and Me. Loi Pru-shang, director of the Bureau of Social Welfore, will be present.
sha stadium, which will cost about $150,000, will "be completed at the tend of August. "it is understood that the annual track and feld meet of Peiping. scheduled for May, may be iponed to the autumn when it will be available—Reuter, fon the board while Dr. C. T. Wang, Chinese "Ambassador to the United States, Is (0 be a patron.
'The board includes the following. Messrs. N. F. Allman, A.D. Bell. Spelman, James Hi. Lee, Payne, Dr. C, Kuangson' Young, William ZL, Sung, N. L. Sparke, Siemssen, "Win. P. "Hunt, R. T. MaDonnell, 'E. A. Meyerink, T. C. Pan, G. M, Rose, C, B. Morrison, Architect's plans have already been completed. They call for the con struction of a building with two floors, fitted with a refrigeration system, "The first floor will contain a swimming pool and ice-skating rink while the gymnasium will be on the second floor. The building itself will cost approximately $700,000 while almost $250,000 Is to be spent in refrigeration and athletic equipment, furniture and futures.
The building will occupy 11 mow of land, the cost of which is placed $760,000. The structure, "when completed, will have a 320 foot frontage on Burkill Road with a 220 foot frontage on Myburgh Road. A private roadway more than twenty feet wide, will lead from. Bubbling Welt Road to the main entrance, Room for parking space has been provided.
The Olympia will be capitalized $2,000,000. It also will be ineorporatunder the China Trade" Act, United States,
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