Now that the work on the)
Teitsihar-Toanantu Railways and Angangehi is about completed, a further extension will be made' as: far as Morgen, which is on the Tritsihar-Aigun-Sahglian main-road. Means no doubt will be found for the line to cross the C-E.R. and carry it into Teitsihar city, and then on to Morgen, and from a Chinese point of view it is of much importance. At Morgen it will link up with the Hu-Hei Railway which being built. When these fare complete, which shoold be ithin the next three years, it will be possible to travel from Mukden to the Amur River without going: on the CER. The Hu-Hei Railway is making good progress, ite actual terminus is at Sun-Po Chen which is. but a little distance from Harbin but on the Heilungchiang side of the Sungari ard will at that point be linked up with the C.E.R. main line and act as a feeder to the latter. The first 30 versts of the new railway will be complet ed by the end of July. The South Manchuria Railway who secured the order for the rolling stock have already delivered one part and a other delivery has arrived at! Changchun, This stock includes! locomotives, passenger and goods trucks. The first section, which is 166 versts in all from Sun-Pei Chun to Sui-Hwa and consisting of 11 stations in all, is to be finished by the end of this year. The estimated cost is $4,000,000, including rollimg stock, and all the money has teen subscribed, half coming from Tuchun Wu of Heilungchiang and half from the Tsitsihar Banks. All materials are being paid for in cash and the new Company is incurring no debts whatsoever. All the engineering work is in the hands of Mr. Ostroumoff, the former General Manager of the CER. He has engaged a number of former C.E.R. railwaymen, who however, sre only receiving the minimum of salaries for the present.
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