of Factories An advertisement on the front page to-day announces the formation of a "Western District Outside Roads Association," which is being formed for the purpose of maintaining the amenities of the most popular residential district adjacent to the foreign settlements. The subject of zoning for the segregation of industrial and residential districts has often been debated in Shanghai, and there has been a tacit understanding with the Chinese authorities in control of the outlying areas to make such a scheme effective by the withholding of building permits for industries which, in foreign countries, are found to be objectionable in such areas.
With the practical closure of the areas north of the Soochow Creek, many industries have cuffered and have been looking for alternative sites on which to carry on their business. As a consequence of this several attempts have been made to establish factories and mills in the area between Vu Yuen and Hungjao Roads and the railway; the worst instance of which is the contemplated erection of a paper mill in the centre of this well-developed residential district. In the manufacture of paper the emission of sulphur dioxide and chlorine fumes are inevitable and would be a grave menace to the surrounding inhabitants; added to which large volumes of waste water impregnated with chemicals would flow into the surrounding creeks, rendering the water unusable to the many farmers whose sole support is the cultivation of market produce for the population of Shanghai. It is to be sincerely hoped that those in authority in this district at the moment will extend their hearty ce-operation to the Association now being formed. and to the Councils of the two Settlements, in venting what would be a great catastrophe both to Chinese and foreign residents and land-owner
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