Ambitious Scheme with Kiangwan as the Centre Comprehensive, but very elaborate, schemes have been drawn up by the Committee on Reconstruction for the Special Municipality of Greater Shanghai for the development. of the Shanghat District, especially the proposed Central District, of which Erreport appeared in' these columns ome weeks! ago:
Absording' to" these schemes, thie" proposed: Central Distri pill' be* in the' Kiangwan Di twice-thtdugh'whieh*two long, wide roads, one-running from'east to west land the other fromthe north to south, will shortly be constructed. In addition, there will be numerous other highways. A large number of. wharves will be built along the Whangpoo from Woosung to the Ying Hsiang Kong Village in order. to facilitate the movement of cargo from steamers, and a branch line of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway will be built from Chenju to-Woosung, vid the Taziang Village. Another branch railway line will be constructed to connect the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangehow-Ningpo Railways: this will be built from Lunghua to Chenju. The ShanghaisChenju and Shanghai-Woosung lines will be removed as they are of Ijttle use in the future [development of Greater Shanghai, Kiangwan, according to the schemes, willie the future administrative district of Greater Shanghai and here the various administrative organs, as well as banks, museums and other huge buildings will be erected. Lunghua, Kaochangmiao; Pootung, Chenju and Ta the future industrial a the section tween Woosung
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