'A Toup felt want inthe Shanghai cine-camera recorded nearly 200 ft. the surrounding country. Newer sections will be ready for use before late spring.
The last 35 miles of road reading cole diag On ea the Shana Sign wil Ge citanated on Monday, Double-10 Day, anniversary of the establishment "of the Chinese. Relic, when the new Chekiang-kiangsu Highway, linking Shanghai with Hangchow will formally be opened to the public is fit and proper thet this day has been chosen for the formal ceremony, inasmuch as the opening St tate Vighwoy marks a: gow ere the moderation of Ching and he. popular conception of" trance Dottation With the. consummation of this project, it will be possible far motorists to drive to: Nanking, via Minghong, Chapoo, Haiyen, Haiing, Hewgehow, "and Theing, total aatante being about 360 nies, 'That the road is to be opened soon cdma about as 1 somal of the sistent demand of residents of both 'Provinces, the city of Shanghai, and incre seal' and emsnest, our of a number of public spin Chinere gentry and officials who Stvo devoted much time and person nI"actention to: moke' the fontare costal, These. gentlemen have Hud the support of Nanking officials, ich an Mr, V. Soong: and. she Interior and" Com well as many others, Including Gens Wa. Te-chen, Mayor of Greater Shanghai Heagehow citizens give ranch credit to the untiring efforts of Mr. 'G, Chen, Director ofthe. Eh kiang Highway Administration, and Ts susoclsten." Duzing recent week, Br. Chen has meade' almost "aay Snapections of various sections of the Poke aniving at hie otice 48-7 a.m,, tending the usual routine, gore going ints the Held.
National Government has slated the. highway committees of three provinces, Kiangsu, Chekiang ard Anhui with a loan of $1,000,000. Of: this Chekiang Province was allocated $260,000.
Motorite wrested with great interest the "announcement made Aimiltaneously. in Shangkal and Hangchow (by Mr. Chen) that after the highway formally has been open-motors. driving private ears ibe exempted. from all" tolls, film, Including 30 minutes for unch also, the two machines arrived jin Hangchow in six hours and 30 minutes.
Shanghai speedometer rea }was 3081.9 miles, at Hangchow 3,175.3 miles, the' actual mileage being. 144 miles from Bund-to-'Bund. The latter bund is indicated fas the West Lake front.
"Betweens Minghong and the first Jayke, G7"miles from Shanghai, the machines overtook only two motor vehicles, "one a Jowett car, the other abus. Both' were being' used by the Kiangsu construction force.
At this point the road mounted ithe sea_wall or dyke, which ranges from 25: to 40 ft, in width. On either side is stagnant water, the farmers in years past, having heap-these huge mounds to restrain the waters from over-flooding their crops. Considerable ingenuity must have been exercised in building extensive breakwaters, miles jong, which protected the" dykes. Three parallel series of. Foochow poles were driven into the soil and stones or boulders heaped front,. between, and behind to Hangchow lends itself to fairly fest driving, at points, it having been used for some years. Hamm the home of the Hangchow—Bo connected with the capital by god road, which is well maint Hangchow is being modernised as rapidly as roads are being built. It is the hub for three or four new stretches, each of which is intended to link up with other roads. The ty possesses several avenues, 100 ft. or more in width. To one who had not been there for eight years, progress was a revelation. Hang: chow at one time was languorous. 'To a foreigner it seemed dead. Now it is live and prospering, be.~> the focal point for mulberry trees, on which silk worms feed, over a radius of 40 miles. To' cite an example. A certain gentleman purchased several mow of land on the hillside to be used as " burial plot for himself and family. Several years the scheme was" discarded and now the son is manager of a prosperous business, which is hous edu the site. A new electric il be opened within a few Courtery Mark L. Hoody.
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