In spite of depression in trade and. dificult conditions generally iyuanfu is taking a chan spect. The site of the old Bell
carlier in the year jg now cove ower which was demolished with business "Premises and General Yen's six ping street West through the centre of the city, ip menting: completion, Shansi technical representatives who have been touring' Europe. and America in connection wit steel Dlant. and railway business, have Feturned and have left for Hopie sion in Wutal to report personally General Yen who "0, ber ting mill for' enllrequire weet lant, Sola for the von ore in the Suiyuan area, hava been receiving attention and if for any, reasons it is impracticable to Work these, local apples from the Western Hills'may be used. "Tt fs Foner known that "the Yang worked ona. small scale, Ehiman "deposits altho being are in scattered pockets and almost, un-|5 workable commercially. It is fea ed. that the setting up of rolling file fu Shans] wil cal fo further: squandering of provincial revenues snd. og. inthe case of. the costly tlectrie furnace installed Arsenal, steel works, steel may. be Produced, but at @ much higher Price than it could be imported from abroad. "Mining interest generally, in, Shansi are at a 10 ebb and under existing conditions expansion is impossible: The well-Known Pao Chin Coal Mining Ca at Yang Chuan has tremendous Rocks for which there is little or demand.
Work' op the Tung-Py Railway ments from Taiveanta to Ya-proceeding apace and the em-
tau are almost. completed, The. line will Yun from the east side of the tity and cross the Cheng-Tai ling} about. a mile from the existing station.. The stonework of this bridge is completed and from that point. the two. lines will ron. Parallel courses through YGtzu probably as far as Taiku at least the maximum separation not being more than a few hundred yards. The essential difference between them will be merely weight of rail, the Cheng-Tai line having adopted 60 1b, per yard section. For th Tong-Pa line contracts. have ready been closed for rails having a weight of 32 Ib. per yard.
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