Tokyo, Nov. 13.
A three-year plan for the development of the Japanese railway system is under consideration by the Ministry of Railways, which estimates the total cost at ¥1,000,000,000.
The plan calls for a large-scale increase in the production of rolling stock, the construction of new railway lines, and general improvement of existing transportation facilities.
The project has been devised in anticipation of protracted hostilities in China, which, it is pointed out, will necessitate continued transportation of troops and supplies. It is also designed to cope with the greatly increased civilian traffic registered in the past few The Ministr, Railways is expected to raise the capital necessary for the project by the flotation of bonds.—Reuter.
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