To the Editor of the Nowsi-Cumwa Dany News"
Sin—In your issue of November 5, column 3, ty heading "Out of Date Roads"," the appears the following sentence:—
"Where main roads intersect they should' be "tunnelled one under "the Could not this solution be applied to Shanghai?' There is already one tunnel under Nanking Road, close to Thibet Road, so it is possible to tunnel, and 'a start might be made by tunnelling Szechuen Road under Nanking Road, which would avoid crossing hold-ups from Bund to Kiangse Road. Tunnelling naturally costs money, but possibly it would be cheaper than widening Nanking Road, and in any case road widening does "not prevent crossing hold-u If the first tunnel is a success, other tunnels might be made, except perhaps at Chekiang Road, and in the end crossing hold ups'might be prevented from Bund to Racecourse, except occasionally at Chekiang Road.
Pedestrians wishing to cross Nanking Road at Szechuen Road tunnel would be obliged to go down steps, walk along the tunnel, and walk' up steps the other sid Engineering problems would have Gas and Water ments for pumping out a tunnel caused by extra heavy rains or high tides, but most of the problems must have been solved when the original tunnel was con-fructed.
Cran, Weihaiwei, Dec. 19.
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