the ator of the 7 "ermCue Bee News rents for the completion of the line wal an Bx-Rallonder
seen Weak one. He claims that HEA at emailer of bnireen Be evtatitation of the Ningpo Section ein Sd "the deep se.
age fs orgnal incon Treaty tle enteerse aiming for Eva abbment of that particu tre cer eeeRlang Brovine alone and Pith kg ini eomsdrnton "of tug aatione! ning thatthe section ona tees
nial at be'complated tuna smote ce i the future and they Semet'mind a" oather poor inves rot eet But'at the present raat preference should. be Even ener ire urgent oven, Tue cone Teton of this section cannot be com Pave te the importance of the. Can ted] ton-Hankow Line as so claimed "Algo an Ex-Railroader".
Although a gross daily earning, ¢f almost sufficient for the the section, it falls far short to pay its due share of the semi-annual loan in" stalment and interest payments. On account of the poor alignment of the line, the increased earnings of the completed line will never compensate the existing shortage plus the—increased capitalization.
Tam afraid that "Also an Ex-Railroader" treated the future stand~ ardization of the Kianshan Railway too lightly. It is not such a simple matter. It is only too easy to just say that ils 38 Ib. rails could be replaced by 60Ib. rails and then the 35 Th, ones could be economically used)
the sidings, spurs, ete. Who says that such rails could be used in the sidings, spurs on the 85 Ib. railways asthe SRI. & SHU. Lines? Fure thermore, how. about such small things as the bridges. rolling stock, and other equipments? They'll all wwe to be scrapped. Such a simple matter will still require ten to fifteen million dollars.
During the recent Fukien rebellion, does "Also an Ex-Railroader" realize that a trainload of troops and equipments from the SHU. Railway had to be divided into three trainloads on the Kianshan Line? I would like fo know what are their plans once the line is actually extended through }1o Nanchang and the Pingshiang Col-ery. Then. they would have to face two important factors, ie. long distance hauls and heavy and bulky freight.
A Cumse Ex-Ramsoaner.
Shanghai, Sept. 8.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.