Harbin, Sept. The alteration of the track from the old Russian broad gauge to the standard gauge of the South Manchuria Railway was effected in two and a halt hours yesterday morning between the hours of and 730 am. The sudden completion of the scheme came as a surprise to the general public as everybody was waiting to sce the work done this morning but the fine weather and excellent work Fearried on in the preparations dur-Ing the past week made it possible for the leading engineers to link up the southern line of the former Chinese Eastern Railway a day ear~ lier than had been, planned. Yesterday morning a special train came up to Harbin on the new track, this having Mr. Usami, member of the SMR, Board of Directors, on board jas well as a number of other engineers. The train passed through perfectly safely, arriving at Harbin In the afternoon and being cheered all along the route.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.