The Lunghai Railway is pushing! rapidly toward the rom Sian and has already reached Hslenyang, the ancient capital of the famous! Chin Shih-hwang, the man who burnt the books and built the Great Wall. 'A temporary wooden bridge has been thrown across the Wel River pending {the construction of a permanent rail~ way bridge. Work hes begun on the permanent bridge and they are press ting on with the foundations for the apport" while the water Ie low in river.
The building of this bridge at Hslenyang constitutes a big engineer ing feat, For the river here is nearly a mile wide in flood tine and the greater portion of this stretch will have to. be covered by the Dridge. By the middle of March the oilway will have reached Hsingping, 35 miles west of Sian.
The Lunghai Railway gives the Northwest direct connection Ly rail
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