'The stream-line design has been adopted by the Greater Shanghai City 'Trust, operators of the Government ferry' service in Shanghai in the con: struction of ferry boats for Shang hai-Pootung service at Tungkadoo, Nantao. The frst of its kind, which completely revolutionizes the original shape of a ferry boat, made a suc~ cessful trial run on Thursday afternoon. She is expected to be commissioned for service between Tang Chao,
month, Poolang, and) Pungkadco early next With propellers Atted at both the stern and the stem, the new boat, No, 17, is able to move freely both ways when she leaves or moors alongside a wharf, The deck line is level. with the top of the wharf so that motor cars and other vehicles may be pu fon board without diMeulty, wi Passengers will also find it convenient in embarking and disembarking. One feature of the new boat is that the bridge Is so. constructed that the visibility Is not obstructed any way, while the wind will have less effect fon her speed with the adoption of the new design, Built of steel, the boat is 19.81 metres long, 5.18 metres wide and 213 metres high. Her draught is 1.22 metres, while her speed is nine knots.
With the development of the ferry service, relief measures have also been devised for the boatmen who have. been operating between Shanghai and Pootung with small boats. There are 48 boatmen who have been Instructed to register with the ferry service whereby $20 compensation will be ranted {9 each monthly, beginning March for a period of five years. The Pootung-Shanghai ferry service at Tungkadoo will be inaugurated next month, when no private ferry boat will be allowed to carry on the service,
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