Hangchow, Feb. 27> One of the most outstanding features of Hangchow news. during the past week. was the splendid loco {ure given by Dr. Mao on the famous bridge construction across the Chien fang River. It was a. thrilling eseriptive talk, couched in Janguage Stripped of technicallies, andthe whole scheme set" out before the fudlence like a popular panorama, Dr, Moo isa master in detail and technique." He" told us "how. the problem of bridging this waterway had been the ambition of enthusiasts right through the ages. Tt was me {eresting to: hear that the builder of the Great Wall of China, tu. his pilgrimage south, actually stood on the site of the Hangchow Christian College, and there conceived " the project' of a bridge—more than 2000 Years ago, 'Not until 1984 wa' this commonly thought impossible task seriously taken in hand and an actual start made, 'With the assurance of sull-lent funds, and profiting by expert engineering' skit, the Commission finally decided on the design, "There Isva double. purpose in this bridge for it Is to serve for a railway and also a highway for pedestrian trae 'The upper deck will have a conerete fed surface trid the whole structure extends (0 a length of 4,500 feet, fast the—great ink willie made, linking' Shanghai with Canton and the far flung province of Kwelenow with Chekiang.
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