An unfamiliar vessel steamed past the Bund on March 2 on her way up the river. The well-known ame, Chien She, might be seen by: those''on the Bund with good-eyesight and those with any knowledge Fiver activities would know that that vessel performs an indispensable ser~ vice in an highly eMeient, manner.
The unconventional looking and slightly awe-inspiring dredger has been clearing the way into the Shanghai harbour, literally, for all the larger passengers and cargo ships. 'Thirty miles beyond Woosung are the flats which it is her particular @uly to Keep under control, The giant dredger, with her lone funnel 'Set well back' in the stern, has been functioning steadily since the middle gf Jost summer along the Yangtze She now goes to the Kiangnan Dock for rest and recuperation and, after nine or ten days there, she will make her way down the river again to resume her duties, There are only two docks in Shanghai large enough fo accommodate the Chien She: the Kinngnan Dock and one other.
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