Municipal Improvements and Sungari Dam: Exports Shipments on Decline wat Our Ovex Comesrononer Harbin, Apr, 20.
'The construction of a' strong dam along the Sungari for the protection Of the city from any possible overflow of the river is now nearing completion. 'This work was started more than two years ago at an estlmated cost of $1,500,000 and hundreds Of workers have been employed on it even' during the winter months. The dam Is {0 be one metro higher than the highest novel in 1082, on the oecesion of the great flood, which covered the lower part of the lly {for nearly two months, The construction of this wall wilt not, however, do away with the water which forces ils way up through the drains into the streets when. the river level exceeds that of-the town, and unless this surplus of water can be pumped out, Harbin can still be subjected to floods as those seen in 1982, According to investigations made by the Harbin Construction Assoclation 12,000,000 yuan will be spent on construction work during the prgsent summer, this sum exceeding that last year by about $1,000000, OF this large sum 2,800,000 yuan wilt be spent by the Bureau of Railways and 2,400,000 yuan by the Municipally, while the Harbin Construction Bureau will also. spend 2,500,000. Besides what the Municipality Intends spending on construction, " 1,600,000 will be spent on waterworks, '300,000 for street paving and 00,000 for con~ struction of school buildings, the "(dal amount exceeding that of last year by about 200,000 yuan.
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