Considerable orders have already been placed with British engineering firms by the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission, and still larger orders ake expected in the not distant future, for the railway [development of western China, according to reliable circles here today.
The Chinese Government is said to have planned a 1000-mile railway system for western China, and work on part of this line is reported to have already begun.
A firm in Leeds has received an order for 850 steel—side-tip wagons, while another order is for 25 miles of rails for construction work.
The first part of the new railway system, Reuter learns, will link up Yunnanfu, Talifu and beyond.
Interviewed by Reuter, a Chinese railway official said that the country was difficult, but not worse than the territory traversed by the southern portion of the Canton-Hankow line.
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