The Archive · 1940

Railway Head Finds

"Hot Water Fish"

Shanghai, Feb. 26, Fish swimming in waler "so. hot that you cannot put your hand in it with comfort" were seen by Makoto Den, vice-president of the Central China Railway Company, [suring hin visit to a hot springs four Kilometres north of Chaohsien, 40 Kilometres northwest of Wuhu, on the Hwainan railway, the "Tairiku Shimpo" reported yesterday morning.

Mr. Den, who formerly headed the Board of Tourist Industry of the Japanese Government Railways, dis-feet ned in the hot springs a potential tourist centre, according to the newspaper.

The reconstruction of the northern the Hwaihan Railway, from Luchow, also known as Hotel, the Hwainan coal mines, a distance of 95 kilometres, will be undertaken soon, Mr. Den was quoted by the newspaper as saying, 'The railway was completed destroyed by Chinese troops who dug tank traps in the rund bed, it was recalled, 'A. vast improvement' for coal handling facilities will be necessary Jat' Yuklehen, opposite Wuhu, on the Yangtze, Mr. Den predicted.

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