Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1912 — China Building Railroads. [ARTICLE]

China Building Railroads.

China is already making progress under the new regime in providing itself with railway transportation lines. Writing to the Department of Commerce and Labor from Hongkong, United States Consul General George E. Anderson declares that there is renewed activity in the construction of the Important Canton-Hankow Railway northward. This line, which will connect Hongkong with Central China, Mr. Anderson says, is already operating to Lai T’ang, a small village sixty-seven miles from Canton. Grading and bridging up to mile 79 is practically completed, but grading between there and mile 85 is backward, according to Mr. -Anderson, because of the prejudice against railroads still frequently met with among the natives. Work between mile 130 and mile 140 is in progress, and that on th? section up to 180 is being rapidly advanced.