Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1915 — Belt Railroad for Peking. [ARTICLE]

Belt Railroad for Peking.

The Chinese ministry of communications has completed an arrangement with the city authorities of Peking to establish a line - seven miles long, which will hug the wall its whole length, and connect the terminals of the Peklng-Kplgan, Peking-Mukden, Peking-Tung-Chow and the PekingHankow railways. Two tunnels will be bored on either side of the existing arch forming the Chien-men; one will, be used for the proposed tramways and the other for passenger traffic. —Scientific American. j