. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. ON A MAIN ROAD IN THE GRASS COUNTRY OFTHE CHINESE-MONGOLIAN BORDER XV] RAILWAY PROJECTS 215 Hsian up through Central Shensi to Yenan, Suite, and YiiUn,but though easy enough to construct this would not be anattractive project owing to the poverty of the countrytraversed. The Americans would perhaps have built it hadtheir attempted exploitation of the North Shensi oil-fieldbeen successful. A more useful project would be a lineconnecting Northern Shansi via Suite with Ninghsia i
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. ON A MAIN ROAD IN THE GRASS COUNTRY OFTHE CHINESE-MONGOLIAN BORDER XV] RAILWAY PROJECTS 215 Hsian up through Central Shensi to Yenan, Suite, and YiiUn,but though easy enough to construct this would not be anattractive project owing to the poverty of the countrytraversed. The Americans would perhaps have built it hadtheir attempted exploitation of the North Shensi oil-fieldbeen successful. A more useful project would be a lineconnecting Northern Shansi via Suite with Ninghsia inNorthern Kansu, following the existing trail along thesouthern edge of the Ordos desert; though unremunerativeuntil Ninghsia is reached, such a railway would be easy tobuild, and failing a similar line north of the Yellow Riverwould be most useful in connecting Northern Kansu withthe coast. Another route to Kansu, which presents no greatengineering difficulties, but also passes through very poorcountry, lies from Hsian north-west across the loess plateaucountry and then up the valleys of the Ching and Huanrivers
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