. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. rate into Szechuan fromHupei, and of the barrier of the Chinling Shan which barsthe way of the Tung Cheng railway project in its coursesouth from Hsian, it seems not unlikely that this Americanproject, though the last of the three to appear on the scene,may be the first railway to reach Szechuan, and tap the richesof that wealthy but isolated province. As regards other possible railways in Shensi and Kansunot yet definitely projected, the most attractive is a linefrom the neig
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. rate into Szechuan fromHupei, and of the barrier of the Chinling Shan which barsthe way of the Tung Cheng railway project in its coursesouth from Hsian, it seems not unlikely that this Americanproject, though the last of the three to appear on the scene,may be the first railway to reach Szechuan, and tap the richesof that wealthy but isolated province. As regards other possible railways in Shensi and Kansunot yet definitely projected, the most attractive is a linefrom the neighbourhood of Chingtzu Kuan in south-westernHonan up the Tan River valley and across the ChinlingShan to Hsian. This is an ancient trade route, and providesthe easiest passage across the Chinling Shan. Its construc-tion will doubtless materialise in time, perhaps as a branchfrom the Peking-Hankow line, but inasmuch as a branch fromthat railway is already en route for Hsian via Tungkuan (asa section of the Lung Hai) there is no immediate necessityfor it. Another line will doubtless one day run north from PLATE LVII. CHINESE TROOPS ON .ACTIVE SERVICE IN INNER MONGOLIA
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