own and has to be repaiied fre- With the increase in traffic and the diruini&hing supply quently. of these bricks it became necessary, some years agj, to find Consider the added difficulties, then, in a city like a new material for foundations, and after much fsperiment Shanghai, where there is… … The Street Departments builds bridges, too of money available to build up the strong knowir resistance to the wear and jar of street cars, it is difficult to keep the elaborate uitificial baries common in America or Europe. Further, the lack of a "fall" for the water in Shangi'liad streets and the…
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