GOVERNMENT PUSHES NATION-WIDE RR INVENTORY; KWANGTUNG MOTOR TRANSPORT FACES DIFFICULTIES

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• Publication Date: May 26, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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C _ .1 RAL INTELLIGE!`JCE. AGE.NCY REPORT
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Transportation - Rail, motor
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REPORT NO.
GOVERNMENT PUSHES NATION-WIDE RR INVENTORY;
KWANGTUNG MOTOR TRANSPORT FACES DIFFICULTIES
MINISTRY PLANS RR INVENTORY FOR MAY -- Tientsin Jih-pao, 12 Apr 50
Peiping, 11 April (Hsin-hua) -- The Ministry of Railroads of the Central
People's government held a conference from 6 to 10 April .1950 concerning the
nation-wide liquidation and distribution of property in railroad warehouses.
The conference revised and approved methods of conducting the project and
clarified the organization of the inventory activities, the scope of the in-
ventory, periodic assembling of reports, and the system of centralized report-
ing. It was decided that the nation's railroads would conduct this inventory
between 16 and 30 May 1950. This inventory will be effected together with
that of the Finance and Economics Commission of the Administration Council.
The inventory includes: materials stored in warehouses, railroad mate-
rials already assembled, materials which have been neither put in order nor
entered on the books, materials left over from construction, materials in
transit, whole or damaged steel beams, machinery now in production; necessary
raw materials, parts, semifinished articles, etc.
Prior to 15 May, the various railroads are to complete their preparations
for lining up and assembling these materials. They are also to mobilize ad-
ministrative agencies on all levels, labor unions, cadres of youth groups, and
distribution agencies, and issue propaganda stressing the importance of the
project. Each control bureau is to forward the results of the inventory to
the Ministry of Railroads before 20 June and the ministry is to finish compil-
ing its data by the end of June. The political section of the Ministry of fail-
roads, the labor unions, and the youth groups are to delegate cadres and spe-
cialists, or engineers skilled in materials, from among the cadres, to form
seven joint-activity corps for the Northeast, Tientsin, Tsinan, T'ai-yuan,
Cheng-chou, Heng-yang, and Shanghai. These corps are to be sent promptly to the
respective control bureaus to help in the work.
In addition, the conference decided that, to raise the efficiency of the
inventory, they will establish a system of encouragements and that all special
facilities of the railroads, such as telephone and telegraph, should be used to
circulate news of the activities.
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NORTHEAST RR ADOPTS NEW MAINTENANCE SYS1'E'~, -- Tsingtao Jih-pao, 8 Apr 50
Mukden, 7 April (Hsin-huu) -- For maintenance and repair of the elec-
trical installations on all its lines the Northeast Railroad Bureau has de-
cided to put into effect a system patterned according to the recommendations
of their USSR engineers. This is a system by which inspection, maintenance,
and small repairs, and large repairs on new installations, are separately con-
tracted for by different companies or crews of technicians and workers, with
explicit demarcation of responsibilities.
TROOPS TO UNDERTAKE REPAIR WORK -- Canton Nan-fang Jih-pao, 14 Apr 50
Peiping, 13 April (Hsin-hua) -- More than 50,000 troops of the Force of
the People's Liberation Army of the Northwest Military District commenced re-
pair work on the T'ien-shui--Pao-chi branch of the Lung-Hai Railroad on 3 March
1950. The project is expected to be completed within a year.
Repair work on this line was first undertaken in 1939 by the KMT govern-
ment but because of corruption and graft, the materials used were inferior and
the engineering work was improperly carried out, thereby resulting in rapid de-
terioration.
An agreement between the Ministry of Railroads of the Central People's
government and the Northwest Military District to undertake repair work on this
line was concluded last month. Under it the ministry is to supply all required
materials and render technical assistance, while the labor required for the
project is to be supplied by the Northwest Military District. With regard to
technical problems, an agreement has also been concluded to obtain assistance of
Soviet technicians.
Before the troops undertook this task, an intensive training program, under
the auspices of the Pao-t'ien Railroad Engineering Burean., was conducted to teach
them various techniques in railroad repairs.
HSIAO-SHAN RR SHOPS EXCEED GOALS -- Hangchow Chekiang Jih-pao, 11 Apr 50
Hsiao-shan -- The railroad repair shops of the Chekiang-Kiangsi Railroad at
Hsiao-shan, Chekiang, have consistently surpassed by wide margins the achieve-
ment goals for the first quarter of 1950 set for them by the Ministry of Rail-
roads and the Shanghai Railroad Bureau. The work accomplished included the turn-
ing on engine lathes of 215 pairs of wheels, of which 59 pairs were for locomo-
tives. The workmen have also devised a number of improvements in tools and meth-
ods which have resulted in considerable savings in costs of repairs.
ESTABLISH OFFICIAL BRIDGE-RATING STATION -- Tientsin, Jih-pao, 8 Apr 50
Peiping (Hsin-hua) -- To ascertain the exact strength of the railroad
bridges of the whole country and to ensure the proper speed and safety of rail-
road transportation, the Ministry of Railroads has established the Peiping
Bridge-Rating Station to inspect and rate the bridges of North China. It is
intended later to establish similar stations in East China and South China.
Bridge experts of the ministry and civil engineers, guided by the experi-
ence of USSR pioneers in bridge maintenance, have drawn up regulations and
standards for the use of the station. Scientific methods are to be used to de-
termine the load capacity of each bridge and the permissible rate of speed for
trains of a given weight. When the load capacity is only roughly estimated, if
the estimate is too high., there is danger that too heavy trains may cause serious
accidents; but if the estimate is too low, trains may be required to cross bridges
so slowly as to cause unneccessary delays.
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The Peiping station uegua operation: ,n 5 April 1950 and intends to com-
plete during April, May, and June 1950 thy_ inspection of all. bridges on the
Peiping--Shan-hai-kuan line and on the Tientsin--pu-k'ou line. These two lines
carry the heaviest traffic in the country and i..:nce the official rating of
these bridges is of the Greatest importance.
KWANGTUNG TRANSPORT COMPANY HOLDS CONFERENCE -- Canton Nan-fang Jih-pao,
12 Apr 50
The representatives of the publicly operated Kwangtung Motor Transport
Company from 21 branches and stations on the four main motor highways of Kwang-
tung met from 21 to 31 March to study transport problems.
Reports were nade by all the station representatives. A number of diffi-
culties were emphasized, such as competition from private concerns, bandit ac-
tivities, commandeering by government agencies, lack of coordinated policies,
and the current slack season.
The following data covering vehicular equipment and personnel was re-
ported.
Place
Vehicles Usable Repairable
Personnel
Ch'u-chiang
Branch Co
45
29 16
1n2
Yang-chiang
Branch Co
--
11 --
19b
Fo-shan Station
6
-- --
36
Sha-p'ing Station
4
-- --
38
Hsing-ning
Branch Co
9
(6 to be assembled)
11.
(In use by Special Administrative District
t
C
4
in three areas as publicly operated services)
an
on Branch Co
2
-- --
79
The main company has?a repair shop with a staff of eight supervisors and
65 mechanics.
Manager 'P'an Chi-fa (Ueda: 11172, 605, 9742) and Deputy Manager Tso Tsung-
chieh (25b, 8993, 8807) summed up une external factors as follows: The season
is slack in all areas. There is lack of coordination of road controls. In
some areas the company has to pay 20 percent of its receipts to authorities
for maintenance :f roads plus 3 percent for administrative costs. Competition
is ken; there is little system; hence operations are difficult. There are con-
flicts between government agencies in control of roads. There it a surplus of
competing services as compared with demands of shippers; a lack of security and
incomplete construction in some areas.
According to Manager Van the internal situation showed the following charac-
teristics: vehicles in bad condition and superannuated; general shortage of
tires, oil, gas, and materials; organization incomplete, control functions not
clearly differentiated; internal coordination insufficient, local conflicts nu-
merous; lack of efficient vehicle regulations and schedules; lack of personnel
for efficient operation.
The managers alleged that, in the past, motor transport in the province, be-
ing insufficiently coordinated and too loosely organized, had been unable to
meet the competition of railroads and waterways. They hoped to be able to earn
their way for the fire half of the year while continuing organization plans.
After the middle of the yoi- ehey thought it should be possible to show profits.
They averred that the present need is for strengthening the organization,
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getting established, concentrating effort,t, ?u carrying out the operations of
the various lines, seeking to secure lia:.~,on with private operators, and es-
tablishing a positive program to carry our the company's objectives.
After discussion, the conference resolved on general policies to cen-
tralize the organization while maintaining distinction of functions. They
plan to seek liaison with friendly private operators, coordinate operations
in the various areas, improve the service with dependable vehicles and faith-
ful personnel, establish a positive forward-looking program and stabilize the fi-
nance and economy of the company. As for specific action, it was resolved to:
(1) reorganize the Kwangtung business, (2) restrict business in North Kwang-
tung and (3) expand it in South Kwangtung. During April the financial policy
should be clarified.
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