CONFERENCE PROMOTES RAPID FREIGHT HANDLING; HUNAN-KWANGSI-KWEICHOW LINE DIVIDED

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June 14, 1950
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1~D FI~~fl 1Az CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT. NO INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CO NO. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320086-1 COUNTRY SUBJECT HOW PUBLISHED WHERE PUBLISHED DATE PUBLISHED Transportation - Rail Peiping; Shanghai; Canton; New York DATE OF INFORMATION DATE DIST. /~ Jun 1950 NO. OF PAGES 3 SUPPLEMENT TO TOIL OOCUUT CORTAINI INFORMATION AFFICTIN T11 NATIONAL 0111-11 or TNl 011TIO ITATIN MITNII Till NUNIAN OF IIFIONANI ACT N ?. /. C.. I I All IS. AS ANIRORN. m TRANSMISSION 01 T1N NITILATTON Or ITS CONTUTS 10 ANT MANSU TO AS ONAOTNNIS/O PINSON 10 '70? NINITID NT AT. RIFN0OUCIION OF THIS FORM 11 FNONISITIO. CONFERENCE PROMOTES RAPID FREIGHT HANDLING; HUNAN-KWANGSI-KWEICHOW LIRE DIVIDED SEEKS FREIGHT TRAFFIC EFFICIENCY -- Canton Nan-fang Jih-pao, 24 Apr 50 Peiping, 21 April (Hsin-hua) : - In the first joint conference of repre- sentatives of the Ministry of'Rsilroads and shippers,-'convened in Peiping on 19 April 1950, discussions centered on how to -'hiene better'performaace in the handling and movement of freight. Two of the conclusions reached I?ere as follows: . 1. To a large degree, delays in moving freight hitherto have been due to the common practice among shippers of requesting a great number. f cars at an earlier date than they are prepared to use at once, with the result that a large number of cars, at least 33 1/3.percent of the whole, stand'idle while awaiting loading, which )Weans they are not available. for other shippers who urgently need them. Consequently, less delay will occur if shippers will es- timate their needs more precisely as to quantity and time, so that in. the. future a higher proportion of the cars mad be in actual use at any given time. 2. More economical and efficient loading and unloading of cargo will be effected through the introduction, on 15 May 1950, of the system.whereby all such labor is to be handled by`:the Railroad Freit-Handlers' Union. This or- ganization of over.50,000 workers has'been encouraged 'and directed by the rail- road executives and by the Railroad Workers" Union. it is based on the prin- ciple of "remuneration proportional to work done," and operates:-6a the principle of democratic control'.instead,of.under the feudalistic system of labor contrac- tors who do not work.,but fleecg::the laborers. A71'..railroad stations have been ordered to put this new system:.into effect'not.later..than 1 July.1950, thus dis- placing the corrupt_ systems hitherto in use which exploited both the laborers' and the shippers. Substantial savings to shippers are also promised under the new system. - 1 - CONFIDENTIAL ?i r DISTRIBUTION I-- AIR Ix 39 L 50X1 -HUM Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320086-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320086-1 DONFIDESTIAE REORGANIZES HUNAN-KWANGSI-KWEICHOW RR -- Shanghai Hsin-wen Jih-pao, 22 Apr 50 in accordance with the recent order issued by the Ministry of Railroads of the Central People's government, the Reng=yang Railroad Control Rure.AU has reorganized the Hunan-Kwangsi-Kweichow Railroad into two lines; the Hunan- Kwangsi Railroad and'the Kwangsi-Kweichow Railroad, The former extends from Hengyang through Liu-chou to Lai-pin, while the latter extends from Liu-chou to Tu-yun. ' On 6 April 1950, repair work on the 73-kilometer Liu-chou__ Lai-pin sec- tion was undertaken. This project is scheduled to be completed within one. month. SHIN-CHIA-CHUANG RR PLANT.EXCEEDS..QUOTAS -- Peiping Jen-min Jih-pao, 19 Apr 50 Peiping -- According to the Hopeh Jih-pao, the workers at the Shih-chia- chuang Railroad Plant, which is under the jurisdiction of 'the T'ai-yuan Bureau, sent a letter to Chairman Mao Tse-tung on 12 April 1950, expressing their gratitude and support. This letter quoted the following production data: Production quotas for this quarter .re two thirds higher than those for the corresponding period in 1949; but the workers fear no difficulty in achieving, this goal with the help of their Soviet big,brothers. During the period, the workmen have put 28 locomotives back in operation, four more than the quota fixed by the Ministry of Railroads. A total of 28 passenger cars have been repaired, 6 more than the ministry stipulated. The workers have refitted 110 freight cars, 23 more than the figure set by the ministry. The ministry's quotas have been exceeded also in all other phases of produc- tion. Through conservation, the workers have saved the equivalent of 1,356,070 catties of mil?,et in administrative expenses and 3,064,129 catties in ma- terials. They expressed their desire to return these amounts to the government to be applied toward urgent expenses. Further reports from the Shih-chia-chuang Plant indicate that salvage ef- forts have yielded 1,537 processed parts of all kinds. Through substitution of forgings for cast steel, and through re-forging'scrap iron, a total of 23,557 kilograms of material has been made available. From scrapped spokes and axles, the workers have assembled three pairs', of drive wheels and 127 pairs of car wheels., For overcoming such difficulties and setting such a brilliant example in attaining their goals, these workers received expressions of encouragement from the Ministry of Railroads, as well as from the T'ai-yuan Railroad Office, which contributed 25,000 catties of millet. REPAIR PROGRESS ON HAI-CHU BRIDGE -- New York Hua-ch'iao Jih-pao, 25 May 50 Canton, 13 May - - Repair work on the piers of the Hai-chu bridge, which is being undertaken by the public operated Construction. and Engineering Cor- poration, is scheduled for completion by. the end of. this month. At present, the engineers are repairing the'piers 20 feet below the water level. Upon completion of.this work, the reconstruction of the bridge itself is to be undertaken'by._the Canton Branch Railroad Bureau.. Before this is under- taken, however, repair work on the southeri 'approach to the bridge must be completed. The'width of the bridge, upon completion, will be little more .than 30 feet, which will be about 10 feet narrower than before,-but it will still permit a two-lane highway plus d'estrian walks on both sides. The whole'reconstruction project is scheduled to`be completed by the end of the year. . 2 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIA! Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320086-1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320086-1 Cog jOE%IIkI CONFIDENTIAL HUAI HO-BRIDGE 61 PERCENT-COMPLETE -- Shanghai Hsin-wen Jih-pao, 20 Apr 50 Yang-pu The rebuilding of the longest railroad bridge on the Tientsin-- P'u-k'ou line, at- the crossing of the Huai Ho, was a little more than 61 percent complete on 2 April 1950, and workers of the Teinan Railroad Bureau were trying to complete the rest of it in time for the May Day celebration. This 57k-meter bridge originally had nine spans, but under present con- struction plans, the ninth span on the south bank is being reconstructed into two separate spans with the addition of another bridge pier; the first eight spans are being restored in their original form. CONFIDENTIAL Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/31: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320086-1