New Britain herald., 1929-05-17
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UD40&84l, M4y l1. WA >-,VVV'- AA4 memorial read and ts.ooo.o0o tlRh VIII b. dedicated the first ttfea. Aays h JnRs to tho memory ak1, 1ee4rinss of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. C4fna's nfst president and apostle IT llaaocracy and the aimple life. aAe rcd especially is typically in- ceQgyusue, for probably only in -chlsa, which is traditionally care 1aus Of the living and respectful of tho dsad, could such . memorial n constructed with 70 little regard fer tho property of citizens as to drive les of them to suicide.
 That is just what has happened h the cass of the Chung Shan Chi Nien, n the road is called. It runs sigAt miles. from Nanking to the costly tomb to which the body of the national hero is to be con- veysd from its four-year temporary resting place in the Temple of the Asure Cloud. near Picking.
 L1l1efs -ek the: Nationalist gov srnment, known as more disinter- Astsa and genuinely patriotic than tho men who preceded them eh power in this land of contrasts, attii' hold . number of arbitrary pewers. They exercised them to the full in laying out the memorial read. Suggestion for its construc- ten eams from General Liu Chi Wen. mayor of Nanking. and he also planned the work.
 The highway is 14o feet wide aad tight miles long. Its building was entrusted to eight contractors. and seldisrs were used as laborers. Al the work progressed houses. maatly btlenSinx to the poor. were rassd and their owners were di- rsctSd to apply to the municipality fer compensation. At the same time the value of lands bordering the new road scared and propor- tionatsly fine homes were built aieng the various sections.
 When tho contractors finished, hoWever, 1t was discovered that thsy had not cooperated and the sisht single miles of road did not heck up. Some sections failed to touch by ten feet. New houses wsnt the way of the old and the valua of the lots on which they atesA fell ts nothing.
 Y \ university professor lost one ef- the new houses. He made four tyips to tho municipal offices seek tAg compensation. On those trips he- sxpendsd t1.so for ricksha fare. Then hs was told that he would be paA h full. But when he exam ia11 Ais warrant he found it called for el.eo. He donated the ten eeRts ahove ricksha fare to the read fund.
 The ceremony of bringing Dr. Sun's body from PekinE and en- shriAing 1t in the new mausoleum will Jbs comparable in elaborate nsas to the most colorful rites of the old Manchu regime. Three aDseial trains will be used for the 5suFnsy and the railroads of China h&ve besn canvassed to get rolling steck h sood. condition.
 T1e mest elaborate coach of the aegDete VII bs that in which win f1peoe Q1a1 coffin. This was built tof' n Aeeaaien in the shops of ttH. yoktn0. .ttankew railway at
 6Atew aaA' is said to be tho most sas1esete plece of car construction ever 1eae in China.
 z 1he Nslis ars heavily draped wltA the finsst products of tho Chi neeo alk wsaver's art. all in dark blue and white. the colors of the Natislsal government. The floor is cevsre4 with . dark blue Chinese rug of double thickness and with tho Eationaitsts' white star worked inte its center. Tho cars fittings wtadew frames, fasteners. doors and light fixtures are of silver, pre- pefe6 by artisans sent to Hankow eeDeotally for the work.
 1hs bier on which will rest the breass casket is in silver and teak wesd. The woodwork of the car, which is all in teak, is highly carved. months having been taken fer this decorative work. In the cars1nss are traced designs depict ing seme phase of the revolution.
 Although Peking and Ranking aEa ealy- 500 miles apart, an indi- rect rsute t6taling o50 miles is to os followed, with stops at almost every town along the way.