Show BY wheelbarrow IN CHINA two passengers go 20 miles a day tor ten cents each probably more freight and mere passengers are transported in china by the wheelbarrow than by any other land method the wheelbarrow used ao 10 china differs from that america in the fact that the wheel Is set in the center and thus support practically the entire load while the handles are supported in part by a strap or rope over the shoulders of the man who operates it As a result the ciollo in china will transport neatly halt a ton on wheel wheelbarrows are much used in the country where the roads are but little developed and I 1 have beard that passengers sometimes make the entire trip from shanghai to peking distance of miles by barrow A two passenger barrow will about 20 milea a day and the choll Is content with a pay of about 20 cent a day or an average of about half a cent a mile for each passenger on the level well kept streets of the foreign quarters of such cities a hongtong Hong kong shanghai and peking the wheelbarrow coolie fatih struggle aloa with a load of six or even eight people washington herald |