1917 he was transferred to the Hankow-Ichang section of the same railway to complete the construction work left over by German engineers. Upon the completion of the construction work in 1918, Mr. Sah was engaged by the Kuo-Pi Railway Co. of Yunnan to take charge of location and construction of a new branch line. He held that position until 1919 when he went to Peking to join the Ministry of Communications. In the Spring of 1922 he was appointed assistant chief of the Land Development Department of the Peking-Hankow Railway at Hankow and later was transferred to the Shantung Rehabilitation Commission and appointed a member of the Committee for the valuation of the Shantung Railway. After completing the valuation work he was appointed Chief Engineer of the Kiao-Tsi Railway which position he held until the Summer of 1924 when he was, recalled to Peking by the Ministry of Communications. Mr. Sah comes from a well-known family, his father being Admiral Sab Chen-ping of the Chinese Navy.
