When the government set in motion the procedures to buy the necessary land, several owners donated their holdings voluntarily, while others contributed cash gifts, to show their support for the project.
由於東部居民，非常渴望興建北迴鐵路，紛紛掀起捐地、獻金的熱潮，在大家的配合與支持下，首期的徵購土地工作進行得極為順利。