The Cross-Island Highway proved its value as an excellent transportation channel. The crates of pears and apples shipped down the mountain came back in the form of dollars and cents, spurring the area's rapid prosperity.
便利的橫貫公路是最佳的運輸管道，一箱箱的梨子、蘋果運到山下後變成財富，促使梨山迅速繁榮起來。