The New York herald., 1869-03-08
AUSTRIA.

Speculative Enferprise-Aus criau Capitalists
and Turkish RaiIways-Projected Lines In
the Ottoman Enipire-Revision of the AUS
trian Marriage eLnws-Street Railroad Pro.
jects.
VIENNA, Feb. 10, 1869.
The spirit OF cooperative or joint stock enterprise
which the currency troubles Of Great Britain and
the political anxietes Of France have struck dead
for time In those countries was never more active
than now In Vienna and Pcsth, where we have
neither bullion currency nor an ever impending
revolution to disturb mems minds and shake their
resolves. 1t is, probably, this consideration which
has determined Daoud Pasha, the Turkish Minister
for Public Works. to turn his steps to Vienna rather
tnan to London or Paris, with . view to
induce company OF capitalists to supply
European Turkey with few main lines
Of railroads. The negotiator will not return
empty handed. He has enjoyed from the first the
friendly countenance Of Count Won Beust and the
imperial ministry, and this fact coupled with the
notorious one that the French and British govern
ments are as anxious as that of the Austro-Hunga-
rian empire Is TO see European Turkey provided
with network OF railroads. which will be as useful
to her Tor the purposes Of defence those of Russia
win be for the purpose OF aggression, partly
to explain Daoud Pasha's respectable though not
complete success
Ills success must be so qualified because
he has been obliged to throw overheard for
the prcseas his branch lines. The project with
which ne came TO Vienna to secure the cgnstruc-
ton or main line from ConEtantInople 10 Brood,
point Just within the lnntary frontier OF Austria.
On this pont-and it Is the main point-he has been
successful. The line Is to run Ia o northwesseTly
direction rom Constantinople, touching AdrlanoDle
PnlAppopol. Iatar- BaJar. lskub Sovi BaZar Bosnia
serl-in Bosnia-and lastly Brood above mentioned.
The line wall be 1874 kilometres in length. The
branch lines which have fallen through for The pre-
sent but which 10 may still be OF interest mention
were-Frst, from Adrianople 10 Varna on the
Black Sea; second, from Adr1anople 10 Enos ON the
AEGEAN, ana, third from Isk1b to Saoniki.
The capital required for the construction Of the
AreInia line Is set down at 412, 500 OD0f group OF
ssiennese, sisa Partisan and London money houses
moneyed houses subscribe sixtytwo per cent Of the
capital, those Of Paris thirtythree per cent, and
uose ot Lonuon are represented by the modest figure
Of hve per cent The construction OF the line Is TO
pc commenced at several points soon as the shares
nave oceh emitted 10 the public The concession is
Tor ninety years, and the Turkish government guar-
antees yearly profit OF 2I,O00 francs per Kilonetre
siiu $3.50 ~ ~ .v lAes ana Forests lying within ten
sao5fadas, on condition OF the payment OK ten per
cent ol the net annual prols OF the mines and twenty
From Turkish railways TO West Austrian mar.
riage laws Is an abrupt turn, yet shall make il.
one OF the liberal members OF the House OF Dcpnties
las brought In bill remodel the law
OF marriage. IT propozes to make a clvil
marriage obligatory, leaving the parties Tree
poses to iegaize divorces IN cases Of sdutery ana
extreme cases Of other genres. Tne West Austrian
they cannot defend the existing law OF marriage
they propose as alternative permssive civil uf
rage, such exists IN most OF the states OF the
Union and In the British %ses. The government
speakers contend that pertDlssve civil marriage s
u more liberal idea than compulsory one. On The
point OF divorce, however, the proposed Dill - too
liberal for them. The Minister or Justice, speaking
from the Roman Catholic standpoint, declared that
the institution OF divorce ran directly counter 10
the conscieDces OF the Austrian people. The
bill was further opposed from the Jewish
and Protestant sides on the opposite ground
that 1t was not liberal enough. The Jews as wen
known, have very liberal divorce law, peculiar TO
themselves, and the Pr0estans OF Austria aso nave
already more extended privileges In the way Of
divorce than the Deputys btll-which proposes 10
deal alike with the Roman Catholics, Protestants
and Jews In THIS respect-wl allow the two latter.
Hence q denominatiouai opposition has arisen
against tnis bill, and what between The conservative
opposition Of the majority and the liberal opposition
OF the deD0Ininatonal minoritics, the bills cnancea
or success seem exceeding small. Nevertheless u
win probably not be without fruit for from us
ashes will arise other bills which Will render the
| West Austrian Marriage law more In accordance
century have found general recognition In the ad.
| vapccd communities OF the West.
GTatz, the capital Of Styrla, numbering some
| $4,000 inhabitants, and called by the celebrated
traveller, J. G. Kohl .the capital Of the Alps,v has
just by the vote Of It's town council agreed TO adopt
street railroads. The concessionndires company
OF Vienna capitalists. The concession for sixty
! years, and tue company contracts to pay one per
cent OF the gross profits to the corporation OF the
town for the use Of the corporate land. The nrst