The New York herald., 1870-05-14
RAILROAD PROJECTS IN RUSSIA.
A Hugc aud Complicated Network Of Iros
ROads.

(St: Petersburg correspondence OF London Standard)
Inc railway mania Is developing itself through
general committee Of railways firstly comprekends
the nvc great lines remaining 20 be constructed out
Of the Minis ers, witch decision was sanctioned 81
the Emperor at the beginning OF 1860, and to which
the the imperial de,rse Of January H. 1870. has added
the Ministry OF Public Works has added TO the said
network from 5000 to 1000 versts OF railways di-
vdei between eighteen new lines mainly devote to
trade aud industry. However, political, economical
and stragciicil considerations have caused the
primitive scheme Of the six principal lines TO 10
seriously modified. This is the new project:--
FmThe Mohlew Bresi line e 70 be replaced by r.-
and Bress Liowst. The concession or that ne, Of ~
yerss extent has just been granted to ths
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through Jisonr Or Noygored volynsL. :. 4.
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hrcesh the Crnssn psninss should run in susS
plan. Of The samara Bousououk aso vsrsas, L
MisIhe ToSicx. Or vusb..; ;Nls,ns in. .rnepally
which win be .hs proloa ISsa ns sh,osss
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VIII run to B9bronisk and Honas across the
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The eighteen commercial and Industrial lines pro.
posed by the Ministry OF Public Works are the fol-
lowtng-
FIRST from Kschenew Ysssy; second from Krowop 10
rosw. or to Kharkow: Or 2 Kremenehoqg; third, from
S1Ssw 70 % ss :na
from ElizSpehgrsd 70 Fawow 70 point tSo KewBsts
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iasaSs sssnS1 s s
Is .'ss s
& Isss stsssss RON srss: aIs
from nS.E . on MIN s line Ss
ihs Sea Of Railway 70 point on he Soro.
| These eighteen lines Will measure aGl3 versts. You
will perceive at once that these protests OF great
| the money is TO come from-to which the Russian
ofncias VIII answer that most OF the capital viii be
endowed with railways must declare that now
adays land alas rather too late, Russia pants for
faiiways @ & % which w VIII develop her normal resources
trophe we experienced In England some twenty. i've
years ago, when we plunged wildly Into the same
mania. 5s
The crushing OF me late Polish rebellion cost
Russia the price OF several railway lines do
| hbIted by the Livonian mobility viii have such
expensive results. Be IL AZ t may the nobility Of
tle government OF Llvona--that PROVINCE a9 you
know, Was conquered by Peter I.-sent through
| their landra,h. Baron Kamperhausen and their
marshal, Baron Won Meken, an address to the Em.
peror OF Russia dated Riga, February 2o 1870, in
which they assert the rights granted to them by the
convention entered Into with the Emperor and the
| province In ITO. That convention maintained all
the local institutions and fundamental rights Of Ii.
| vonia 1t appears that ukase OF September, 1855,
recites that all the laws promulgated In the empire
| are aso to lie applied 10 Livona. Lately, and IN
conformity with that ukase, the law rendering the
| Russian language the only one legal through the
empire, wGs also applied to Livonla ipde tfiG, But
| Tie Lyonlan mobiles, from whose rana5 came SO
many illusirous soldiers diplomatists and adminis-
traitors are not TO pe an exception to The rule for the
| Emperor Alexander wrote with his own hand In the
| margin OF the addres, few lines. which were conn.,
| muncatei by the Home Minister 10 the Livonian
! depntaiLon who left quite detected.