Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-07-24
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


japan and Hrr Railroad.
No nation In modern times has made such
great advances 20 Few years AZ Japan has
done, ADD the ciyilited world has becn lavish IN
ne pfaiso Of her. Barriers built up. By coDturies
ofsustom have been broken town, and she has
walked forih, extending her hand to nations
more favored, and SsEing thatshe be taken into
their slsterhoOd. America, whose free instltu-
lions attracted the attention and challenged tho
admiration Of the Japanese, was the hrst to hail
them In their march Of progress. weperformed
only an act Of duty, and have been more than
rewarded for doing so by tho esteem and conn.
dspcs reposed In US by the Empire. Recent let.
tiers from there show that our reception AID
treatment Of the embassy have been appreciated
Both Ito and Okubo speak In the highest
terms Of their reception, at Washington, and
have not the slightest idea that any attempt to
overreach was made. The Japanese Govern.
ment generally Is very much pleased with tho
reports Of the two vice Ambassadors, and con.
slider the manner Of the reception Of the embassy
in the United States simply a. manifestation
Of iriendllness on the part Of the United States
to Japan.
Ono railroad in Japan, for no matter how short
a distance, will prove 10 her people that more
are necessary, aud they will be more speedily
constructed than the one, part Of which has 81.
ready boon completed. A correspondent, speak.
Ing Of this tirst railroad, which vas opened TO
the public on the 18th ultlmo, don't think much
progress has been made. He says; Amer pc.
riod bf nearly three years since ground was hrst
broken the line has been opened for a distance
Of thirteen miles. why It was not opened DO.
fote for this distance II Ia dlcult to say, unless
q reason can be found In the fact that those who
had charge OF Its construction were heartily
ashamed Of the results Of their labOrs. As be-
fore stated this pAltry llnS-thO whole length
from Yokohama 70 JeddO ia only seventeen and
one half milos-has boSh nearly three years In
construction. II runs through a country On.
tlrely devoid Of physical dliiicultlos; labor is
plentiful and ohoapi money aud men have al
ways been on hand. It Is 3 single track road,
. beet inches gauge, and the only peroeptlble
result Of all thisisA line in working order Of
thirteen miles In length, aud II has cost very
nearly ono hundred and twenty. thousand dot
lars per mile. Where the money has gone To II
Ia hard TO say, but there are the figures
There arc nrst, socond and third.class cars
Tho two trst mentioned cars are something like
our street cars, only they are narrower and In
every way smaller. The hrstelAsS cars are d..
vided Into three compartments BY sliding doors,
and carry twelve persons comfortably. The
second class cars differ from the iirst only mas.
much as they are not su0diVldod, and are FUR
nlshed with cane seats Instead OF leSthor ones.
The thlrLelAss cars look like dImlnutiTo cattle
cars, with wooden benches In them. A train In
motion looks very much like huge and clumsy
toy. sun II Is not nearly as bad road Ss II
was expected 1t would be. Although one gets II
cOAaderaolos shaking 10 the thlrty-eight minutes
ride, the cars run much smoother than ever
dared to hope they would, There Is an Immense
number OF officials attached to each trAin-each
car will average tWo-fOr what purpose ! can
not say, unless II no to display the brass buttons
worn by each Of thom. They run at q speed Of
aooet twenty-five miles an honr. since the Toa1
has been opened lt has done quite an amount OF
business US recelp" averaging ABOUT soOo per
Jay Ihe tArih " t'uiou'ousIy nign, VIZ fHst
Glass, Wow Seoonu e'ass' w th'fu oPss, "
cents. have been told that these rates VIII DC
roduceu fery eYnunsfAOy On the ~ " next
month, AA 10 the une Nheh me hne Nhl 10
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