, 1876-03-10

Scientific american.
The urcat faat accomplished by tho United
stutea IN connecting tho Atlantic aud paciilo
Ocoang, BY q railrond aerose tho Ualsod States,
fB stimulating enterprises in Europe aud It II
now piopcsea-tndeod, tho plan Ia nlaturod-to
oopnoot The Atlantic md Pac.hc OccanB by
Of tho geogsApheza, recently bold. Col. Bog.
danowitz explained some OF tho details Of
tho road. which, It IL expected, will overcome
ono Of tho greatest obstacles 10 tho extension OF
part Of Asia fru1n Europe BY vnat descrts, ~
which no poans OF transit but railroad could
DO Of any uHo. A raiiroad alone cAn dova!op tho
1eaourcea OF tho many lands through which II
and tho Url Mountains is we'll known. the e1-
ploratiou and miotng of tilnso regton9 would be
encouraged, mud tAesr RESOURCES developed.
It IL proposed TINT tho road shall start from
Nijni-Novgorod. in Russia. wloro III now tue
oxtrarna cnateEn citation tn tile network OF
European railroads; IL will run along tho Fo!gn,
tile Kama, to Ekaterinbourg, on tho Abiat,o side
OF tho Ural Mouptatna, thou enter AHia. pi ocecd
In tho direction Of Tteumen aud Olnsk at THO
1rtish. cross tho rlror, aud proceed by way OF
Kninsk 10 Totnsk on tho Tom, branch or the
Obi. aud cro,b TINT river. Tolnak fs tho nrin-
ci3,1l cont1o Of commerce OF Western Slos1ia !:
thonco tito road will Eun directly to ltkut6E Ut
Lnho Baikal. Thencc the road ia 10 pass to tho
frontier OF China, and thence 1t is no longer gu
exclusively Russian, but All international UNDER
And horc, also, tho only Berioua engineering
dlfiieut;eB comlnonco, at tho mouutsin range Ut
kipehau, which. in its northern part, is c1osaod
| by lie Amoor Rlyor. This rBngo is tho gteRteat
obstacle. and 1t will bo neceBaary to pass by tho
| Maptchooria, ard To lay tho road from Dakal to
Yorhnooudinslf, through the vallsy Of lho Boloii-
m. Thon tho bost routo (which to reach Pekih,
| Tho capital Of China, near the Yellow Hoa % bay
OF the ko1thou Pacific Ocaau}, haB bonn found 10
bo tl1at OF yohita aud DolounoE. Al tho southern
| sad, the famous great wall will bo crosaoa; 1t
already ilea In runs tp many raacea. Tho whole
dietanco from Nljui-Novgorod 70 Poksn will ba
4, J0O rniloa Of which 2, Huo run through Nnss,an
| territory. 49,
! When thls plan Is closely o1atutnod, according
TO known typographical data. the apparent
| difficulties dTindla down to nothing When conl-
| parotl to thoAe encountered iu tho Western eoc-
tIou OF our Pacific Railroad. Tic frat Becslon,
| from Eijui-hovgorod to To1nBk. ruuB on per
fectly loveI land tho so-oailed steppcs) sinilA1
70 our psairios. In tho second section, from
Tornsh to Lake DaIlal tho country Is rolling
md lntcrsporsod with rivera and streams. bu
tie greatodt height 10 only 1900 foet, aud "
largest rtyor area but OF very moderate vsdt
snd depth. Tho only sntloue difficulties, az VI
have sMd, lio at the Chneso frontier. and tho.
arc Inferior to thoae uvorcomo in tho ltock.
Mountain aud tho Hlorrn Nevada by tho American
ongtueors.
GussiA has raised In Elfseon years more thai
&, ,u00, DOT, ,000 with which to construct 15.00s
nalteu Of railroad. aud eau easily find G300, ,0o0
eu6 OF S400, 900 900 to construct = limo Of sue
| salus to ali tho civilized world.