Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-04-06
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"ArOund tho World I'm Eight
Days"-A Plan Suggested b
ex.cify Treasurer Frsucis Viz
cent.
In the issue OF Philadelphia "Rt
cord" on August llth, 1879, was put
lishsd an account OF a plan devised b
ex.City Treasurer, Francis Vincent, fo
the construction of line Of railroad
which would enable person to max
almost direct journey around tn
world. but as the account was not dc
void Of mistakes Mr.. v. sent true re
port Of the plans which were publishes
in the "Resora" on September 18th
1879. In tho year 1871 the Philadel
phia "Rnq uirer" had denounced tn
matter as dream Of the future. New
erthsless the plans were published IL
the principal European journals ant
translated into almost all the modern
languages.
Mr.. Vincent's plan was 10 run lin,
Of steamers from San Francisco to th,
mouth Of the Amoor river in Eastern
Siberia and then construct o railroad
from that river to Tobolsk and tn,
Ural mountains which would mset tn,
system Of railroads approaching thos,
mountains from st. Petersburg. lthii
railroad were constructed o person eoult
start from New York, go west To SaI
Francisco, there take steamer and Il
to the Amoor and from there 60 by rail
to St. Petersburg, thence to London ant
thence by steamer to New York, thul
travelling around the wsrld in less thar
ninety days.
Mr.. Vincent asserts there is no diff
Guilty in this route. That the extent O.
railroad to be made would probably
not exceed three thousand Eve hundred
miles, before 1t would reach the Rus.
sian road advancing to the East which
now he is informed reaches the Ural
mountains. 1t might be narrow gusgs,
and would then cost much less than
the Pacific road which We have made to
San Francisco. After the Altsi Noun
tains were pierced, it would pass
through level country abounding in
all kinds Of grain, and rivers and
streams filled with fish Of the very best
description. And where also, he IL in
formed, there are great quantities Of
gold and silver. II would run ia ST..
Petersburg in the latitude Of 81 de-
grees, or about that Of the Southern
part Of Bngland. The 'Rseord" con.
tanning these publications was sent to
tho principal Russian newspapers, and
one to the Emperor Of Russia. Now we
will describe the fruits OF this article.
The New York "Hsrald" Of Sunday
last contains dispatch from LondSn
which says:
"a Russian Commissioner named
Flavolsky who left Odessa on March .,
is expected soon at sau Francisco on
the cruiser Moscow. The ostensible
object of the journey, is to arrange q
line of steamers from California to the
Of the Amoor river"
Is not this following out of the %, IN
Of Mr.. Vincent, by the line Of steam
ers from San Francisco to the Amoor
a preparatory road to the construction
Of this road, by which We can 20 direct
" round the world.
The following is the paragraph copied
from the Philadelphia "Inquirsr," of
The 18th Of July, 1871; In the article
written by Mr.. Vincent, which fore
shadowed as dream of the future, the
union Of tho English speaking people
into one great Republic, and The final
nnion Of the world under one govern
nent, speaking one Language, (the En-
zlish) )and as consequences an era Of
universal peace. He says "If it had
not been for the union of the nations Of
.he world under one government, we
never would have been able TO build
such stupsnduous work as the Great
North. Western Railroad via. Chicago
and 81. Paul's and the Great Slave Lake
and st. Petersburg to London. Ner the
railroad 10 Pekin. Nor the branch
from Tobolosk to Jerusalem and Con-
stantincple.
Without the Rnion Of four such sroat
powers as the United States, Great
Britain, Russia and China. Bheering
Strait would never have been either
bridge or tunnsled, and the magnif-
cent ride between the metropolis of the
New World and the metropolis of the
Old World, which is now made without
,hange of cars, would have been impos-
,ible. This route, though infinitely
onger in distance than that by sea, yet
which by the improvement in our rail,
road system Is made shorter in point Of
lime, without its distressing sea sick
ness, required the united resources of
hose four grsa. nations and yet our
,tatistioians allsdge that the cost Of this
yreat Improvement is less than would
,ween them, reckoning the loss Of labor
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