The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-18
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SURVEYED
me Government OF the Car is pushing fur.
! ward the work on the siberian railroad with
all possible speed. IL announced carly this
| year that Al, OF tho available money to be- dc.
| rived from this year budget would be devoted
10 th's worh' nc road VIII los twice as long
~ ans vi 'o' N'h'ii'ah ui'hN'"h'inrntnl lines.
| ine "oNe'h'''''. mas 'oasc'l !" carry on othor
PUBIC Works anu ihuWayS. These enterprises
| must ior some tme be conducted hy private
| companies without state All.
inc ooVcrnment has resolved to opcn tho
ROAD 10 traihc IN 1870. Many engineers. how.
| ever are doubtful that this can be done. and
| some o! them say ten or twelve years will
| eiapse before the road is in operation. Its
probable also. TINT the total failure Of tho
crops IN large districts of Russia and the
| Necessity Tor Government did may Interfere
Win tne progress OF the railroad enterprise
| why isthc hnsslan Government in suchs
hurry 10 pulid inns great railroad' AS matter
OF TACT the var IL AFRAID TINT the Ch;"c:7 .av,
designs on the rich and fertile valley Of the
ossur,. which forms the eastern boundary he.
tween Manchurln ana tho RUSSIAN territory
HIS agents at Pckin reported late last ycarthat
the Chinese dorcrnment. Influenced Ivy cor.
tain western powers, intended to build a rnil.
ROAD from ieKin 10 the Amour. through Man.
churia' uat mucn OF inc route had already
peen surveyed py EhElsh engineers. and that
Nhiha 3 op)ect was 10 better cstaoiish her au
thority over Manchurla. anu also to cnahleher
10 adVahtaRconsly defend 1t IN case OF war
| WORK on TINS railroad mas actually begun
tho"sh its southern terminus Is To DO Tion.
tSin 'ms'eau OF ieklh. ii emma mas trouble
WIN hussia such railroad would also enable
neT 10 tnTCutcn ana perhaps 10 cut OIL tia
ossurl province from the resi- Oh siberia
Inc importance Vi puildine inc siberian
faii!oau ~ question upon Whlch public mon
vi al, snaues vi opinion IN hussia are united
III ie''er "rn,en Nv Mthis''r ue "iers early
.,is yea. WA. s'a,eShiuh quoted inc opinion OF
.me munster OF war 'hat IN inc event Of hos.
| tiities WIN emma II would DO very diilcnltto
oeieha the Amour district. DE Nrrs endorsed
this view. ana added that ii the Chimes" at any
STA the possessions OF Russia IN eastern 81.
every year, would be in an exceedingly n,".
cartons nostion Tho immodia, .' rns pre-.
building the railroad. therefore. is political
one: but there are many who believe that tn,
line is vastly more important in eomm" me, ,,I
than in political sense.
Tho whole OF tho route has been manned out
bnt onIv one-half Of It Inns been pronorIy envy
| veyed. Tho other half has been partially OK.
amined. and fresh q, party Of engineers was
recently sent from 81. petersburg TO carry on
the work. The surveyed portions are not con-
s,W.a. s y. WV
road on different parts Of the route. About
vaved The longest completed str.,ch Of N,
sv,,,or. e. IN tha oantrnI ,,ar,;on =, ,h WV
surveys Is on the central portion OF tho
route. where. across the vast plains Of
Siberia few enpineer,nr die,cuities ~,
Sa .,. nto u. I,e, r aI'
part OF the route have been surveyed and
nearly 700 miles of the route directly cas-, o,
baikai Lake have been completely laid out.
About 200 miles. also. OF tho extreme eastern
| end of tho route hive been SURVEYED. Thccy.
treme western end OF II. between the eastern
slopes OF the ural Mountains and the Obi
Of tho line which has not Vet been stakcd Ont
is about .. 400 miles. N'
The Governmcnt intends to transform tho
minus OF the line. into n first-class fortress,
and to provide it with hartor for the use Of IL,
second sebastopoi. From this bort fast cras.
@ ers Of nny nation Il Wth w6 kpssa
buiidinc. and. when cnmpiefed. The mort viii
be practically impregpabIs. ne doyernmsM
the Year round "u ~ '"e '''' Will 10 ''eA t."
The cost OF the whole line. including, bridges
ia estimated mt Si75 O(NlUOo. MANY prom.
| inent Russians think that although the mo-
| tive In pushing forward the road is political
| the line viii prove ultimately Of far more im
portance from n commercial point OF view
| They speak OF the vast mineral resources d
central and eastern Sibcrin. which. even now
! in their almost undoyeiopnd and unacrcssibl.
condition. yield large, returns; and ask what
tho cnnntTv and nr"nrr mn,hincrv "nn IT,
| taken in to work the mines. They al go roint
| 10 tho vast trncts of land in western Siberia
and also In the Amour and Tssuri provinces
in en- stern Siberia. where the soil is Very ricl
and is undoubtedly well adapted for coloniA.
tom $3.50
II il an Interesting foct that before the GOV.
| eminent set seriously TO work to build this