The sun., 1893-11-05
TUE LONGEST R4IInoAD.
Five Thou~, nj six Iiu ,drch Mites Withous
Cirnpin Ing ara.

building pait OF she great siberian RAILWAY.
arrived with several nf his coniitryme on 'he
last Pacific Mail steamer Ills gentleman ID
j. J. Gact.ski. Ilc and his irlcn's are quar-
tered at the california Hotel tn" others In
the party arc Mr. koraloiI. who las hcon orcr-
nting Siberian mur.. rn'i tw" civil "r:'neees
named l,nnuir an Aiimof. Ihcy are "n the
wnyto st rct"rsrni...
Tho Siberian rri,wnv Which Mr.. GsIetaski 10
now engaged IN constructing. Is hc'H'y tn.
teipriso. and wurn 90 url";e t. ~ eNi'rc;"d
that 1t w.t. hnymi, tmpGr'ani ri;eS '' on.,st ,.,nt
line oi track ever laid. l"jr"i rnn Ert, "a -
ear and ri'" m"'e. than - o. n1'l"s Witn"ns
the work tho sum usiti0n was that II wnuld pe
finished "a ', wS" co I'm" I'm, ~. m.'GrySs e s,,ss IKE
would NOT lo hri.cn until iSa'i and now Mr.
GnIei%sEl la. in!"im"! nr4nain'HngrS mere
he completed. IA III" di'iicultr"~ ar" greater
thnn Gntirira,cd when encountered; 1t "ny .e .e
begnninr OF the century.
Nj. GaieiHski heGan wIrS on his rnrt oi tho
line two years ago. On the 24th Uf May ISL.
th.. t"nrowitE, turned thc irst sod. ,a'ii the
first rail, and drovS tho first s,rkc q lL,iivo;;
tho line In Enss:a IN" railway starts ir2m
European lin" now terminates. and on the
railway. hy means of u junction.. continuous
lournev can 10 made to Moscow anI a. ",i,er
SIZED SIZED by ~ Mr. GnIsHski 400 m"re are rar.
advance Tor 400 additional vert.
ycrst IS uss,an min, icing snu,S%,rnt
Ten thousand Chinese and ,orcnns ar" ein-
roycd 10y tho contractors, they rlns ronsd.
siberia MS in America. The other wUrkmcn
are conN let's and ticket l.loaN" men Ihe
for the section under Mr. tiaietzskrs rharle
of bnstins ling Of sold rGcK must he done. Whole
Mountains OF rock hays ne mo}S ;n.n,r anh dep
Experienced In getting the material to 81 eria-
aEe S"t Of i s tnso to m pe to to he
conditions is slow nnd cumbersome. The
affS fSsss mn sto
Governments huge undertaking m"re i'm.
nan the @ hs
yiting in appearance md dangers abound.
Tigers n nnd other wild animals hnys been shSs
now reach city Of Euronean ltussia takes
forty days from vladivostock, and when the
railway Is running one can 20 to St l'eters-
burg from that Siberian. port in twelve days.
The idea of having this railroad was in the
mind Of tho Car twenty years before work
pointed p by the Emprr"r in 1857 unanim ously
s"SFiH cost would Ee immonse but the Eussian Gov.
70 The That viii
crue to Russia are expected to more than re-
Which the railway viii bring, about arc tho
colonization Of Siberia. which is vast unpop-
OF agriculture and OF the Siberian mines: the
opening up of new markets for Russan indus
source @ sol Of n revenue venue instead stead Of constant ex-
pense besides increasing Russian INFLUENCE in
SR viii sd
sion in Asia Part oi the trade g OF China. japan.
"E 70 w iS to to
couver. thence over the Canadian Pacific and
sy the SnsS tsn tho S saeE ns tssH sna.
@ and MarselSs requires % % %i9rty-thr,ee to 4 forty
s5 Asn ss be o s.e
this saving Of time will divert trade to the new
ness that now falls to the United States. Cana
da. Great Britain. France. and Germany. Rus
desert but the Increase. Of facilities for OCEAN @
carving caused It to fall into dsuse One
OF Vladivostock. to which al of Its freight must
come. is closed by ice during several months
TIE sstmrte by the Russian @ snr,nss5s 6s6 vss
sre"t Ihe "Stay = to Be- rom s51'SS 55S
close e the ity.ats& psrallsi Of north @ lattpde
and Mask far the Yepse
towns Of Tomsk and Omsk. The road Will
20 along the southern shore OF Lake Baikai.
and through the valley OF the Seeing River.
Lake Colian. where excellent coal has been
found: thence run eastward to the steamboat
sanS Ga IF s A%HT to vs HhaSs a
roflka. There it will turn southward along
the Gnp Of The Tss95 run to
Some doublers say that this road will be a
constant drain on Epssia for years after It is
a century: but even II it brings in no direct
financial profits tis certain to lie productive
Of good to The linssian emrire. Although
Siberia contains barren ana almost useless
waists it has millions o: acre, Of fertile soil.
which with easy cultivation viii yield immense
to roieve the cr"wied Districts q, Eurorean
Russia. SO that whom the crops fail the famine
may not affect as many as it has in tho, past.
Hundreds of th"usnnds "ft"ilnrs "an hardly
keep body and sonl together in Russia and IL
this surplus labor Were put on the fertile areas
OF Western Shcria. that country woGtd he lie.
veoped. European Russia would be relieved
Of SO much hunnn weight. and the emi9rnnts
to 81 si6orlH corln .n MAINTAIN thssmsely"s much
ests Of the empire would % % b" at1nnred S do inter-
One part OF Western Siberia which is capable
France and its So" q Is rich E" e""eh 10
ss g. HlEs Il p"nnlto1 ms that gIGntry has.
it has been ou I'd tH"t IN son,e If it. 'Ira EHr"onn .Ta
districts the aeri irnl tnral population has in-
G"as Tss Fl r"ra,y nG "f Il II. K Sr rs
intiHh f ms nsGrTrT'.'"I the su;I"rlnss during
sSgh Mn sb a r'"ra9 r "rs tnat are
but the railroad VIII bring them withlu reach.
The miring, regions "t th" iltai Mountains
loh. who j. with Mr.. Galrt2ski II rreriIet with
the belief that god mines will be devrIop.d
there which Will compare well with those III
California. Australia. and the rransvan,.
steam COMMUNICATION will Civ" an imn"tus TO
this district. whore enormous uunn'i'irs nt
precious metal ave suppose to l." ror"enIed.
Ono o. In" remote REGIONS to whi n the ra
way viii probably bring p"nnlatt"n j. the val.
ley OF the Nhl"nga !,lvar, on IN" buu' 'l.hSt
shore Of AXE BaISaL 1t is III" Warmast dis
trict in all Siheria and has been called the
siberian Italy. It's fertility is ruSurra ss.,l,
yet because OF the lack oi carrying furIitiss
the ground there Is unused.