The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-05-29
NEW COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.
A RussO-San Diegan Steamship
Line.
Incidentally the Whole Coast Will
Be Benefited.
A Brilliant Scheme That Only Awaits
the Completion of the sibe-
rian Railway Details
of the Plan.

By the Associated Press.
SAN Diego, May 2S.-Count L. J. Tel
eky, young Austro. Hungarian. who is
financially interested in the scheme to
establish q steamship line between the
Russian port OF Vladivostock and San
Diego and San Francisco, has been in
the city for several days for the purpose
OF recupersting his health. The count,
who has been living incognito here. is
polished young gentleman, much tray
eled, and converses in very pleasant
manner. To an Associated Press corre-
spondent this evening he gave further
particulars of the plans of his company,
which were published some weeks ago.
"The plan to establish steamship
line between Vladivostock and Ameri-
can ports has long been the study of
Sibirakow, the great Russian tinancier
and capitalist" said Count Teleky.
she is the Rothschilds OF Russia and
principal stakeholder in the Siberian
transcontinental railroad, which ia
to connect Vladivostock and st.
Petersburg. distance of 10000
miles. Three thousand miles OF this
road is ct present in operation across
Siberia from Vladivostock, other Sec
tions have been built between the in
land terminus and st. Petersburg, and
the whole line will be finished in 1896,
according to the terms of the contract
The 5000 miles already stretching in
land from the Pacific has developed
great amount OF business, steadily in
creasing in volume, and Sibirakow and
Szewelof, his principal associate, are
determined to inaugurate the projected
steamship line to San Diego and San
Francisco with as little delay az possi-
BILE. An expenditure of $5,000,0 900 at
this port for docks and warehouses is
contemplated, San Diego having been
selected as the principal port at
this end of the line. Last year
Ivan Gavetsky, an eminent Russian civil
engineer, was sent to Chicago to make
overtures to certain American capitalists
for the purpose of enlisting capital In
the enterprise. Gavetsky's mission was
very successful, but the New York and
Chicago capitalists who were induced to
become interested | cannot name. SUI
flee it to say that Gavetsky and the
Americans organized in Chicago the
Russian merican Direct TRANSPORTATION
company with q capital OF $37, COO, OOO.
Alter It's organization 1851 OcbODeI OaN-
etsky returned to Vladivostock to report
to Sibirakow, while l. who had come out
from Europe and met Gavetsky in Chi
cago, came on to San Francisco to await
his return and incidentally to inspect
the Union Iron works plant. Gavetsky
writes that the company as organ
ICED in Chicago met with the
approval of Sibirakow and the Russian
government and that the actual estab-
lishment of the line will follow the
arrival in San Francisco about May 10Th
of Ivan Makejew, who has absolute au-
thority from Sibirakow to contract for
new vessels and buy steamers already
afoat. az may be deemed most practical
ble."
Count Teleky will leave tomorrow or
next day for San Francisco to await the
arrival OF Gavetsky and Mskejaw. He
is charmed with San Diego and Coro-
nado and is greatly improved in health
in conseq uence OF his sojourn here. He
expects to return in the latter part OF
July and spend some time here.