Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-03-28
THE CITIZEN.
The Siberian Railroad.

The works in connection with this large
undertaking are being pushed ahead with
the greatest energy, under the auspices If
the young Emperor, who intends to retain
the presidency OF the Siberian Rail say
Committee. According to Engineering,
there Is reason to believe that the West
and Central Siberian Railway will be ready
Uy the year 1900 What is called the
Baikal Ring Line will not be commenced
till the other sections are taken in hand,
but it is expected to be completed by
about 1904 The Balkal Lake will in the
meantime be used for the transport OF rail-
way material for the Trans Baikal section,
from Mvssonskaza to Stretensk- This sec
ton has an aggregate length of $50 miles,
and on it great number of engineering
difficulties have to be overcome. The dis
JrIct through which the railway is to pass
IS very thinly populated, there are many
mountains and elevated piateaux, and tn e
climate Is very severe, the soil being at al
times frozen. The highest point which
the railway will touch on this section Is
about 200 feet above the level of the sea
On the railway lines referred to, there will
nave to be built the immense number OF
y73 bridges The longest Of these i the
Selenga Bridge, which will be about 5000
'eet long; tor comparisons sake, ii may be
stated that the large Grunthal Bridge
over the Mort Sea Baltic Canal il only
62C feet. Ii was originally under contem-
Jistiou to use wood as bridge building
material in some places, end TO use steam
ferries at Others, but both there plans have
l-en abandoned, although this alteration
will entail an additional expense of about
. per cent upon the originally calculated
COST Stretensk is situated at the Shelha
River, which is an auxiliary to the Amur
RIVER The connection between Stretensk
a ID Chabarowka, distance of some l.aOO
| miles, will, in the meantime, be carried
Dut by steamers. At CnabarOWka, which
j. situated at the entrance of the Usurl
| River into the Armur River, bridge will
have to be built of I, 700 feet length, which
Is more than two and one halt times the
| le 9Th OF tae Str-lenka Bridge on the Cen
| traI Siberian section.
The last large section Of the Siberian
Railway will connect Chabarowka with
the naval port of Yladivostok One-halt
of this sect on, from Vladivostok to Gross
| koia, will be ready in the present year, and
| The second from GruSsKoia Chabarowka, a
| distance OF some go miles, has to be ready
in the year 1898. The headquarters of the
West Siberian Railway are at Tschetja-
bnsk. The section which comes under
t1is management terminates at the brid Ee
over The River %, which bridge has a
length of 600 feet, aud is situated at
Klwoschtokowa. This section should be
completed in the year 1896 The head .
quarters Of the Central Siberian Railway
are at Tonsk. E4ch sect is divided
inJo sub-sections of about So miles length.
For about every 20 miles there Is an eng-
neer, With assistant engineers. Next year
d large number of eonvicts will be employ
ed in the building of the railroad, and so a.
10 remove any inducement to try 10 escape
they will obtain the same pay as the tree
laDorer, and wnen the railway is completed
nave their term will be wiped off. The
proper earth and bridge building works
can only be carried on during the period
from May to about the middle Of October
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A Steamer Makes Thirty-three and one
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