Evening star., 1897-04-10
AROUND THE WORLD IN 30 DAYS.
Completion Of the Tranx-Sfberian N
Road Will Make This Possible

Road Will Make This Possible
From the Literary Digest.
When 1t became possible for the globe
trotter to get around the world in eighty
days. this feat considered sufficiently
remarkable to have the journey drama
tized. Now apparently it will soon be DOS
sible to accomplish this feat in thirty days
Just how this is to be done is explained by
the Germania. Milwaukee, which says:
In the year 1900 the Trans Siberian rail-
road will be completed and it will be DOS
sible to get around the world in thirty
days. This railroad, which extends from
the Cral mountains to the Pacific ocean, a
distance of $500 miles, and from st. Peters
burg to Vladivostok, on the Pacific ocean,
distance of 1900 miles, will be the longest
railroad system in the world, and fully
twice as long as any of the Pacific systems
IN North America which hitherto had been
the longest. Large sections of this road
east of the Ural mountain chain and west
ward from the Pacific have already been
completed and the rest Is being pushed
rapidly. Russia has been in negotiation
with China and has secured permission to
build the road southwark through Chinese
territory some degrees south of Vladivos-
tok. Detailed Investigations have shown
that the inclement weather and heavy
SHOWS, which at certain times stop traffic
altogether on the Pacific roads, notably
the Northern Pacific, are exceedingly rare
in Siberia and occur only in limited dis
tances. The average winter temperature
along the line of the road is but little below
zero. The atmosphere Is very dry and only
occasionally is the snowfall very deep.
Billiards are entirely unknown. Prince
Hiikoff, who recently travelled through
North America in order to study
the railroad system, declared that after the
completion of this road it would be possible
to make the journey around the world in
thirty-three days; and when the roadbed
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thirty days At present the quickest route
and shortest time are the following:
Days
New York to Southampton....
Southampton to Brindisi. 3h
Brindisi to Yokohama, via Suez canal
and India. AZ
Yokohama to San Francisco.
San Francisco to New York............. Az
after the completion of the Siberian
road the journey can be made in the fol-
lowing manner:
Days.
New York to Bremen. Observation-Disclosures.
Bremen to ST. Petersburg (railroad. ..... IL
St. Petersburg to VIadeverta, at 80
miles per hour. ............................1 10
Vladeverta to San Francisco.
San Francisco to New York. ............... AZ
"Of course such a journey would be what
the Germans call 'HetZjagd,' leaving no
time for sightseeing; but nevertheless such
a quick journey will then be possible. Evil
IDENTIFY Russia has its own objects In build
ing this road. 1t is significant that the
rails are two or three inches wider apart
than they are on other European roads, so
that the cars of other countries cannot be
utilized On the Siberian road. In case of
war the Siberian railroad can be used only
by the Russian government"
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Proved by the Change.
From Puck
Cynic-"I can't see why a man who is
happy when single should ever marry"
Friend-"He never does"
1t matters little That 1t Is that you want
whether situation or servant "a
want" ad. In The Star will reach the