Evening journal., 1897-07-24
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS.
Completion OF Trnns-sibcrinn Road
VIII Make This Possible.

AhOOlfO f1E WOhLD IfN 81 DAYS.
Completion OF Trnns-Sibcrlnn Road
VIII Make This Possible.
When it became possible for the
globe-trotter to get around the world
in so days, this feat was considered suf-
ticiently remarkable to have the jour
ney dramatized. Now apparently it
will soon be possible to accomplish this
feat in so days. just how this is TO
be done is explained by the Germania,
Milwaukee, which says:
"In the year 1900 the Trans-Siberiau
railroad will be completed and it will
be possible to get around the world in
80 days. This railroad, which extends
from the Ural mountains TO the Pacific
pecan, a distance of 5000 miles, and
ftom st. Petersburg to Nladivostok, on
the Pacific ocean, n distance of 1900
miles, will be the longest railroad sys-
tenn 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 westward 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 terri
| tory some degrees south Of Nladivostok,
/ 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 eN-
ceedingly rare in Siberia and occur only
in limited distances. The average win
ter temperature along the line OF the
road is but very little below zero. The
atmosphere is very dry and only occa-
sionally is the snowfall very deep. Biz
zards are entirely unknown. Prince
Hilkoff, 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 III 80 days; and when the
roadbed had once been settled TO de-
crease this to 80 days. At present the
quickest route and shortest time arc
the following:
Days
Now York to southasnpton......... 8
Southampton to Brindisi. ................: 81
Brindsi to Yokohama, via Suez canal a.
Yokohama to San Francisco. ............10
San Francisco to New Iork.............. az
rotoi SO
After the completion Of the Siberiai
road the journey can be made in th'
following manner:
New York to Bremen. en..................
Bremen TO st. Petersburg (railroad) zee. ~
J Sd. Petersburg to Vladeverta, at 30 miles
Viadeverta to San Francisco. ...............l 10
San Francisco 70 New York. .............. A.
IOt0l 100
( "Of course such a journey would b
! what the Germans would call n 'Hetz
iegd,' leaving no time for sightseeing
but nevertheless such n quick journe
viii then be possible. Evidently Rus
sia has its own objects in building thi
road. 1t is significant that the rail
! are two or three inches wider apar
g than they are on other European roads
IS so that the cars of other countries car
j. not be utilized on the Sierian roa'
A In case Of war the Siberian railroa
e can be used only by the Russian govern
'' ment Literary Digest.