The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-16

ciera who now 40 % Europe ., 'he
overseas ffwcniy.elehi ~ thirty i.N
rouiel viii much prefer 10 make me
Journey in ten or Twelve days foN
much less cost. This sounds re1
much like ise deaih-knell 20 The
steamship nlssonfer-carrying trade
between Europe and China and Japan.
Millions Of dollars that nov ro io
steamships in other words VIII Then
20 10 railroads Doubtless certain
kinds Of freight Will still continue io
take the water routes between ihe
Orient and western Europe but even
Of the through freight an enormous
quantity win 80 by the lrans-slberian
route.
As 10 passenger traiho. take the cost
and time OF the tourney from London
10 Shanghai for example Under pres
ent conditions. by the most popular
route. The time h. two days from Lon
don TO Brindlsl and from Brlndlsi to
Shanghai thlrty-seven days - forty
nine days IN all. II costs FIRST class
SSII5O. or second class s2i2 BY way
Of Marselles It takes thiriy-nve days
TO Shanghai and costs SsiI5O ior FIRST
clase and 1924 for second class By
way OF America Il takes from thirty
four 70 thlriy-nlne days from Liver
pool 10 Shanghai and the voyage costs
$3.50 first class.
How will this service be- by the 81
herlan route? From London TO Wicrk-
bolowo there Ia a day and a halt n
travel which costs ss5 lrsi class or i26
second class From wlerzbolowo by
81. Petersburg. Moscow. samara. Tsli-
slkour To Vladivostok. 6.fi5 miles. "a
fourteen days twenty mics an hourl.
viii cost only $3.50 Tor first class Yr
sS2.1O second class Il will be- ncces-
sary 10 add for the extra cost OF ox-
press trains siC35 for first class and
$3.50 second class. and Ss.25 for thlr-
teen nights In the sleeping car. From
Vladlvostok by NagasakI 10 Shanghai
on the Russian steamboats, or the Jap
aneso packet-boeis takes slx days for
the price OF $40 FIRST class or So ln sec.
ond class All the Journey by this way
from London to shanghai Will thus on
~ last twenty-five day. and Will only
cost sl5f.i0 fifst class and gi0l 7s In
second class.
In the price by steamers meals are
included, addirS then Tor meals IN
the railroads. sixteen days SIS Cor nrst
class passengers and so for those of
the second class. there will be- totals
Of $500 and Of il2I75. which /, more
than a third cheaper than The Journey
by the other two ways.
Although as early as 1857 the deslr.
ahii'y Of opening a way OF communl.
cation through siberia was recognized
and surveys were made with that end
In view. Il was not until March OF 1891
that the present iouie and plan OF me
great Siberian railway Was approved
Two months later on May ". ihe
work was formally lnnugumted Al
Nledlyosiok under the personal super.
vision Of the then czarewlich. who "a
the present czar Nicholas II. wheeled
away the hrsi harrowful Of earth snd
laid the first stone Of the mighty work
The construction OF the road sas
placed In the hands of r. committed OF
which the ear was ami a. sun the
president. and the rapid execution of
the colossal project Is largely due %
his great interest and enthusiasm.
An army OF 10000 men. besides On.
GERS and engineers has been CONSTANT.
employed Ia good weather on the shree
sections into which the work was dl-
ylded. and they ta,e huili an average
OF two miles a day. Considering ihe
difficulties encountered anG. IN many
Instances. the primitive methods en-
nloyed. this Is very rapid work.
Every Sleeper has been sawed todi.
ously by hand ln old-iashionod saw n'is
with one man above and another be-.
low IN the construction OF hlrh em.
hankments the supporting Plies have