The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

Der OF smaller Streams were TO be COM
/ ple,ed in a few weeks. and il is expect
! ed that before the end OF this year the
I locomotive will make il entrance into the
! far-dis,ant city OF Irkutsk. whose name
! has for long years suggested something
! remote from civilization. Most OF the
| road bed IL graded and the rails are al
/ most all in place.
IN railroad progress even long. cold
winters have their advantages. Many
! thousands OF tons OF rails. locomotives.
! dirt cars. and all the equipments Tor
railroad building have been in the serv-
ice all the way TO Irkutsk long before
! the completion OF the bridges across the
numerous rivers. Il was a simple ma :
ter. Tracks were ;hrown across the
deeply frozen rivers in winter and thus
the material and rolling stock We're push
ed on ahead OF the bridges.
One OF the two stretches OF the Sibe-
rian railroad that will not be huilt for
the present begins on the west shore
o. Lake Baikal and extends around the
south end OF the lake. The mountains
are almost precipitously on, Of TIE lake.
there are deep ravines 20 bridge. and.
in fact, the chief engineering difficult
ties Of the entire route are % be found
along the shore OF Baikal. 50. for The
present. the Gordian knot has been cut
in a happy manner. The rains are 20
be carried across the south end Of the
lake on large iron steam ferry. a part
OF which is already IN the ground. In
winter a track can be placed on the ice.
The ferry is only a temporary expedient.
bu: the road may be in operation FOR
some years before the line is completed
around the south end Of Lake Baiksl.
Next comes the rransbaikal section.
which extends from the lake - STREET
ensk, where lhe Amur section begins
The work % grading ;he road5ed Is in
progress all along me ,ransbaikal sec
ton. bridge building is far advanced.
and about thirty miles OF track have
been laid cas-, Of the lake. The country
is not difficult. and this section OF the
road vii be pushed TO speedy comp.e-
ton.
Then succeeds the kn0tty problem ot
the Amur river. Much study mas been
given IL. but il is not yet solved. AMI
IL ia quite certain that trains viii be
running regularly on VladivostOck on
the ocean by way Of the Ancharian
branch before the road Is completed
through the Amur valley. Every year
this valley is deeply flooded 10y me ove--
flow of the Amur, and the stiiI unsoiye4
question is how 10 protect the railroad
against these foods. Until a SOLUTION IS
reached this part u the Inc viii TO;
be built but. fortunately. a substitute
has been found in The projected Man
clurian railroad. on which the prelimina-
r. WORK has begun and which Vii give
through trains short GU: % ne po-t %
Vladiyostock.
Some months ago the treaty between
Russia and China. BY which ne car 20
cured authority To build this branch line
came into prominence. The work Wi
be pushed rapidly. bu; ne line - n; 10
be regarded as pa-; ~ the main ST.
bsTisn road. Tor il Is fully intended q
complete TIE road through .1s Anur
Valley before many year,. The Man
churisD branch IL in the hands z a pri-
vate Russian company. bat al Us plans
are subject % the approval . TIE Rus
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Siberian road al Ser;schinsk and crosses
tac ManchuriaD frontier AZ Z1-u11situ-
tevsk. ;o1cass ne three most imp1r;sn.
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