The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-12
THE SIBERIAN RAILROAD.
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 We translate the following from the "Pravitelstveni Viestnik,'' of February 21:
 "At joint sitting of the committee of the Siberian railway and the tinan- cial department of the state council on December 10 last Gold style), under the presidency of His Imperial Majesty, there was among other matters under consideration a detailed report of the minister of roads and communications on the progress of the work of building the Siberian railway.
 '"The construction of the first por tion of the central line, with a branch line to Tomsk, is practically completed, | and regular traffic can be said to have commenced on it, thus continuing the line of uninterrupted railway as far as Krasnoiarsk.
 "Following is summary of the state of progress on the other sections of the | railway, viz, the second portion of the central Siberian line, the Irkutsh-Bai- kal line the Trans-Baikal line North ern Ussuri line, and the Perm -Kotlas
 
 been cut down and ground cleared, 30,- 100000 cubic yards of earthwork execu- ted, 1,250,00O square yards of embank- ment or cutting slopes revetted, and about 150,000 cubic yards of masonry | work constructed. Cast iron or stone tubing has been laid along the whole | length of the central Siberian line, and | on the other sections about 400 miles have been laid. Large and small bridges, with wooden or metal arches, have been completed for 630 versts | along the second portion of the central Siberian line, and along the whole of | the Northern Ussuri line, besides which 241 bridges have been built on i the Trans Baikal line; 1923 versts of
 main line and sidings have been laid | of which S53 versts have been ballast | ed; 1002 maintenance huts or station buildings have been erected along the | lines that are being built, with the ex- ception of the Northern Ussuri section where their construction is completed The water supply has been opened or l is being arranged for at forty-seven stations; 1,163,000 sleepers are ready, and there has been delivered at forma- ton points 4,49S,000 poods (about 90000 | tons) of rails, fastenings and different construction materials, thirty-two en- zines and 756 freight wagons or trucks. | Of the sections still under construc- ton, the Northern Ussuri line ap- | breaches completion; on September 1 | last the first through train arrived at I Khabarovsk from Vladivostock. Ar l engagements have been made for cross | ing the Lake Baikal in connection with l the railway, and the parts and engines | of an ice-cutting ferryboat and the en- | zines of floating dock have reached | I&rasnoiarsk, and also an ice-cutting | ferryboat is being put together in the | village of Listenitz Con the eastern shore of the Baikal Lake), where work shops and magazines have been erect | ed, and wharves are being built on the lake.
 | "In order to execute Improvements 1 in the navigation of the rivers Angara, l Schilka, Amur and Ussuri, surveys | have been made and charts drawn up; | two steamers, one steam barge, six barges and two dredgers have been put together launched and are now in use. In the same way stone wharf is being constructed at Vladivostock, and the preliminary works carried out for local | railways.
 "The general progress of the work for the three years, 1895-97, can be ex- l pressed as follows:
 "Earthwork executed, 100000, 900 cubic yards.
 Rails laid, 2,959 versts.
 Ballast deposited 3,051 versts."
 It must be remembered that the rail- way cannot have progressed much since the date of the sitting, as on ac- count of the intense cold. only five months of the year are available for working. In some parts masonry can only be executed during the summer
 months.-London Globe.