The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-25
THE SIBERIAN RAILROAD
WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE so
FAR.
Interesting Figures on the Immense
Undertaking from American Con-
sui General Thomas Smith.

~ combined meeting OF the COM
mittce of the Siberian railway and Il
department of the imperial council
which took place on the 10th of De
cemher of the past year, the work in
the construction of the Siberian rail
way was considered, says American
Consul General Smith, writing from
Moscow under date of March nth.
The construction of the first section
of the central Siberian line. including
the branch to the town of TomsH.
with the exception of minor untinsh-
ed work, is completed. and il is now
possible to begin regular traffic.
The work on the second section of
the central Siberian line. on the irlt-
outSk Baillal. on the North Ouroussis-
sky and Perm kotlass section is
as follows: Seven hundred and eighty
dessiatines (2.1O5.t6 acres) of forest
have been cut down and trunks up
rooted. 1920, 600 cubic sagen (29.jS6.-
92j cubic vards) of carthwork nave
been laid. 22i.96O square sagen H.
224.7S2 square yards) of railway en-
bankmcnt have been made. and 12.232
cubic sagen G56.301 cubic yards) of
masonry have been completed. The
laying of stone and cast iron piping
have been effected on the whole length
of the Central Siberian Railway. and
about $500 sagen (24.5OO feet of pip
ing have been laid on the remaining
sections The construction of large
and small bridges with wooden and
metal arches. is complete to the six
dredth and thirteenth verst -four
hundredth and seventeenth mile) of
:. . l.
berian line, as also on the North Our
Oussissl<y Railway; and besides this,
241 bridges have been constructed ON
the section beyond the Baikal noun
tain range. One thousand and TWEEN
ty-three versts (67S.24 miles) of the
main and station lines have been laid,
of which S53 versts (56j.53 miles) have
been blasted.
One thousand and two line and sta
ton buildings have been erected on
these railways. The water supply is
opened and AZ stations are being par
tally supplied. OF sleepers. 1.l63, 500
are prepared. and 4,495. 100 pools ISL
1853 tons) of rails and fastenings.
There have been completed % locomo-
tives and 756 freight cars and plat
forms. The sections of the North
Ouroussissky still in the course of
construction will soon he finished.
On the LIST of September of the past
year. the first through train from
Vladivostocl arrived at Kharahar-
ovsk. For the construction of a rail
way ferry across the Baikal Lake,
parts of the frame and machinery of
ferry ice cutter and the machinery
for floating dock have been conveyed
to the town of Krasnoyarsk and to
the village of Listvinnichnoia, where
store houses and workshops are erect
ed. The work of putting parts of the
ferry ice cutter together and of con-
structing piers on the lake has been
begun.
For the improvement of the navi-
! cation on the rivers Angora. Schillia,
Amour and Oussouri, Soundings were
made and navigation charts prepared
| There are now employed on these riv-
ers. steamers, steam launch, bar
| ges and two dredges. The construc.
tion of a stone quay in NladivostOck
has been commenced. The general
result of the work from 1895 to 1891
| is shown as follows: Earthworll
1886. 800 cubic sagen (95,741 .462 cubic
| YARDS: rails laid. 1859 versts O.Go6.
81 miles: ballasted, 3,051 versts g.,
022.S1 miles,.