The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07
FROM PEKING TO
ST. PETERSBURG.
%sy ARSoT RHD--

We laft TrkEtek Cu tie Afternoon q
fra - q seytsubeT. ard the nsEi
raaHry E51rF were passed .a nightmare
lc railway travel That rs because q
or.rrr1Nsf-r-
Frsu IFkl-sx 90 KrzErOyarEk q section
60 tfe Lac sH=nvt only a fsW weszs pre-
s.-4.F. faar- are 10 1rst-Class CARE bst
1r.v earl-5 third and rolT-h. FurtheT.
81. fre saao1t-s.ass FzesesEers there Vas
allotted gr The -Tasa Only O1e-Ea-f q
az. Thai half car Wa seated. according
f- rrs T-.=T. Tor afteez people, ard wo--a
r.--1-.a have -a.9 flf-an fg- 1Ef-
IrH .s.rTeE. F1F a8 LlEEt Ec-E D.
as-. lH- tesa c,uf1rlzb.s f3r t-a pee
s... B-- rvrary-s.r perss-s we're packed
.rt1 C. ard 10 additional car uzs avail
arfl as EaL ferries tEe T..a- Cl-zz
a-. arrived 20 Za.El lzelty-tO8r hours
later N--r fEs train starred We were
staining .E tae p4ssaEsway VITA our
lelE--e a. s-r fl.- ] aas tae aF=- G,
r- fC- =a<t. ard with -tr-e success
.l.E iE f1H center Covig H1iy for
.Ea- AID vear.EE IN sir o. lonely ard
patience. Il@l .s-I a--
dressed ra EFe-rE. alI she aid l-r
..a4-- maze T-eu for Ua- -Eay r.r
El-. t.r. Elfl tie assent d sn Old Rus
l faaH-s ard q ge8rg Jew. shes f1Hll
.. space .sE Uy friends rsrl ar1
Ir about. and Ee I'll get through ire
r.-.- ..--HlE- Happily. -ls oEer-roU 90
.- coalition "a nor last Before 49, a.
...-el .ar. comfortable conditions how
ever. H- EaL ro cross ti- 49, set l--
fr.rs. -Fa- Okla q detention li -IE
.FE ~ wI..a t--ee Hfra spent lI t-e
.-- ~ ar near ire river 5aHE. amidst
E -ElH waiting -Dr Lle f1rrF boat
e.- .r .-E r-E-. waited -er BaEsaHg'-s
coming fae revere uag o. a train thai
vas .a'e. Three days later We had 20 he
-rr-r- across tre -rlI uIbrld-ed YeusiseI
ar operation which also took place .a
t.- dark included erllt FIVE or FIX m. --s'
.-.sar. a.f Involved for NY parry. "a
rer-.- 90 a.arT four hour. Nhe1 =
l. a. 3 O'Clock thar Iiga--a hundred
rl-rs gI- trCu JTkatEk-we drove INFO
-EleErgar station. We found ourselves
.~ r.-Alzabor. We dined OF excellent
.a-- soup. fine E-Es.s-i River fs1. most
-lcoI.-Ir pa-trlLees. good l-ets OF DeeC.
saEgIE sweets and decent cheese and
washed gee whole Gov. WLrE claF-t ana
g .r.- coffee ard cCguac. After that We
bought 1rsr-c.a-- tickets % Moscow, ard
r.-lz-l heaven that We lad reached q
complete railway.
.s .aif ne Hahsli Lllr q ALlI-4
.a -l- .a-- few words. The section Of rail-
raF from lIkl-sk 20 KrasUoya Tsl,-a B0CI
h5I w.rz-ts To- completed. l. vas CgeHee
only "a msEtH before We trayersed IT, and
Z Eas opened 10 0BllPs the public before
- vas quite ready. That explains me alb
z-.-s a. L.sr-cis-s cars and the INSULT
cheney " rolling Stock. The traffic ia q
|-:1, .s IN excess Of the present means
l- I-E-r- Only one train runs along ne
.aN --sa two days and that one train is
0HaTeEoWle1. But that j. only a tempo
-a~y condition o. things The man Who
may choose 10 follow lu my footsteps lat
or Vii lII The Okla and the E-neisaI
1-.rzec- he RI find g proper station q
lr1lt-s, BE- Uil find a sGffcieucv Of &C.
.-r-IJ-atisU 90 the carriages. De viii
ina l-zt-otass Cars. ana be- may ever fu8
norm az Ilg EeIeizei. al OCCASIONAL
train de luxe" built and ruE after TIE
fashion mat prevails between New York
AID Chicago Or London and Ediuburgh
such o. train runs now once a week over
me "e5ter. portion q the railway.
Al the time ~ PASSED over the unlnish-
q section from IrkutzE % Krasnoyarsk
no timetable for that section seemed 10
h-Fe been published, and there was no
passenger On the train who had been over
--"- --'t 2 VIZ L-tE- F--asef general
Fasueness as 10 what stations had re-
-resHTneut rooms and as 70 how long We
would stop anywhere. On that section We
really FED IN tie train. partly on food car
red with US from Irsutsk and partly on
IDCl picked Lp on the way At every sta
ion the railway had fun supply O. cold
waite: and al mOgt stations ne railway
also supplied free Of charge. boiling W.
i-.-fea4y boiling. Every passenger OF
-aen ptFty Of passengers. had a tea ket-
l-e ana carried his own tea Further. and
apart LT0m the bread and meat 10 b. had
81 TIE railway bU1Cts. there were Al
many stations OUTSIDE markets Of stalls
kept Dy The country people, and there one
eo-li get excellent cold roasted chickens.
pariT4ses, biZckcCCk, and other game.
IEc5e we're cheap / fancy that IS stran-
gers. sTeskIng 10 Russian. We paid more
IMAM tie average passenger, but stiIl. 10
uar a fat roasted partridge seems cheap Il
the price OF about sIEpeuce. with these
ana DINER such supplies, and with French
brandy ana Crimean clsret-to be had II
every blret--Ee fed we'll on tie uulu-
!shed section. perhaps better than on the
western section, where there was q suffi-
fir1ey Of fully equipped TefTeshment
rooms DIT where the eating had 10 Dc
done too huIliedly
The time occupied in tTaVersirg the
iraHssib-rlan Railway Is long Il is, o.
course, longest on the newest section.
rom Hkutsk 20 Krasn0yarsk IS only
about go miles, and The time occupied or
The rH was 100 hours. The customary
ir u running b. ABOUT fifteen miles an
AoIr- Bat at places where there is q
steep gradient, VI where there are de-
t-cts on the line. tie train goes much
more slowly Taen there is delay in
crossing ferries and changing cars-abou-
-1 hours az each of the TWO ferr.es-auI
there ls "a considerable halt Al about IhlF-
fy-lEe ~ forty stations. o. which there
-a one each fifteen 10 twenty miles After
hraSncy-rsE the rate o. less slow. and
after Chiefly y.n-k, where the Siberian sys-
--m proper culE ana the line is worked
4s part OF Tie European system. the rate
gets quicker. Yet. IeTrrtheic>z, III. time
ras only three hours less than twelve
days and nights for about $3.50 miles. As
pae result o. tlat SLOW speed. che jouc-
E.y -a less taugElIg than would b.
any similar period spent GA a rapidly run
E7e sums charged Tor passenger trans /
JOCK are very l0w. RlBrs. 30 I-z.-say 70
.-. o. English moneys the srcJul-clIs-
...- from lrk-fsk 10 MOSCOW. Tor about
j" miles Ot travel. For the nearly 400
'...s t-at Ne Travelled first class. there
III. ~ boz added = rub.es. Tie ta.r5-
..sas .aia. aa j work il ouT, would b.
or.g 40 E#H.s- los th- whole distance.
ana the fourth class alL o. thar / am
-a- so saIrI would br only q rubles
4l-e tE- r-slr as about The same value
fGn ..-...l form and thai works or
F.Ty cheap travelling. l. j. SLOW. il Us
r.ry SLOW. DHt e.rra!rly ID Is cheap. ana
SUITS country where time s. plentiful
..I money D. scarce The allowance al
.Er- laasase. .t may De- adIe. IS small F..
a.G She rates charged for excess weight
Oh. or Oh proportion 10 The sums CHARGE
.Hr personal transport. The pity Of ID Is
...t ID fs- srart Go avoid or reduce the
l..rs.r Tor baggage Gee people take with I
-..u .Ht1 tH. rdr. "a wholly unreasonable (
ul.-tir. of luggage.
"lr siberian lands We tEaversed may b. /
lIs.4.j iay0 three distinct belts. From