Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-12
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TRAVELLING IN SIBERIA.
Train Crosses River on the Ice, Be.
cause No Bridge Is Handy.

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| Dealerb
7 have inst reached ST. PETERSBURG aft
er a trip over the new Trans Siberian
| naiIro,I and my comment on locking
hack over that Interesting tourney, is
! that Siberia certainly offers To the Amer
| lean All the possible avenues to wealth
| thai nra N b. found IN any recently
opened country. Also 1t offers A new field
for the criminal experts VI All nations
ana some Interesting sights for those vino
! think the study Of engineering marVels
of sufficient attraction to make long
trip worth their while.
Much has been written about the new
road. but there are volumes yet to be
written. Streams uf people are flowing
infu vast REGIONS that have never been
settled 10 TO now; the advance guard ~
| Ihp commercial armies w the world mas
| Already arrived. and. as III aII r.w rour-
fries The lawi,.Ss element arc taking thr
| ,-,r,-' fltii.vf .,,i,s,rf,,. ,r IN. absru.a IA
the police Robbery. murder ana violence
gr. most lamen;ahly common Trains
arc hold ny, ian th,. lon.iy f,,,rfs Of ,n. pryy
~auntry r:,r4 LEFT unclIsrt!,d arr. attacked
ana thrir contents stolen and private
| houses are broken into al all hours and
tb..i, ,rr5r.tr,e fr.nii.rti,. E'u,J IN th,
r With, t,ti i,it,,r mi
1 Annfh4r 1rd Itsf~.-strt- result IVY ,h4
btiiil5na nf rh. n.y raaI N rh.. turning
~ thr peasants from their quiet. INDUS
| ,rtnr. liv.- 4, , r.s.igs. rnnGtfnn rbaI
! sn,nnfin,rs loads fh.m M f.rsak. Their
/ f,rrns t,;,, n. b4nds If ,nhh,re ar1
NOR frrqurntlv to steal a riI. On The
ralIr""d I'!HS l." 80 .h'f hl'" hn'
! d.rers In Asia. consumed with but one
dcsir. tn-forlpw thi- n-u ru1l ,yhcr.y,-
| II ,nny lrld fhrr1 IN ary ra4. tht tarrn
! s.rs thpr, NV unr.
1 AMI Mil liue w interesting enough WI
wean ANN one away from 4 dulI fill.
a3u y Cu5 ~ az tH'''t''nrt "n lHt rams
~, i.h i,,,l.l 80" NJ" hrSt'hE .A,".n<I,
runs the Chulim river. The time was
i NM n.y. Sii,M IL? ~. - 9'ti.Il 10
ri,,.r. wnr froz..n TIT er'E "g pi
III tiGh. iett ahd thr smaller rivers were
aiu1en ~ shL| lSI! Dds. III lhr IRAN
| ~ '"dgH i tLlt hu.lIh river lne c'urtr-
49, EtI ol II, u i-i,u ri ,i'' 'l.t HI.
| w. ~ .'E' HNri, tlT iiN'L WE ny com
! ".S'ru' H"r MIu'u u pt cpihp!rted iof an
9'nor 81 RE us TURNER thdt
| d tVnii"Idi! ~ lis' hdd p'rH put across
tnt ItNtI pH Lhr very Sihple means 81
| 'S~ii'3 ~ - ii''g ''iV I't- ne ram
r ,,D ID TO ,4srehd ; And 5 "Tr%
! liz III ine nthtI slue. the conductor m
ml9}Ii"uS'S I.i'lI kilE thal II heaven were
! WING thai ms tram should 20 through
! only ne ana the engineer would BY
| crowned.
% our nticruSeneous moo tramped
| across the lfHHtn river, ana on the othcr
| hahk watched the train As it descended
! me hdhk' entered upon the ice and slow
/ y nuinp ',rl,,, AZ way across Nobody
and yet !. more used than any of Them
II railway travelling. could not help but |
feat itself as at the sublime Indifference |
| OF every one concerned.
| Al the present time the great Siberian |
fsaIiroau mas reached lrkutsk. in the very |
! heart Of Siberia. and in another TWO short !
/ years, with ordinary luck. will have CON |
nected with the Pacific littoraI at Porr |
Arthur Twice have / had the priyil.en
Of travelling over this line as far nj il |
went On the first occasion il was III far
Yt. Arh g,r,.l
krasnoiarski
OF course the Trans Siberian R,iIro,l
cannot be compared To any nf IN lin
laid down I'm civilized countrias ~ 81. ah,
mences practicaIIv NJ GbnIiab,nsl ''i'
small town in the heart Of th,a i-r4i
Mountains. and which WIS MI ~ ~
y-,,rs a,,', a." Wei WaS Iiily hNe
system ori,,iraIit- M MA ~ M, - o i
eonn n yia5,intol .'o Iiiie Mo u nay"