Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-14
Siberian Plain Becomes Rugged
towards the North.
RUSSIANRAILWAY PROJECTS
Many Lines are Under Construction
aud Franchises for Others In
Great Demand,

ehce OF the Associated Press Prof
Markgraf reported the results Of his
exploration of the Yenessei and Oh vail
leys at The last meeting Of the Geo
graphical society He used gondolas
the greater part OF the time and tray
eled an average Of 200 hlomeers
day, The population Of the adjacent
country retired into the Interior upon
his approach.
Prof, Markgraf declared the most Inn
portant fact established by the explor-
alton which was undertaken for the
purpose OF ascertainng the navlgable
streams OF Siberia. was the utter dis
proof Of The commonly accepted notion
mat the Siberian plain grows more and
more hat as one approaches
the northern ocean He found the
exact contrary TO be true the coast
country being quite rugged and In
places almost mountainous There are
forests Of leafy trees Go the edge OF the
sea and Prof. Markgrat believes 2.000.-
600 boards could easily Doe got out by
water every summer There is an
abundance Of fish and excellent grazing
for cattle. There are no roads OF
course. Prof Markgraf thinks the
greatest need Of this territory Is rail-
way from Archangelsll % Berezoff. II
would have a length OF something over
500 miles.
There is considerable gossip In uni-
verslty circles over recent occurrence
there NJ Tugan- Baronohsky teach
en- professor Of political economy who
fuWIfnn.Ht 90
versity az the time OF the student riots
two years ago. was discoursing In a prl-
vate residence upon the Bernstein
movement I'm German socialism. when
police officers appeared and took the
names Of everybody present and then
dispersed the assembly.
The ministry Of marine has allotted
SOC 600 roubles FOR work upon the cruls-
er Borodino during the coming wear
This cruiser will have a displacement
Of 1856 tons.
RUSSIAN RAILWAY PROJECTS.
ST. Petersburg Nov 29.-rCorespond.
ence Of the Associated Press. Prince
khalkiof, the minister Of railroads to-
day gave the correspondent % the AS
ISOLATED Press n complete outline OF the
railway projects which are now under
way or are seriously considered A new
line nearly 800 kiometers or about 200
miles IN length. has Just received the
approval Of the council Of state 10 win
be government line and win connect
the basins of the Don and the pnieper.
paral'eling the line TO YekatcrInOsian
and running some distance south OF this
iine. The NekaterinOslan line As crowd
ed with grain traffic The cost win be
fifteen or twenty million roubles Work
win DE begun next spring.
The road from Orenhurg 20 Tashkta
which viii be ! 800 kilometres or be-
tween 200 10 1900 miles long viii be
begun at both ends az the same time.
The total cost will be about 10000. 900
roublCs.
The line from Sesterosk on the Fin
nish border will be given q 81. Peters,
burg terminal next year Work will al
so be begun according 10 a recent de-
cision upon the st. Petersburg branch
Of the great Siberian line which will
join the Moscow line in the Ural passes
before reaching Chelaybinsk.
4 private company Is seeking a con-
cesslon for q line from the Dnieper wall
ley beginning probably near Neicopol
or Alexandrovsk 20 odessa, with a total
length OF SO versts or something over
400 miles The surveys have been be-
gun.
Another company has long been ask
ing for a concession for a line from
Yalta 20 Sebastopol, but 70 Is hardly
thought this will be granted rs the
road viii have TO pass through the EN-
peror's property II was proposed that
electricity should be substituted for
steam as motive power but the emper-
or still objected and the line will prob
ably ultimately be built more 20 the
eastward running from Yalta TO Sim
meropol
The Siberian railway will probably
be completed from Stretensk 20 the
Chinese frontier within a few months
The government also hopes 20 complete
enough OF the line around the lake Of
Baikal TO enable the boat 70 maize its
crossing twenty miles shorter before
the end Of the year. The entire loop
with a length Of 200 kilometres. or near
" 200 miles win cost about 100000
rOubles.