Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-10-16
ACROSS SIBERIA W|[DS
TRIP CAN BE MADE AT
COMPARATIVELY SMALL COST
Vladivostock to St. Petersburg in
Thirty Days---Detail Of the Trip
Given by American Consul
New Tourist Route.

The American tourist ever watchful
for new fields of travel Is turning his
attention to the Siberian tour. 1t Is
now possible to traverse the Willis,
made famous by descriptions of ST.
berian prisons, in a modern railway
coach and in reasonably short time.
w. r. Holloway, United States Consul
General at st. Petersburg gives the fol-
lowing account of the itinerary aud
cost of the all rail trip from Vladivos-
took to st. Petersburg:
Daily trains start from Vladivostock
to Chabarovska with a dining room car
In which, for a moderate price, travel
ers can lunch, dine, sup, have tea, COZ
fee and wine. The prices are limited
by tariff approved by the administia-
ton. The daily board Is from to )
rubles $3.50 to s2.5O.)
The price from Vladiyostock to Cha
barovska is: First class, $3.50; second
class, s. 10: third class, $500 The
"'oN"h'N b'NN''h Ni'ihlNOSt''h
Chabarovska is 716 versts (is2 miles,.
Trains start from Vladivostock in the
morning at 1926 O'Clock and arrive In
Chabarovskd the next day at 10
o'clock. Time, rs hours.
The journey from Chabarovska to
Blagoveschenska and farther to Sra-
tenska t2,l3G versts or |, i23 miles,, via
the River Amur and the Shilka. There
are los steamers on the basin of the
Amur, four transport boats, and two
steam long boats belonging to private
companies and to the Minister of Ways
and Communications. The steamers
of the Amur company are preferable.
These steamers leave Chabarovska
every Ave days and go from Chabarov.
ska to Blagoyeschenska in six days.
The board is two rubles go per day
for one person. Travellers receive, at
s o'clock in the morning, tea with
bread and butter; at 12 o'clock "A din
ner consisting of two dishes of meat
and pudding; at o'clock, tea; and at
s o'clock in the evening, one dish of
meat and tea.
| From Blagoveschenska to Sretenska
the steamers require eight days and
run even in case of low water.
The fare from Chabarovska to Bla-
goveschenska (9lSA versts) or 6lS
miles, Is; First class, $ll.4s; second
class, s6.SS; third class, sl.55. From
Blagoveschenska to Sretenska u,l97ia
versts) or sos miles; the fare is: First
class, sl4.97; second class, sS.9S; third
class, sl.99; luggage per pood, go.
From Sretenska the journey is by
rail. The trains leave Sretenska Tues,
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 9: Il
O'Clock in the evening and arrive, VII
Tshit, the third day. at Muissov, on thl
southeast bank Of the Baikal.
Travellers cross the Baikal at
o'clock, connecting with a train on thu
other bank, the distance to Irkutsk be
ing SO versts (4l miles,, and from SrC
tenska LIE versts, or 7sl miles. Fol-
this distance passengers pay 10 rublc!
$3.50 including the passage through
the river Baikal. in first class cabins
the second and third class on the boa
pay few kopecks less.
Between Irkutsk and St. PETERSBURG
there are daily trains with all thrt,
classes Of carriages, making the jour
ney (5,597 versts) in twelve days.
The fare Is: First class, s34.75; sec
ond class. s20.S5; third class, 1880
Besides these daily trains, an express
r train starts from Irkutsk to Moscow
once week-on Fridays. The journey
from Vladivostock to st. Petersburg
(9,922 versts) or 6,677 miles, can b
effected in about thirty to thirty-fy
days. The journey from st. Petersbur
to Vladivostock is effected in six day
less ttwenty-four or twenty-nine days
because steamers go down the Amur I
; less time than up the river. The far,
INCLUDING the steamboat with board, Is
First class, about $l25; second clas
t.I