New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-16
RUSSIAN DEVELOPMENT.
INDUSTRIAL NEWS FROM THE CZ--R'S
VAST REALM.

INDUSTRIAL NEWS FROM THE CZ--h
VAST REALM.
St Petersburg Dec. Prince Khilkof. the
Minister OF Railways gave the correspondent OF
The Associated Press a complete outline OF the
railway projects which under way or are
seriously considered. A new line nearly three nun
dred kilometres, about two hundred miles, IN
length has just received the approval of the Coun-
ell of State II VIII be Government line. and
viii connect the basins of the Don and the Dnieper,
paralleling the line Yekaterinoslan and run
ming distance south OF this line Inc
Yekaterinoslan line is crowded with grain traffic
The new road will carry coal principally The cost
viii be 100000 or 100000 rubles Work will be
begun next spring.
The road from Orenburg TO Tashkend' whch
will be 1900 kilometres. or between LOO ana 1SVo
miles long viii be built at both ends at the same
time. II will be built more slowly than was hrst
intended, on account OF the Chinese troubles and
the unfavorable money market The approprla-
lions for material amounted to 100000 ruoles THIS
year. and the same sum will be available for con-
struction next year. The total cost VIII be about
80 900. 900 rubles
The line from Sestroresk on the Finnish bor-
der will get a St. Petersburg terminal next year
Work will also DO begun. according to a recent de-
cision upon the ST Petersburg branch OF the great
Siberian line which will run via Viatka and Perm
and join the Moscow line In the UraI passes Deiors
reaching Chelyabinsk
A private company is seeking concession Tor
line from the Dnieper Valley. beginning probably
near Nieopol or Alexandrovsk, to Odessa, with
total length of GO versts or something over 400
miles The surveys have been begun. This region
Is rich In grain.
Another company has long been asking for
concession for a line from Yata 10 Sebastopol but
Il is hardly thought this will be granted. as the
road would have to pass through the Emperors
property II was proposed that electricity should
be substituted for steam motive power. but
the Emperor still objected. and the line viii
probably ultimately be built more to the eastward
running from Yalta 10 SimteropoL
The Siberian railway will probably Dc COM
pleted from Stretensk to the Chinese frontier
within a few months. The Government also hopes
TO complete enough Of the line around the Lake
of Balkal to enable the boat to make its crossing
twenty miles shorter before the end Of the year.
The entire loop. with a length of go Kilometres or
nearly 200 miles. will cost about 100000 rubles.
TRADE WITH AFRICA.
A naphtha exporting company has been formed
at Baku 10 develop trade with Africa. The news
paper reports state that II viii enjoy a monopoly
| in Egypt, and that the Egyptian Bank will par
| ticlpate IN the enterprise. The Rothschilds and
English capitalists are also interested. Copper and
graphite have lately been discovered in several
places in the government Of Kien.
The expedition which was sent out to explore the
Northern Trials with view 10 future railway con-
struction has completed its work and is returning
The ststistieSi Committee estimates the grain crop
OF the seventy-two governments for TIE present
az 63Z,VB0O pOOd. against 1,Oo4.VJ1vOO last
year The wheat crop Is estimated at sz4Voo sO
compared with 570,0O000 last year The rye crop
shows gain from ,3SS. 1900 to 1.407. 900 900
The Railway Tarir Commission which had been
urged abolish the preferential rates in favor OF
change in its policy. The Government will en-
deavor TO develop the export trade by rail- 10 Arch;
that grain can be landed in England from Siberian
points total cost of from three to four copecks
K6 SHSs. -"' 'A' 'OD's 'D"' " "1s S' anu
An engineering commission has finished a survey
Of the Nolga River. II is proposed to spend large
sums in the future in improving and regulating
the Nolga- canal Is to be across the penin-
sula OF Apcheron. in the Caspian Sea- for the pur-
Baku to the Voiga by 2 kilometres. which, it IS
estimated. will save a considerable sum in freight
The ofhcial paper denies that the Government in
tends 70 restore the cheap emigrant rates TO ST.
began. until next year the famine rendering the
MINERAL PRODUCTION.
The MetaIlurg1caI Congress at Rharkofr estimates
the capacity OF South Russian coal mines next
at ss7 10000 pood. or ZAOOOOOO more than in 1900
the estimates for the Donetzk district alone being
SIS 10000 l67 900 than in 1900 Local
and the coke industry win require 2ss 100000 ac-
amount and the probable exports. it is estimated
Grated at the highest capacity for the DO
nestle market. and the consumers demand 56o-
pood at the best The actual production during the
year IS estimated al only SSOOOO,OOo The commit
hauled by rain Of 20 100000 pood for the 1899
They carried b2o 100000 pood OF coal 22S 10000 of
and los 600 OF pig iron and steel The coalbeds
pods and those at KTevorsk 600 pods The
statistics Of production show 4s2.OcoOOO pools OF
iron ores. compared with 100000: 10000 Of Of
pig iron. compared with 81 10000 and 3s,lO0O00 OF
finished iron and steel. compared to 100000. The
OF the lack Of sufficient freight cars 20 handle the
mineral trafhc.
SIBERIAN EXPLORATION.
Professor Markgraf reported the results OF his
exploration Of the Yenessei and Obi valleys at the
last meeting of the Geographical Society. He used
gondolas the greater part OF the time. and trav-
elied an average Of two hundred kilometres a day.
The population Of the adjacent country retired
Markgraf declared the most important fact estAb-
llshed by this exploration, which was undertaken
streams OF Siberia, was the utter diSproof az the
commonly accepted notion that the Siberian plain
grows more and more fiat as one approaehes the
northern ocean. He found the exact contrary 10
be true the coast country being QUITE rugged ana
in places almost mountainous Thers sSs fores.s
OF leafy trees 10 the edge the sea and Professor
Markgraf believes two million boards could easily
be got out by water every summer There Is an
! There no roads. Of course Professor NarEsrsf
thinks the greatest need of this territory is rail-
a length OF something over eight hundred miles
There Is considerable gossip in university circles
noffsky. professor Of political economy Who Srss
forbidden 10 lecture al the university at the time
OF the student riots two years ago. discoursing
IN private residence upon the Bernstein move
meet in German Socialism. when police officsrs
appeared and took the names Of every body pres
The Ministry Of Marine has allotted 500 Oo0 r,hles
for work upon the cruiser Borodno during ire
ment OF Issl6 tons oiSp'aoe-
COLLEGE GIRLS ISSUE CALENDAR.