The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-11-25

barovsk. on the Amur, l75 miles. was
completed in 1896, and as early as 1898
the traffic was enormous. 400. 600 passen-
gers being carried over the various por-
tons of the line that year and 100000
tons OF freight. of which more than $780,
900 tons were cereals. Between 1895 and
lSoo more than 3,350.000 passengers and
z,OoV'UOO tons of freight were carried on
the southern and central Siberian see
tlons Much OF this traffic, OF course.
consisted OF men and materials pertain
ing TO construction and the army, but
considerable OF il resulted from the
actual development of the contiguous
country. Possessed Of an insatiate land
munger. the peasants of Russia have
nocked TO the new fields of Siberia by
the hundred thousand. aided by the
government to the extent of free allut-
lhehts or land, almost nominal fares,
Tree public buildings. etc, including
more than 800 churches schools and
chapels. The pioneer religious struc-
ture was the famous church on
wheels.' which went over the road as
fast as the rails were laid and sufficed
for the spiritual wants of the new and
scattered communities. The first allot.
meats OF land were near the railroad.
then farther and farther away, until
4 now appears that i'm the process OF
I .lhle the vast steppes and forest sec
uohs or inhoSpitable Siberia Will he
taken up by actual settlers and will be
loiefaDly populous. This is in accord
ance with the scheme OF the czar and
hlSs- Al fiseFs,- are -cognizanr or The
difiiculty attending the rapid trans
portation of troops i'm time OF war fror,
the center OF government 10 the pact6c
or the Yellow sea, for in these commr-
mites they will have so many bodies of
self sustaining fighting material al
ready adjacent to the seat of prosnec-
tive war. BY securing. also. an ice free
port at Talienwan i'm the gulf OF Pechili
the czar provided a place for the as.
sembling or his fleets. and thus i'm the
farseeing scheme of the Muscovito the
deNelopments OF peace Travelled hand in
hand with the preparations for war
Wisely projected and fearlessly car
ried out in the face OF almost insupera-
BILE difficulties. the vast Transsiherian
railway Is "A monument 10 Russian sa-
gacty and endeavor which cannot hut
command the unstinted admiration OF
the world. While references 10 the
work Ina ve been made from time 10
time, q viii not be super1uous 60 men
tion. now that II is practically compiet-
cd. that what many have denounced az
q chimerical idea uniting OF Amer.
lea and Asia by rnil, via northern ST.
bcria. Bering strait and AlGska-may
yet be possibility. At ali events tie
two continents are brought appreciably
nearer. and the journey round the globe
has been shortened by many days The
amended time table. Parts TO Paris via
Moscow. lrkutsk. Vladivostok. Seattle
or san Francisco. Chicago. New York
and Southampton or Havre will proba-
bly, be about thirty-ive days. at all
events under forty
Much complaint has been made of
rough roads and slow timo-from ff-
teen TO twenty miles per hour-on the
Transsiberian line, owing 10 light rails
and insufficient ballast. At tho same
time. recent Visitors 60 Siberia say
travelling over The Inc Is not only COM
Portable. but luxurious. Besides the or