Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-18
KIscHENEFF AS 1T Is.
A Growing City, With Population OF
Fully 10000.

Fully 10000.
So great has been the interest Of the
public in the recent massacre In Kfs-
cheneff, says the New York Times, that
little or no attention has been given to
the physical characteristics of the
place. Altogether the most attractive
part Of the city, according to the de-
scriptions by its>former inhabitants. are
the wonderful gardens In the suburbs
These gardens occupy $4,000 acres
which is about nineteen square miles,
The fertility Is not excelled anywhere,
and It Is said to be a rare occurrence
for a crop of anything to fail. The
chief products Of these rich acres are
fruits and that kind Of vegetables which
in America are associated with truck
ing. Immense quantities Of wine come
from the vineyards Of the gardens
And many of the expensive foreign
cigarettes smoked by New Workers are
made of the tobacco that was raised
In these gardens.
But of all things for which the Bes-
sarabian capital; Is noted. said an In
formant, with reminiscent smacking
of the lips. the plums are the most de-
serving. They are dried and exported
going to Odessa or some Mediterranean
port, and are famous all over South
ern Europe.
For many months Of the year" he
continued, "the climate of Kischeneff
Is Just about like that Of Southern Cal
ifornia is said to be, but we had some
pretty cold weather only few years
ago. The coolest months have an aver
age temperature Of about 20 degrees
and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and In the
hottest month it is never over Is de-
grees.
The formation Of the city Is striking
and unusual. The old or lower town
Is on the banks Of the River Byk, q
tributary Of the Dneister and the new
or high town, Is on high crags rising
in some places to nearly 500 feet above
the level Of the river.
It is doubtful II any town In Russia
the nation of fairs. has more Of them
than has Kischeneff. Twice a week
they occur and the yearly returns from
these amount to something like $780,
900. Trade Is exceedingly active, and
with every year it becomes more I'M
portant, Kischeneff being the chief
center of the Bessarabian commerce IN
tallow, grain and countless other arti-
cles.
Though the recent outrages perpetra- l.
ted there inevitably create the impress
sion that Kischeneff Is in a very prim-
tive stage of civilization. such Is faI
from true. Whatever may be the char
acter of many Inhabitants and however
yillanous and cruel they may have
proyed themselves, their city Is rich In
some things that are usually consid-
cred adjuncts to civilization.
For instance, the schools are said to
be very good and there are several
theatres, magnificent Turkish baths
large markets, especially for cattle and
corn. and eighteen or twenty churches
The River Byk, winding in and out
among the hills and crossed by seve-
raj bridges, with the fertile fields lying
in the low part Of the town, presents
a picture, travellers say, far from un-
pleasant. The population is something
between 10000 and 100000, and Is
growing steadily. The railroad from
Odessa to Jassay, in Roumania, passes
through Kischeneff, which Is only
about 12O miles northwest Of the for
mer city. Kischeneff is the seat Of the
Archbishopric of Bessarabia and has
an ecclesiastical seminary with nearly
900 students, besides a college and
several secondary schools. The streets
however, it is said, are mostly unpaveo
and the buildings are plain.