The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-06-03
RAILROAD
TO PARIS
Direct From New York
by Drhring Sea
TO TUNNEL UNDER THE STRAIT
The Project Is Declared Feasible by
Competent Engineers-CapitaI
Being Raised.

| European millions, associated will
| capital and energy furnished by mel
| of means in America. some of whom
are Of this city. are undertaking ;
railway project which, when cOnsum
mated, will enable the operation of {
| solid train from New York and tn,
principal points in America through
| Seattle to the Canadian, North Alas
| ka, Siberia, China, St. Petersburg
Paris and Berlin, says the Seattle
| Post Intelligencer All that remain;
to be done before the actual work Of
cons ,ructiOn is started is that the
Russian government meet the request
for concessions which have beer
made By thep r0mOters.
Residents of Seattle remember NJ
de I-Obel. the envoy of the Paris Geo
graphical society, who is the origina
tor of the project and the organizer
Of the European end of the company
He visited Seattle first in 1898. when
as member Of a special commission
appointed by the company, he was on
his way TO st. Petersburg to confer
with the ear regarding the cOnces
siOns.
The following year. accompanied by
his wife and daughter, ~ de LObel
again visited Seattle and went north
to look over the field in Alaska. Du-
ring the time he was in the north h
was accompanied over the route pro
posed by Capt John J. Healy, then
manager OF the North American
Transportation & Trading company
who is one Of the American incCTpO-
ratCrs.
After going over the country
thoroughly and investing large sums
Of money in Dawson. where he still,
has Interests which are looked after
by his son. NJ. de LObel returned to
France. where he made his report to
the European members OF the COrpOT-
alton.
The Gar Is interested.
At the time he visited Russia the
car was interested in the project ana
appointed a commission to look into
and report on the concessions de-
manded for the construction OF the
Siberian end of the line This report
has just been made to his majesty
and is followed by the announcement
from Paris by NJ. de Lobel that he has
raised $40 5000 of the funds neces-
sary in France. English apitalists
have raised almost an equal sum, and
the American end. it is said, will be
ready when the time comes to be-
gin the work of construction.
The name of the corporation is the
ransalaska-S Siberian Railway COM
pany. Its building not only means the
operation of solid trains from New
York to Paris, but also from Chicago
to Berlin. St Louis to Vienna. from
Seattle to Picking and from almost
any one point 10 any other point in the
two hemisDhereS.
The line seeks a route through the
United States, which will probably be
in the nature Of a traffic agreement
with one or more Of the American
roads from New York to Seattle. From
here it is the intention to go to Van
COuver: thence the construction OF
line to Dawson will be the first work,
The project then carries the proposed
road down the Yukon through Circle
City to some point on the western
coast of Northwestern Alaska, prop
ably near Nome.
The distance across the B2FInS
strait is thirty-seven miles at It's mar
r0west point. and lying within this
distance there are two islands. 1t is
the project to construct two tunnels
under Behring SEA 10 the eastern
coast of Siberia From the point OF
lis landing a line is to be cOnstructed
TO i1in the Trans-Siberian line, over
which a traffic agreement will be had
to Moscow, ST. Petersburg, Berlin and
Paris.
Route Already Exploited.
The project is not mythical, for al
ready much money has been expended
by the incOrporatOrs of the company
in exploring the route and in send
ing the commission to Russia to ar
range for the concessions.
All the time this has been going on,
Cant. Healy. who is at the present
time in Chicago, is looking after the
American interests of the road, and
it is said has secured the assistance
of John D. Rockefeller, provided the
plans are carried to a successful issue
and the concessions asked for from
Russia are granted.
In connection with the project there
are several other companies, all Off
shoots, OF the Trans-Alaska-S Siberian
railway. are in process Of Organiza
ton. One is the North American Tel
egraph & Gable company. which was
incorporated in this city a short time
ago for the purpose Of building a cable
from Seattle to NladivOstOk. from
where it is to employ the Trans-Sibe-
ran railway wires to St. Petersburg