New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28

,..s from a-y other. Like the voyage o. a steam
chin each t-Io o. a train IS distinct event The
traveller IS obliged 10 put aside as gracefully as he
Co. .-v feelings og Impotence he may have Tor
rs failure of the train 20 maintain It's scheaule'
Cd -st.le down 10 getting as much amusement as
-.e.r. OH OF his strange fellow passengers and
'.r WIDELY ssraratcd cities and towns strung along
t.r EHr.
III. Trans siberian Railroad. the first work on
-...r was done on May u. 1881, extends eastward
s-r- Moscow 10 station over the ManchHrlan
,a-#.- called NaucEuria- There the rails merge
.... -f.-es OF rha Chinese Eastern Railway, and
continue across the province OF Manchuria N a
o.. f.r.s+c.-v direction 20 Harbin, where the line
1..--re- one section proceeding N a generaiy
,......-Il direction 20 palny and Port ArthlT- on
.ts --..f known as the Reseut's Sword. The other
,--rr continues in the saue general easteriy d.
g. Inn ta SIko.skoe. where 81 Joins the section %
-.-t running from khabarOysk on the AmOo-
r.-.- 70 Tie t4-bor os Nladivostok. From k0ursky
rr.. t1e conspicuous white terminal station AZ
--.-.-v the distances 10 The chief points in the
Gas. ere u-rrif1eut ones. even as compared with
those ~ tEe r-arecontiuentl lines q the United
f-z-ls and Canada. FROM Moscow 70 Nanchuria
O. tW mics. no Hardin, $50 miles. 10 Dalny 5.S5S
miles and t8 Port Arthur 5o5S miles Russia laid
tho rails TIE entire distance IN ten ana one-hais
sears Tie Canadian Pacific Railroad. constructed
Jrl=- similar ci-csrstauces Il Is sad, laid 2.e-l
r.es %, track ir ten years
-sf--tUnately. i1 Russls's case the haste proved
2. BE- waste. for 10 sooner vas the road com
Is.s5 thar g was 6e-,ded that 81 would be neces-
t--v 10 practically reolld the road. Rails weigh
i-g OILY twelve pounds TO the foot had been put
Gown. Wherever possible wooden bridges had been
h-lt Tho switches Tor passing trains were placed
:r tTa-. Tho curves were sharp at points and
she grading ives aot carefully done. Short tics
were Used Under such conditions IL was almost
i-Tessle f0 Gravel az respectable rate O. speed
rEsr-r niles ar lHlr vas tie limit for the So
oIe- Fast tr.lrs L- seemed feasible 90 operate
only -rr passenger and two freight trains a day.
W-e- t-e results cf tlLz class Of work we've OBJ
s-r-t There WAS only ore thing % Co. and this
vas 61.a Immediately regarding. the laying OF
trs.is- r='s and Tire replacing ~ the wooden
f--res r--- .r TEez of r.ccl were begun. Russia
srT NOW BE- sear'-e tho fruit ~ iris frugal method
= railroad building. A. The present time the
ff-..a t-e FOR passenger trains IS about thirteen
or 1a-h.f ra..as an hour. This means that the
iakt through expresses from MOSCOW 10 Daluy
90 t7sa going ir the opposite direction. which
'H" -1c.- points of departure four times a week.
f'--r G--s- Two weeks 10 traverse the length of
~ l-- This .z.a s--'isirE contrast 20 the time of
't -a's and -.r hours. i1 which tho American
tf.r--r may Boz crossed. from Ner--Nork % San
f7---.--1 distance or s2-G miles. Some idea ~
ne esr1ie..- o- che 1lrs-lar problem o. supply
't r.-.o-r~., - food supplies and munitions %
t. t.r Ta-t over tlts road may De- gained
We .s tH.r. .1a. 'a times ~ peace, when the
,-, i-' oA's me o.-i--1l- -.,'s ..'
Co... . 49, 81 -. -.
t,r.s -
sr -5fe ~ sped reminds ono - tho story
r.ss.t..
2---+ '.t u .'7' 800
ssn.,. 10 -- sp7-- 9- "' =
t7. WHO "5 '.---ls :" ,''
VIA ---...,.- 49,
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