The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-24
PORT DALNY'S VALUE.
Over Sac, COO, 900 Had Been Spent
on the Russian City.
CREATED By ORDER or THE GEAR

Designed to ne the chief CONNER
ciaI Emporium 81 His Far East
Bominion--Tts Great Hnrbor ana
Dock improvements Made Regard
less Of Cost--Ffvc large piers BuEIt
Dalny. the Russian town which was
destroyed as d result of che fortunes
Of the Russo-Japanese war, was one
OF the most extraordinary towns ever
known, says the Philadelphia Press.
1t was created IS an edict of the car
July 30, 1899. ana hy virtue Of that
ediet stately town with superb dock
ing and railroad facilities was devel-
oped where before there had been noth-
ing but Chinese nuts. The creation Of
this town WIS a set idea OF the car
himself, and Ia bis ediot lie said Of ii.
III our constant solieitnde for this un-
dertaking Ell such general usefulness we
hase carefully considered = nat q position
Of Importance tie starting point az this
line. TaIienWan, will occupy when tire
road has been constructed As we OBJ
served at the tinle of Its occupation that
the port should be open O. the commercial
fleets Of all nations we have now decided
to begin the erection near To Ii Of city.
which we shall call Dalny
Iii Russian Dalny means Ear away.
and this poetic suggestion played
part on the imperial imagination, for
nothing wars left undone fl realize bis
wish that the city on the Taiienwan
bay, on the east coast az the IIautong
peninsula. should be the chief com
merciaI einporium of his far eastern
dominion The bay on which Dainy
was built Il Que DC the finest deep
water harb0fs ON the Pacific II is
free from ice Id winter time aud SHIPS
drawing thirty feet of water can enter
at low tide without difIteuIty and with
out aid of pilots can sail OF steam
alongside the former immense docks
and piers. where their eargoes can be
loaded into railroad cars and run di-
rect for 6.000 miles into the city 0f ST.
Petersburg
Five large piers had been construct
ed, each supplied with numerous rail
road tracks and immense warehouses
and elevators. gas, electric TIGHTS and
water, and large breakwater was be-
ing constructed SO that ships could he
III the piers and load and unload Re
garaIess 1T weather Docks for for
eign vessels. steam and sail. extended
between tile piers and along the shore
for two miles There were two first
class dry docks. one intended for or
binary ocean steamers and the otter
designed To accommodate the largest
vessels OF war 0r commerce.
Over S6,0a0000 had been expended
on the harbor system alone before the
end Of 1902. and 1t was estimated that
the cost OF completing the works would
be nearly S20.000,000, but this does not
I'd any way represent the huge total
cost Of the erection Of this great com
mereial port which, with Port Arthur
distant about twenty miles, was leas-
cd by the Chinese government to Rus
sia III 1898.
The amount expended on the docks
was more than eqnaled til building up
the administrative town. which was
laid out on magnificent scale FL the
style Of model city and was expected
to house 100000 people AS everything
was developed from the ground up
the administrators were able to DO as
they pleased, and IN consequence the
residential portion was developed IN a
way that made it one Of the finest
cities IN the east. The streets were
well paved, broadly laid ont and many
Of them were tn the form Of parkways
or boulevards, while beautiful park
was made part Of the scheme, and one
OF tie most important features of the
work was the effort To make the town
beautiful by reason Of the character Of
the houses ana their surroundings
The houses themselves We're built
substantially Of brick and stone, With
varied architectural effects, surround
Ell by picturesque stone and iron rail
lngs, and the city was up to date 10
that III its center were concentrated
all The important buildings Of che town
arranged about q parkiIke plaza from
which radiated the streets IN all Of
teetions like the spokes Of a wheel