Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-08-04

not water and then go back to their
places and enjoy a cup of homemade
ses. We put tanks OF ice water In oui
passenger cars, but take the liberty
OF suggesting that in the United States
many tired women travellers would ap
preciate an opportunity OF making a
cup OF tea for themselves every now
and then.
Trains OF tank cars stand on every
| side track, and we seem to pass one
every few minutes. which Is natural
because crude and refined petroleum
are the principal freight hauled over
the Caucasus from the oil wells at
Baku to Batoum. the principal ship
ping port on the Black sea.
Sleeping cars are free--at least ev.
Iery first-class railway carriage is ar.
ranged In compartments, so that the
back OF the seat can be lifted to make
an upper berth, which Is quite as com.
Portable as those In our Pullmans at
home, but passengers have to carry
bedding with them, sheets and pillows
and blankets, and make up their own
hunks when It comes time to retire.
There is either n dining car or a buffet
on every train. from which coffee tea
eggs. cold meats bread and hutter ora
served, so that a journey Is made very
comfortable.
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The car uindow uoa -
Of camels loaded with cans of refpod
petroleum, plodding through the sands
on the shores of the CaspIan sea
The surroundings are forbiddine
The Caspian sea is not an attractive
body of water. It's shores are as har.
rem as n granite bowlder There is M
fresh water either above or below the
surf; ce of the GROUND anywhere around
the coast. and the Inhabitants are re.
quired to bring their SUNNY In pipes
for long distance or else condensc
sea water. At every mort Ia n floating
condenser. some wornout steamer mr.
sailing vessel which has SERVED its
time carrying cargoes and ia nov nm.
chored at a convenient Mace Off tbe
shore and filed with machinerv for
Transforming salt water into fresh
Sometimes the projuct ia carried
ashore by pines. hut usually I'm large
tank barges. and then peddled around
the streets like milk in our cities
from house to bouse
nj,
ne of the nitrate towns ON tho coasi
| of Chile. which are also waterless
| but 1t is much larger and more dnel,
| built than any of them. There ia al
lrcady a population of 100 600 or more
at Baku. and the boosters are boast
ing of nn expected 100000 at the ent
OF this decade. Tere is no doubt thai
Bakl is growing very fast in peopIe
and in wealth, although the oil in
dustry is not prosperous. The Stand
| ard Oil company of the United States
| is driving Russian oil out of ever,
country except Russia and its prov
inces. There are many evidences OF
wealth in Baku; many fine business
blocks and residences. churches and
school houses, shops and restaurants
and, indeed IT IL quite as uptodate
az any city in the east. The large
wholesale houses Indicate nm exten.
siyo trade, and its merchants practi.
cally control the markets of Central
Asia.
The activity unop the docts ind,
Gates that tbere n,s, ha - ,ora ,,,
MERGE ON the caspian The mays
along tho seasboro In from, =, .ha ~, :,
for mile or more are occupied BY
steamers and sailing vessels discharg.
ing and receiving cargoes, which lie
In great stacks upon the wharyes
Long professions Of carts and wag.