The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-05
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That Russia haA dc sucb Ii,,le use
for the PURPOSES NJ. rnaI commerce ~
her greS' rlNer sy. has been a mat
t"r "i 'oil-'oeraD'Nmment IN most
other European coulas ,ba, have M,
only taken the great no-s,bl. adyan-
tages from their pRp,l riyar- bu,
nave AIS" spent larHl Inns in the i'm
pr"Nem"nt ~ minor ,eams. Russia
s. however. nc Last q =. IN the On
portuniiie- that she hA.ylacted and
beginning WIN the JOIN Of the Baltic
and Black seas bv med NJ tho DINA
ana Dnieper rivers mas Aned "A great
system II internal waieAs
\ study ~ an atlas shda ridge ex-
tending WESTWARD from iiral Noun
tains almost Ia the Baltic Af,rming a
watershed in which are tkources Of
the Volga and Dnieper. fidg sou,h-
ward 10 the Caspian and III seas tho
Dvina and the Pechora, fo north
ward ~ the Arctic Ooean, a1e DINA
flowing westward Ia the BAH A the
sources are all wifhin ""ntatively
short distance of each ~ her. nj mos,
~ the streams are nAvlsaitor AZ
least par NJ thelr courses. hNlways
appehreh obvious that conn lon II
the sources might establish ah am
hraCing Russian system of wakavs
VIM" ms mas oeeh a i"N"rheNeme
with Russian engineers me Nays
have absorbed 80 much capital ar
trnrion that comparatively liitN a
been do~c besides connecting ihkLf
81 Finland AZ ~, Petersburg throuAbe
Marie Canal system with the Cakn
Sea AZ Asirskhan. The necessiA .
the development II the Countrys vi.
wavs has within the last year aro&
~ much interest that a special comd
SION has been appointed for the purT}
II fixing the relative importance Of
waterways, ana also. according "a
correspondent II the London Tunes,
determining the order in which wo,
shall be undertaken and the advantal
20 be- derived from the different wat
WAYS
The first fruit n this investigation
the project To create a waterway
the carriage ~ goods from Riga on
Baltic Sea To Kherson on the Black =
This project included a connecting ca
between tho Dnna and the Dnieper a
the Improvement of the two rive
When completed u will furnish a wat
WAY about So miles long In choosi
this for IT. first work the commission
practically revived one 81 PETER
Greats favorite schemes and one uJ
which CATHERINE a. had set her hea
Several plans since their times have bs
suggested for following their surv,
one that made an especially stro
appeal so the present CZar was the o.
summation 81 the plan for purely m
tary and strategic purposes bat N
were all abandnns@r and since the hut
ing of the Riga-Nitcbsk Railway nc
has been seriously disc'l-=ed.
The difficulty appears tn be less in
construction ~ the connecting can
than in tanning the two great rive
For the artificial waterway Use '
be made 81 the lntschcrs, which 40
into the D0na at Niteb-k. and the
-chiza. which john the Dnieper nj OrscI
while feeder will he furnished the Ia
sections by two lakes 81 the wAtersh'
The DunA on account IF the rocky nat,
Of tho river bed and the falls In its con
will he made navigable by series
locks that will eat mp about one-fi'
Of the s55 $500 estimated ~ the q
of the work. The DnieTer, which Is I
third in size Of European rivers. IL ma
gable for the entire year for only an,
~ miles Of it, course The rapids
the head og navigation II u planu
to overcome by a series Of dams, q
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