Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

ing for chance to dock. An endless
chain of Koreans and Chinese is piling
copper and lead and beans into freight
cars which are rapidly worked into
trains and started off for the seat OF
war.
The Associated Press correspondent
saw many familiar trademarks in his
walk along the congested water front
Automobiles from Detroit, steel rails
from an Illinois company, army wagons
from several American manufacturers
American timed milk and meat and
many other products of the United
States lie waiting for car space. Amer
lean cotton may be seen in many OF
the warehouses. Today the English
ship is discharging a cargo of cotton
which is being transferred, Immediately
to cars, The cotton is from New York
and each bale bears the label "Mer-
chants Bank. Moscow, Zerega."
Strange Assortment of Goods.
Trains departing for Russia carry a
strange assortment of freight. Gun
carriages. rails, structural steel for
bridges, lumber, piling and coal may
be seen on the open cars. These cars
are about thirty feet long. Conse-
quently steel rails of the American
standard length require two fiat cars
and only about twenty-five rails are
sian closed freight cars are about
twenty-one feet long and have a freight
capacity of only $4,000 pounds. Both
the fiat cars and the closed cars have
only a slight pair of wheels at each
end. The new steel cars which are
coming from America are to be of the
size used by railways in the United
States. They will differ only in one
particular from American cars and that
is the gauge. The Transsiberian line is
hnr
lean standard lines.
At Amur bay, on the west side of the
Vladivostok peninsula, the waters. I'M
like those of the land-locked golden
horn, are rough. However. extensive
improvements have been made about
four miles north Of Vladivostok on
Armour, and it is there that the Ameri :
can locomotives and cars probably Will
be unloaded. From terminal yard
scores of railway tracks extend for
miles and preparations are in progress
for the accommodation of new tracks.
a Cleveland firm is erecting thirty five
engine cranes at First river to be used
in handling the locomotives and Amer
lean contractors are preparing to put
the new steel cars into commission
with the greatest possible speed.
Serious Congestion Feared.
The New York steamship line, which
has the contract for delivering the new
American rolling stock to Vladivostok,
will probably require about sixty ships
for locomotives and cars. 1t was
planned that all this freight would
come by way of Panama, but not moro
than three ships bearing locomotives
and cars passed through. the canal be-
fore the big slide of September 18.
Consequently a number. of ships were
delayed before ordered 10 go the Suez
way.
The result of this delay will undoubt-
eddy be that many ships carrying heavy
cargo will reach Vladiyostok at the
same time. many weeks hence, and
serious congestion is feared.
Japan is supplying Russia with
great quantities of lead and copper,
which are delivered at vladicostok
Shells. rifles and big guns. some as
large as twelve inches, are also being
provided by the Japanese. The lead
ing hotels are crowded with represent
atives of japanese and American con-
Germs interested in the contracts for
war materials to be shipped through
the Vladivostok gateway, and steamers
operating between Japanese east coast
ports and Vladivostok are carrying
heavy loads of war supplies from
Japan.