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Pullman Herald
Pullman, Whitman County, Washington
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Proposed transcontinental railroad from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, spanning 3,950 miles through Siberia, estimated to cost 500-700 million rubles and reduce Asia-Europe travel time to 20-22 days. Engineering obstacles include bridging rivers and swamps; limited expected impact on global trade due to Siberia's conditions.
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The Proposed Railroad Between St. Petersburg and the Pacific.
From an engineering point of view, there are no serious obstacles to the building of the road, except the bridging of the large rivers of West Siberia, and the passing of the enormous swamps of that region, which would probably make the road far more costly than the Transcaspian railway. There are no steep grades that would present serious difficulties.
The distances of the several sections of the line are given as follow:
Miles.
Tyumen to Tomsk 800
Tomsk to Irkutsk.. 1,050
Irkutsk to Stryelka. 800
Stryelka to Usuri . 1,003
Usuri to Vladivostok 300
Total.. 3,950
The cost of construction is estimated at from five to seven hundred million rubles. The whole distance from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok is estimated at six thousand miles; and the time necessary for accomplishing this distance, at from sixteen to seventeen days. To this must be added a few days for the journey from Japan and China to Vladivostok, and from St. Petersburg to Western Europe. Thus the journey from Eastern Asia to Europe might be made in from twenty to twenty-two days instead of from thirty to thirty-five days, which it takes steamers to run from China to England.
It seems improbable that the effect of this road upon the trade of the world will be as important as that of the American Pacific roads. The political condition of Siberia is not favorable to an energetic development of its resources and to an extensive immigration; and, the length of the road being so great, it is doubtful whether it would be able to divert the carrying-trade to any great extent from the steamers using the Suez canal route.
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estimated construction cost: 500-700 million rubles; total distance from st. petersburg to vladivostok: 6,000 miles; travel time: 16-17 days, enabling 20-22 days from eastern asia to europe; doubtful significant diversion of trade from suez canal steamers.
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Proposal for a railroad from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, with sections: Tyumen to Tomsk (800 miles), Tomsk to Irkutsk (1,050 miles), Irkutsk to Stryelka (800 miles), Stryelka to Usuri (1,003 miles), Usuri to Vladivostok (300 miles), totaling 3,950 miles. Engineering challenges include bridging West Siberian rivers and crossing swamps, increasing costs beyond Transcaspian railway, but no steep grades. Expected to shorten Asia-Europe journeys compared to steamers, though limited impact on world trade due to Siberia's political conditions and road length.