Travelogues; . THE KREMLIN AND THE MOSKVA straight course for any reason urged by expediency or thedemands of Russian commerce or Russian industries. Therailway shuns the towns and the factories ; it traverses amarshy desert ; it touches only one place of importance,and that one merely because it lies directly in its path. Whywas it so constructed .* Because the Tsar, Nicholas I, thuswilled it. Several routes had been outlined by his Tsar, rightly suspecting interested motives on the part ofthe champions of every scheme, by a bold action placed him-self in the category with Solom
Travelogues; . THE KREMLIN AND THE MOSKVA straight course for any reason urged by expediency or thedemands of Russian commerce or Russian industries. Therailway shuns the towns and the factories ; it traverses amarshy desert ; it touches only one place of importance,and that one merely because it lies directly in its path. Whywas it so constructed .* Because the Tsar, Nicholas I, thuswilled it. Several routes had been outlined by his Tsar, rightly suspecting interested motives on the part ofthe champions of every scheme, by a bold action placed him-self in the category with Solomon, Alexander, and laid a ruler on the map and drew a straight line from thenew to the old capital, saying, You will build the railwaythus. Hence, to-day, the traveler speeds over four hundred ii8 MOSCOW. A COURIER TRAIN miles of track, straight and unerring as the judgment ofthe Tsar, without a single political curve, or a single side-track leading into private pockets. Would that we had anhonest Tsar presiding over every city council in our land !We complete the fourteen-hour journey during the night in aCourier Train, approaching Moscow in the morning atwhat the Russians call high speed.
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