. Review of reviews and world's work. between the NorthernPacifi(! Railroad and the head waters of thePeace River, in about latitude 56° N., is partiallywithin the United States, but mainly in BritishColumbia. The total distance was estimated at2,765 miles. A branch road would be builtfrom the head waters of the Peace River to themouth of the Stikine River, in order to establishconnection with Sitka. The building of the Siberian Railroad, theChino-Japanese AA^ar, and the Boxer uprising,which followed one another rapidly, crowdedthis plan into the background of the worldsattention. In 1902, how
. Review of reviews and world's work. between the NorthernPacifi(! Railroad and the head waters of thePeace River, in about latitude 56° N., is partiallywithin the United States, but mainly in BritishColumbia. The total distance was estimated at2,765 miles. A branch road would be builtfrom the head waters of the Peace River to themouth of the Stikine River, in order to establishconnection with Sitka. The building of the Siberian Railroad, theChino-Japanese AA^ar, and the Boxer uprising,which followed one another rapidly, crowdedthis plan into the background of the worldsattention. In 1902, however, there came anawakening interest in the intercontinental Loncq de Lobel, who is now in St. Petersburgand is endeavoring to secure concessions thatwould assure the realization of his plans, haspublished in the French magazines a number ofinteresting articles on these regions. Havingled several scientific expeditions to Alaska andthe Klondike, he has acquired a mass of infor-mation, which he incorporated, in part, in hig. reports to the Societe de Geographic and otherlearned societies of Paris. These reports con-tained interesting descriptions of his travels andstudies on the natural resources of Alaska. TheParis newspaper Petit Parisien some years agopublished pictures of a collection of garments,household utensils, implements, etc., of variousIndian tribes and Eskimos gathered by M. de Lo-bel that formed a valuable contribution to ourknowledge of these peoples. It appeared fromhis report that various American and Europeantravelers and explorers whom he met on hisjourneys were quite enthusiastic over his railroadplans and promised to enlist the support ofprominent societies and capitalists. Soon afterthis, M. de Lobel made a survey of a railroad linethrough Alaska from Circle City to BeringStrait, remaining in the Polar regions for a con-tinuous period of eighteen months. Notwith-standing the extremely low temperature and thedarkness of the long Arctic night, he co
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