Isles of the East : an illustrated guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra . On the Euitenzorg Line. principal officials invariably are courteous. Bridge in the Freauger. THE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. In view of the success attained by the pioneers of the railroads inJava—The Nederlandsch Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij—the DutchGovernment in 1875 voted a sum of money for the construction of aState Railway between Sourabaya and Pasoeroean. This line, completedin 1878, was such a success financially, that the Government was en-couraged to put down new lines connecting with principal places, whic

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Isles of the East : an illustrated guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra . On the Euitenzorg Line. principal officials invariably are courteous. Bridge in the Freauger. THE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. In view of the success attained by the pioneers of the railroads inJava—The Nederlandsch Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij—the DutchGovernment in 1875 voted a sum of money for the construction of aState Railway between Sourabaya and Pasoeroean. This line, completedin 1878, was such a success financially, that the Government was en-couraged to put down new lines connecting with principal places, whichhave since become towns of impTjrtance. To-day the traveller is enabledto make a journey by rail from Sourabaya to Batavia^j^right through theIsland—a distance of about 700 miles. The railways have been divided 169

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