. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across BITS FOR DRILLING WELLS. 41G THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. of tlie Yolira. It could be reached in a day bv tlie tank-steamers fromBaku, and communication is open for the entire year. Since either of these lines would be useful for strategic purposes aswell as for commerce, it is probablethat one or both of them will be builtwithin the next few years. Theywould be useful for the supply ofKussia and Germany in the winterseason, an
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across BITS FOR DRILLING WELLS. 41G THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. of tlie Yolira. It could be reached in a day bv tlie tank-steamers fromBaku, and communication is open for the entire year. Since either of these lines would be useful for strategic purposes aswell as for commerce, it is probablethat one or both of them will be builtwithin the next few years. Theywould be useful for the supply ofKussia and Germany in the winterseason, and render the enormousstorage depots less necessary thanthey are at present. The Baku petroleum is utilizednot only for making kerosene, butfor the manufacture of lubricatingoils and for liquid fuel for steam-sliip, Iailway, and other oil refuse is burned on thesteamer, and railways; for the lasttwo or three years it has been em-ployed by the Tsaritsin-Griazi Eail-. A SPOUTING MKLL. OIL-TANKS. 417
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