. All the Russias; travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, & Central Asia. d of April,and there is also talk of laying a railway across upon the ice, asis done each year from St. Petersburg to Kronstadt; but pro-bably all depends upon the success of the ice-breaking steamer. If this accomplishesits purpose anothersimilar vessel will bebuilt, for obviouslythe entire Trans-Con-tinental servicewould otherwise bestaked upon one shipnever getting out oforder the whole sea-son. The Yermak,however — the ice-breaker also built bySir William Arm-strong, Whit
. All the Russias; travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, & Central Asia. d of April,and there is also talk of laying a railway across upon the ice, asis done each year from St. Petersburg to Kronstadt; but pro-bably all depends upon the success of the ice-breaking steamer. If this accomplishesits purpose anothersimilar vessel will bebuilt, for obviouslythe entire Trans-Con-tinental servicewould otherwise bestaked upon one shipnever getting out oforder the whole sea-son. The Yermak,however — the ice-breaker also built bySir William Arm-strong, Whitvvorth& Co. for service inthe Baltic—has beensuch a splendid suc-cess, forcing her way through mixed ice twenty-five feet thick,that there is every reason to presume the Baikal will do herwork equally well. Upon the opposite side of Lake Baikal the starting stationis Misovaya, thirty-nine miles from Baranchiki, and there therailway enters upon a great plateau and reaches its highest pointin the Yablonoi Mountains at 3412 feet. This has been themost trying section of the line to build, and the last rail was. BOW OF THE BAIKAL BREAKING THE ICE THE GREAT SIBERIAN RAILWAY 123 laid only on December 28, 1889. As originally announced, theintention was to continue the railway right through to Khabar-ofsk, whence trains have been running for some time to Vladivos-tok. But there is good reason to think that the Russian Gov-ernment never really expected to have to do this, and was wellaware that before the rest of the line could be finished an arrange-ment with China would permit her to carry the railway throughManchuria, thus not only giving her virtual control of this mostvaluable province but also greatly shortening the entire route will, therefore, now be from Misovaya to Stretensk,605 miles ; by steamer, larger or smaller according as the wateris higher or lower, down the Shilka and Amur Rivers, 1428 miles,to Khabarofsk ; and thence to Vladivostok, 252 miles. Totaldist
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