Show TEMPORARY TRACK OF THE RAILWAY 5 J e I t r Gt The recent rush orders of ot the tiie Russian government for tor the tho completion of ot the he railway produced some novel Innovations In railroad building Tho rite greatest activity shown was In the tIle t to completion of or tho truck track across Lake L ke haiku Prior to the building of ot the tho linn inn over this take lake ferries terries were used to carry corry the trains In III summer and anti during the ninny many months of the year when the hike luko la is frozen r and freight were carried across In great groat reat sledges dawn thawn by the this fastest horses Procurable The accompanying cut cuI shows tho the temporary track used steed In tho construction of ot the tho great gront bridge several eoral abut abutments ments of ot which are here Illustrated Lake Baikal Is the ito largest body of ot water In Asia with tho the exception of tho the Caspian anti and this thu Aral Arai seas BellS It Is nearly miles long averages fifty miles talks In width nod has an nn area of square miles mUes u u u u u u u |