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Show Ulr'A AU JMtlstl.1.11. JJPXTaurnmer tourlsta to Jerusalem wlllleuabledto nuke the trip from J air to the sac r i-d ilty surrounded by all the modern coin fur Is ittTorded b railroad transit The 1'reneh toini nj uugagedltibulllliiiithe lino riUto have It rompleted In ft abort time. It la only a few jrara since theru waa anything like ft nsjectable road be twren the two polhla. Tor the prcacnl tolerably fnlr wagon way, (ruTeUratu that tart of the Horld are Induttud to Ihu visit, ft few veara ago. uf an Italian prince. Aa soon aa thv Hullau of Tur key learued of the Intention of the twltfof Itallnn royalty to tnilv tho trip, tie forthwith ordered two or three Uiouatid of hla Arab aukjeclato fto roatl.makln. and the turn (Ike was soon com j loted with llttleor ueexenavtollH Turkish coverumttnt. Over this road tourist" have over eluco traveled lv tween Jal,4 aijd Jiruiahm, thechargu for tho trip UluS to S franca, accordlnir I lu thoipiallty ofthovoDveyaiicr,etc.1 be rot i rnineut charge ft toll at each end for wagous, menu olllce ra bliiica proprlatol lUtloned tw make the rub leitlona. All this will ULhanged In n few months, as the I'reuch company will aoou completu U uuderUklui;. The rails, alcr.vrs, tlirio locomotlvm nnd fortyclRlit rrelsht car nre already delivered at Jafla. The capital of the company Is 4.W0.000 fraocn, thatls, $&00,00"( which Is In $9,000 shares ol $10U tath. There Is al-o au Issue of 1B,006 per rent, obligations, uaabl toUarer, of QUO franca ($l,600,0M In toudaof$100each). It has obtalmd au ftbaolute coDcusalun for seventy-oao yeara of the Hue from Jail to Jera aaleiii, with tho option of extension! to Nation In tbo Ulnctton of Damanus, and to flaxa lnth direction of 1'ort Bald. Thla waa Rranted to It by a firman dated Oct. '.3,1339. A careful r,itlmatehaa brou mad u of the probiible ItMo which will be miuBjivd by the Hue This estimate Is formed on data and statistics follfclrd on thesK)t, aud It laaupt-orted by the Uonsular reports cf the Foreign (Hlliu and ly the ofllolal record of the trado of the port of J alia, Thu tompany ial vulatca on across annual return for Its first few yearn of rvi,(Mi). On this tailauud a,cordluv (o ft contract for the working of thu line mado w HU the BocleU de Iravaux INiblli it on-atruttlona, on-atruttlona, with a acalo of exionsta dsonaitnn fromfiO lo 39 at te-ut. uf the amount of tho returns, a minimum nit annual I looked for uf $1JU,0.M. The p.niPiit ut Inttrrai and tho rt-drmptlon rt-drmptlon of the 18,000 bonds v, III take only f.M,,0a jut, Thodlttauce totuien the two jtoluta li ubout fltty-four mlle. On it bcvllui Hla probably about twelve in I Irs short' ir, butowlutc to tho rouh and hilly character of tho country the rallroi.il routo will have to be soiiuwbat clr UJltnus. Thu UuH'txcupli-d In nublng the trip by the present meiu of trnuit In nliout twelve hours. A soo.u aa raltroil conmiuotcatlon I establlahid It wilt It reduced to atiCitt two hours. Tho result of this ItiltUI enter) rise of Itirloj will be the uvtHurklui(Df thu Holy Lnnd with a railroad ajsUm, us that iouuU) ' bound lo I coomo one ol thecreatuatcommtiilt) ceutri ot the uorld. |