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Show uiii'Ai.o ro st. I'lUitMiuiui in It ill. AKotiis.ii prtject In railroad build Ing Is at resent beginning to be seriously agitated. I',x .(lovcrnor (Jilr, In, of Colorado, la salJ to I e at tho head of It. He la a man of Irjnenie Wfillh and unuiual enterprise. He Is In real earnest la his new trolecL Thla la nothing leas than the bull ling of a railroad to Alaska and acrcn Ilerlng atialt to connect with tho ItuHlau road now being built through Hlberla tu some polut on the Hen ef Japan. It la admitted that though such a feat would Ira difficult, It la ly no meana Impossible. It has been shown by aurveya that the to)graph!cal olntaclca along the l'sclllo ran be overcome, and that the road will open a territory rich in furs, flaherlre and minerals. The road through Hlberla la being eonstrucled by tho Itimlau govern ment, and the work la Wing pished expeditiously. The branch from thu straits to the terminus of this road would not bo very difficult of construction. construc-tion. I'oisibly the Itusalan govern ment would take rart In It. ('limits Crocker, a lale railroad maguate of Ban l'ranclsro, lielloved mat sucu an tiuer risewouu some nay be accompllahed. (Jnvernor (lllplti now finds niiny capitalists and engineers engin-eers who endorse hie scheme. The Ilerlng Blraltlsonly about flft) tulles wlJo, It la alio very shallow, and there are several Islands along lis centre. However, It la aupjiosed that In the event ola road belug lulltaa conti mplated, ferry boats would te used In connection with It, aud with Una exception, direct railroad communication com-munication wuul I lie established lie tween Chicago and HI. I'etertburg. |