Show turkeys new railroad while turkey la Is in the tha brot ot 01 political convulsions it may be well to indall the fact that ibe alfo is iii KM gf ting ln in condition to make mate ital ad one of the in most imbor tant contributions to the iha which promise well for ali the future la is the ithe bagdad tall road which bich penetrates a section that offers great induce imenes for trade the line will be 56 inika imily s long and will open up tin an tin im marise area touching many prominent points in that quartee and among of other her places making damascus and mecca much easier of access amer kan consul harala writing front smyrna javer interesting particulars about the road and in conclusion the difficult parts of if the undertaking will be over after tile hie lu phrata it in crossed it la Is that the 81 blics of if tunnel vla viaducts ducts and bridged w will III average front from to 0 o per rolle mile this heavy ex penkie will be compensated by the low cost of the level parts ri rho emild ing of these four sections must be done in seven years the cost of it the miles of railway will amount to 0 o about tho the haglid rail way ay will help hell the commercial commard lal indus trial rind and BRil agil cultural development of tile the teril ulli which it ia will run and will furnish outlets for the mineral of tho the regions tr averKA the road la is built by for eign capital of ouise and will be under tinder foreign hut but it beaus a guilt deal in the way of fm proving the advantages of turkey turk ey and should open the way to 04 traders arde of the nations including tile the united I 1 states |