Show fl W 1 an of rm 1 1 lil 1 bridge on rubano road fload RUSSIA extel extending iding ASIATIC front from tile ural to 1 IL tho 0 pacific ocean clies t through rough 80 degrees of longitude find and lins lifts nn an nica of square miles tile colonization of siberia by emigration from russia required a movement of population which would be facilitated by the opening of roads for wagon transport it was la in 1722 that the town of ans founded and in ili 1763 plana were made for projecting a road toward flumen nud and thence across tho the Si siberian berlad steppes tito route followed was aa that of tile tho present siberian railway work was delayed for some years by cli changes tinges or of government but t alio h 0 rond road was dually annily completed along t alio 0 line proposed over this waln mala siberian high highway wity passed thousands of colonists anany of them political exiles from russia others cossack soldiers directed to take up their residence along tho the main siberian route for tile tho purpose of military protection says it 11 writer la iff magazine hussla tito alio road formed a niala line of oc connection between scattered settlements of natives of various races who alio had previously made limited lisp of find rivers for intercourse with each cadi other oilier und and for coni commerce merco with the world outside it formed the only rou route to jy by which tile interior of siberia could bo be i reached cached from cast or west wast while tho the only other routes rodica were the caravan trails across tho the mountains find deserts to the south and tile tho difficult passages of the nara kara sea aca into tile tho mouths months of the ob and rivers the frakt 0 of the main highways used fis as postal routes tho the principal road la 19 tho the eanious lert over miles long following na as has been said paid tho the saine route as the trans siberian railway most of this road could bo be covered easily by vehicle except in tho the betheen bet veen Sreten sk and between those towns about miles of road can call bo be mado made ly by vehicle while tho the rest miles la is covered by a iback hoibo troll trail over tho the mountains giving au all alternative route to tho the river tito tho troll Is used through the fall and spring only while the river gerves terica for boat transport in ili summer and sledge transport over oer tho the lea lit winter tito the portion of the lie route between the ho river and Is called tile amur highway another important main highway Is tho the bralit 1810 miles arford transverse routes to points along their shores the grent great expanse of the lio country la Is with well innico roads transportation from points lying nt at ti distance from tile main innon route Is therefore costly and only it ft limited quantity of grain can be lin tiled out of the country to tile railroad while the railroad itself Is 18 not illo able to lo tako take care of tile grain that could bo be v aptly prIti produced ced by tile the peasant population of siberia in good seasons tin the result ls 14 that lint a largo large crop of grain forces down tile the local price so that tile peasant actually y finds that a large largo crop brings illin in hi less money and causes him extra work tito greatest need of siberia inthe in alio immediate future la Is improvement in roadways so that may bo be easy from interior districts whore where grain can bo be raised to rall railways ways anti and especially to wilier water routes by which the grain can lo be 10 carried out of tile tha country tito improvement of tho the sl 81 berlan railway was already lit in hand under the american railway commas sion islon lit in 1917 when tile tho rev alution occur and put a stop to the aho work it will bo be comparatively easy to increase tho the carrying capa capacity elty of tile the siberian rond road very largely by physical improvements and by better management particularly in ili dispatching trains by it a comprehensive system Head ways by which siberian commerce con can bo be extended from tile route to tho the interior dist districts should bo be improved and extended lit in tho the very ecar future Car caravos tivon aronds of southern siberia among the most important the route from down to tho the river past the mountains and tile river sary sti sn to buk harn hara ond from tile alio same city by the river past a number of takes lakes to and into turkestan Turk estan oil nh ozit 4 T y M on a siberian highway in length of alch 25 abo 0 miles fire passi pass able ly by vehicle tile the remainder of tile the distance la Is covered by the river lena in n lUin nimer roer by boat and lit in winter whiter over tho the lee ice by sled the highway from boinsk through to altai ocya follows the river ani and fins it a length of miles there Is also n main highway from to sk it distan ce of mills all tile above highways were important links in tho the governmental c control no of from russia over these roada couriers police and Fu Adlers could pass readily front from center to center keeping nil all settled parts of the country in communication with will tile ho cep central KW government tit main innon 81 borlan road la Is now largely disused on oil account odthe of alio superior communication offered hv by the trans railway and the other highways higi ways will eventually bo be paralleled by railways ns its well yono kone of these roads Is or improved in ili tiny way which would be considered ns as acceptable for a annin rond road in ili america tile tho of artono tit in much of siberia will make anke it to pave thein much tie be done by establishing brickworks brick works and surfacing the aronds with brick in n whit if case motor truck transport would form ou an important auxiliary to thy tho railway ir few well made roada while tile the siberian railway la Is cross edily cd a Import important nul rivers 4 0 o bunning from youth south to narth which i A t Y ui ra 1 t w rh |