Show RAILROAD IN PALESTINE A PRIVATE correspondent from jaffa palestine mr J F dieterle states in a letter dated june that the long talked of railroad between jaffa and jerusalem is to be finished in the course of two years from now the work of grading is progressing asing speedily tile the first locomotive ever seen in the holy land is expected in jaffa this month from new york there is also some prospect of a railroad between haifa and Damase damascus cus an english syndicate with a capital of some millions of francs are interested in tb this Is work As the present sultan of constantinople has shown himself favorable to reforms it is thought likely that his vast dominions will be opened by degrees to the influx of occidental civilization |