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Show Mteani I'eHes lee l'he time between Moscow and Vladivostok Vlad-ivostok on the Pacific vis Siberia by th completion of the Trani-llalkal railroad lias been reduced to nineteen duyi. The rail route Is uninterrupted up to iJike Kalknl. this part of the trip by fast train requiring about eight dayi. Tho hike Is crossed by an tea-breaking tea-breaking ateutner, built In England and taken to the heart of Asia In pieces, to'be reconstructed on th lak aide. The steamer trip requrles niue hours. Later the southern .burs of this Inland sea Is to be skirted by the railroad, so that there need be no change, of cars. Tue Trans-Baikal roail that Is, the part of the road east of the hike, whlrh has Just been finished, fin-ished, runs to Stretenak. on the Amur river. This place Is reached In eleven dayi from Moscow. The trip on the Amur iteiiniera requires a week, and th Journey on another railroad which rum from the bout landing to Vladivostok Vladi-vostok ronsumes thirty-two hour! mon. The through fare, flrt-rlun, is about S8. |