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Show AMERICAN ROADS RECEIVE PRAISE New Yoik.. Aijr. 2'1 Nlchrds von Ostrowsky, president of the Mohcow-I-ibau railway of Russia, ia back in Xew York after n month's tour of the United States, in which ho and a party par-ty of his engineers have made a careful care-ful study of the railway terminals, locomotive lo-comotive and car works and freight-handling freight-handling facilities of this country. Their principal work was done in Buffalo. Buf-falo. Detroit, Chlca--'o, St. Iyjuh. Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, Richmond. Washington, Thlla-delohia Thlla-delohia and New York. "In general we found the railroads of this country excellent," said the Russian railway president, summing up the results of his-obdervations on his nrrlval here. "In what they do for the comfort of the traveler.? anil the arranperuent for the transportation of merchandise they are wonderful. Compared with the railroads of Europe, one mlsht i say thnt the roadbeds are not so well Kept, but the trains are better and the cars for freight are much lar?er. But. the bl freight car Is coming In Europe, Eu-rope, and we are about to get it In Rassla. |