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With all our boasted American hustle it took twenty years to build the Canadian Pacific railway from coast to coast. The Trans Siberian is more than twice as long and was completed in half that length of time. WITH ALL OUR BOASTED AMERICAN HUSTLE IT TOOK TWENTY YEARS TO BUILD THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY FROM COAST TO COAST THE TRANS SIBERIAN IS MORE THAN TWICE AS LONG AND WAS COMPLETED IN HALF THAT LENGTH OF TIME
in force but in love." Strange it is indeed that such an emblem and such an inscription should be found in the wilds of this country. But many are the strange sights one beholds on a journey across this great lonely, strange, and sad land. Having crossed this country it is my purpose to recount some of the observations and experiences of the journey. But few people today realize the immensity of Siberia. You could take a map of the whole United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, and add to it a map of Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Austria (before the war), Holland, Denmark, the Turkish Empire, Greece, Roumania, and Bulgaria, and lay all these together down on Siberia alone and have territory left. Nearly five thousand miles of the main line of the great Trans-Siberian railway are in this one country. The building of this railroad was a gigantic undertaking and its construction cost the Russian Government four hundred million dollars. LD HERE IT IS POWER LIES NOT IN FORCE BUT IN LOVE STRANGE IT IS INDEED THAT SUCH AN EMBLEM AND SUCH AN INSCRIPTION SHOULD BE FOUND IN THE WILDS OF THIS COUNTRY BUT MANY ARE THE STRANGE SIGHTS ONE BEHOLDS ON A JOURNEY ACROSS THIS GREAT LONELY STRANGE AND SAD LAND HAVING CROSSED THIS COUNTRY IT IS MY PURPOSE TO RECOUNT SOME OF THE OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE JOURNEY BUT FEW PEOPLE TO DAY REALIZE THE IMMENSITY OF SIBERIA YOU COULD TAKE A MAP OF THE WHOLE UNITED STATES INCLUDING ALASKA AND HAWAII AND ADD TO IT A MAP OF GREAT BRITAIN SPAIN PORTUGAL FRANCE BELGIUM ITALY SWITZERLAND GERMANY AND AUSTRIA BEFORE THE WAR HOLLAND DENMARK THE TURKISH EMPIRE GREECE RUMANIA AND BULGARIA AND LAY ALL THESE TOGETHER DOWN ON SIBERIA ALONE AND HAVE TERRITORY LEFT NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND MILES OF THE MAIN LINE OF THE GREAT TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY ARE IN THIS ONE COUNTRY THE BUILDING OF THIS RAILROAD WAS A GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING AND ITS CONSTRUCTION COST THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
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