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Some time ago I made this statement in a lecture and as soon as the last word was spoken a Russian came forward saying: "I was a soldier in the Russian army and walked across this lake on the ice and saw them laying the rails at the time. SOME TIME AGO I MADE THIS STATEMENT IN A LECTURE AND AS SOON AS THE LAST WORD WAS SPOKEN A RUSSIAN CAME FORWARD SAYING I WAS A SOLDIER IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND WALKED ACROSS THIS LAKE ON THE ICE AND SAW THEM LAYING THE RAILS AT THE TIME
dollar at that time. Some of the great rivers of the world are in Siberia. It is said that if all the steel bridges on this main line were placed end to end they would make a great steel structure more than thirty miles long. These were all built too by Russian engineers. Lake Baikal is a long, narrow body of water in the heart of Siberia. It is said to be the most elevated lake on the globe and has the distinction of being the only body of fresh water in which seals will live. In some places no bottom has been found. When the railroad was first built trains were taken across this lake on gigantic ferries. As the winters are long and cold, great ice-breakers were built to take the trains across during the winter time. It is actually said that these ice-breakers would slowly plow their way through thirty-six inches of ice. During the Russian-Japanese war these were too slow so they laid down heavy steel rails on the ice and all winter long trains were speeded across on this ice railway. EAL FOR A DOLLAR AT THAT TIME SOME OF THE GREAT RIVERS OF THE WORLD ARE IN SIBERIA IT IS SAID THAT IF ALL THE STEEL BRIDGES ON THIS MAIN LINE WERE PLACED END TO END THEY WOULD MAKE A GREAT STEEL STRUCTURE MORE THAN THIRTY MILES LONG THESE WERE ALL BUILT TOO BY RUSSIAN ENGINEERS LAKE BY CALL IS A LONG NARROW BODY OF WATER IN THE HEART OF SIBERIA IT IS SAID TO BE THE MOST ELEVATED LAKE ON THE GLOBE AND HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY BODY OF FRESH WATER IN WHICH SEALS WILL LIVE IN SOME PLACES NO BOTTOM HAS BEEN FOUND WHEN THE RAILROAD WAS FIRST BUILT TRAINS WERE TAKEN ACROSS THIS LAKE ON GIGANTIC FERRIES AS THE WINTERS ARE LONG AND COLD GREAT ICE BREAKERS WERE BUILT TO TAKE THE TRAINS ACROSS DURING THE WINTER TIME IT IS ACTUALLY SAID THAT THESE ICE BREAKERS WOULD SLOWLY PLOUGH THEIR WAY THROUGH THIRTY SIX INCHES OF ICE DURING THE RUSSIAN JAPANESE WAR THESE WERE TOO SLOW SO THEY LAID DOWN HEAVY STEEL RAILS ON THE ICE AND ALL WINTER LONG TRAINS WERE SPEEDED ACROSS ON THIS ICE RAILWAY
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