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Every verst (about two thirds of a mile) there is a little guardhouse and there was always a man or woman, generally a woman, standing with a flag as the train passed. I crossed on the International Sleeping Car train. It took ten days and ten nights and the average speed was more than twenty miles per hour. The berths on this train were very comfortable. EVERY VERST ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF A MILE THERE IS A LITTLE GUARD HOUSE AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A MAN OR WOMAN GENERALLY A WOMAN STANDING WITH A FLAG AS THE TRAIN PASSED I CROSSED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAR TRAIN IT TOOK TEN DAYS AND TEN NIGHTS AND THE AVERAGE SPEED WAS MORE THAN TWENTY MILES PER HOUR THE BERTHS ON THIS TRAIN WERE VERY COMFORTABLE
 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. 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. Before the war there was hardly ever an accident on this railway. SSED 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 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 BEFORE THE WAR THERE WAS HARDLY EVER AN ACCIDENT ON THIS RAILWAY
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