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Sretcrisk, ii (listaiirT- of ]/tfO vorsts. To ilif iliinl shift Itdougs the building of the Circum- 

 baikal lino, 202 versts in length, atnl from Sn-terisk to Khabarovka, about 2,fX/J versts. The 

 works of the first shift aio to be roniplotod not later than the year 1900, 



The order of ronstrnction received the Imperial sanction on the 1 0th of December, 1892, 

 and on the lOth of March of the present year, 1893, the construction of the Great Siberian 

 Hallway was in the lulluwing state. 



1. T h f first s (' (• t i o ii o f I li c W e s t e r n S i li e r i a n Railway from the to w n 

 o I' C 111' I i a li i II s k to the town of Urnsk, distance 747 versts. 



a. The p('rs(jnal s;aff (d" engineers completely organized and already on the spot; b. The 

 alienation of land begun, and signed declarations obtained from the ouTiers as to the com- 

 pensation required ])y them; c. The work in connection with the removal of earth given to 

 contractors; navvies hired for the whole extent of the section, and excavators delivered on 

 tire spot; earth removeil to the extent of 218,000 cubic sagenes or about 20. per cent of the 

 whole quantity; d. Timber cut for the wooden bridges, and cast-iron pipes and iron ordered 

 for the bridges across the rivers Tobol and Ishim; a considerable part of the wooden bridges 

 built for a distance of 240 versts between Cheliabinsk and Kurgan; e. Four liundred thousand 

 sleepers made and 50 per cent of this quantity delivered on the line; f. The laying of the 

 telegraph begun, ami already opened for use from Cheliabinsk to Kurgan for a length of 

 240 versts; g. Material in course of preparation for the buildings on the line and at the 

 stations; h. Twenty thousand casks of cement obtained, and bolts ordered for the whole section. 



2. T li s c n d section of the Western S i b e r i a n K a i 1 w a y from the 

 town of Omsk to the river b i, a d i s t a n c e of 579 versts. 



a. Personal staff of engineers organized: b. Earth-works contracted for the first 100 

 versts from the town of Omsk; b. Negotiations being carried on with the works for the supply 

 of cement and iron for the bridges and with o\^'ners of steamers for the carriage of railway 

 requisites by the Obi water system from Tinmen to Omsk on the river Irtysh and to Kri- 

 voshchekovo on the Obi. 



3. F i r s t section of t h e ]\I i d d 1 e S i b e r i a n K a i I w a y f r o m t h e river Obi 

 to the town of iv r a s n o y a r s k, a distance of 724 versts. 



a. Parties of engineers organized and despatched to the scene of the works for car- 

 rying out final surveys and works; b. Earth-works contracted for a distance of 65 versts, the 

 amount of 270,0(t0 cubic sagenes, and navvies hired for carrying out the work with the means 

 at hand: c. Twenty-four thousand casks of cement obtained; d. Negotiations concluded with 

 owners of steamers of the Obi system for the delivery at tie village of Krivoshchekovo on 

 the Obi of the cement alreadv obtained and of the iron materials from the Ural and other 



