Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1910 — Long Railway in Japan. [ARTICLE]

Long Railway in Japan.

A piece of railroad construction was recently completed by which the island of Japan now has a system running throughout the full length of the empire. The total length of the line is 1,750 miles and the distance from north to south of she island can now be covered in five days and nights. At the close of the fiscal year 1907-8, 4,452 miles of state railroad had been opened to traffic and 456 miles of railway were controlled by private Interests.