Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1912 — TROLLEY LINE ACROSS LAKE BAIKAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TROLLEY LINE ACROSS LAKE BAIKAL

tAKE BAIKAL, the big body of water in the southern part of Siberia of which bo much was heard during theßusßO-Japanese war, is easily crossed in winter now by means of a trolley line, tbe rails of whidh are laid on the ice. The lake is part of a great- commercial line of communication. and as it Is frozen from December to April the recently installed electric road is well patronized. ’ ■ ——--