Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1917 — PLAN BIG RUSSIAN PROJECT [ARTICLE]

PLAN BIG RUSSIAN PROJECT

Construction of 40,000 Miles of road Is Contemplated—4,ooo Miles a Year. ■j The Russian government, according to a Report of a Petrograd correspondent oif a Paris paper, has elaborated a big project for the development of the Russian and Siberian railroads. The new scheme contemplates the construction of an additional 40,000 miles of railroads, at the rate of 4,000 miles a year, over a period of ten years. In connection with this plan the creation of several large government steel plants and special training establishments Is said to be necessary. , The work will be commenced at once after peace is declared.