Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1920 — SOON TO OPEN BAGDAD LINE [ARTICLE]

SOON TO OPEN BAGDAD LINE

England to Make Kaiser's Rail Dream Come True. London, Jan. 2. —Train service berween Basar and Bagdad, Asiatic Turkey, at the head of the Persian gulf, jvill be established at an early date, (t was announced. Construction of the railroad is progressing at the rate of 14 miles a day. It is intended to tun daily, which will cover the journey in 28 hours, this tlrfie later being reduced to 12 hours. Freight trains will-make the trip in 48 hours.