RUSSIAN MILITARY RAILWAY TO MERV.
OPENING OF THE LINE TO ASTRACII IX. Tiik Russian military organ Zveat gives the following particular* of the opening of the Atkabad railway. It was finished on December lltb, General KomarofT himself drove in the last nail, v, hereupon the train moved on to the bridge where the futnre station will stand, and where the entile population of Askahad had assembled. KomarofF and AnnenkofF, and other dignitaries were seated in the first carriage. As the train was set in motion the band in attendance struck up the Bussian National Anthem, artillery salutes were tired, and ringing cheers were raised by the crowd. When the train reached the site of the station, which was maiked by a fl.ig, divine servire was performrd. Immediately afterwards a special train arrived, bringing n party of ladies from Kizil-Arv.it. The same night the fir<b goods train passed over the new line, and was followed the next day by the first mail and military trains. The rails will now be laid down to Men. The groundwork along the whole track is already completed. If the weather should be favourable the line will be finished to Merv in about three months
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Waikato Times, Volume xxvi, Issue 2458, 8 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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199RUSSIAN MILITARY RAILWAY TO MERV. Waikato Times, Volume xxvi, Issue 2458, 8 May 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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