Railways of Russia in Bad Shape
St. Petersburg reports the appointment of Sergius Roukloff as minister of Russian imperial railroads. The article notes Russia seeks private capital for branch lines, criticizes past governance, and cites currency losses, mismanagement, and fraud.
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Railways OF
Russia
St. Petersburg
Sergius Roukloff
Mr.Roukhloff
Traffic Department
Roukhloff
Taft Plans Major Travel Tour Across West South
President Taft plans a wide summer and fall nationwide tour after Congress denied a $25,000 travel fund. He aims to visit the Far West, South, Pacific coast states, Alaska, and the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle, with stops including Denver and Salt Lake City and a potential Grand Army of the Republic encampment. He intends to meet people, learn local ideas, and shape administration accordingly.
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Taft
Utah
Grand Army of the Republic
Salt Lake City
Exposition
Congress
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Seattle
Denver
Colorado
Augusta
Hot Springs
Atlanta
Texas
Yakima Businessman Visits City
Arthur Coffin of Cof fin Bros North Yakima merchants bankers sheepmen and large land owners visits Yakima. His firm owns 56000 acres along the Columbia River with land in Chelan county. The wheat and irrigable land will be sold this summer while the range land remains. Coffin notes Yakima’s growth from a small town to a city of 18000 and advocates brick paving over creosote.
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Arthur Coffin
Coffin Bros
North
Yakima
Columbia River
Chelan County
Trinidad
Coffin
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Odessa
Rostoff-on-Don
Mediterranean
Atlantic
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Siberia
State Railways
Schaufus
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Court of Honor
Washington
Neely & Co
World Building
Washington, D. C
Senators Smoot and Sutherland
United States
Motteler Brothers
Wenatchee Avenue
Timothy
Alfalfa
Central Produce CO
Leavenworth
Wenatchee Valley
Estes-Hanan Realty Company
Cashmere
Wash