黑海的俄罗斯港口改善。

黑海的俄罗斯港口改善。

The port improvements now in progress in the Black sea are of a very considerable character, and most of them will attain completion next year. The most important is that at Batoum, where a mole is being run to enlarge the area of harbor protected from the prevailing heavy winds. Ostensibly, says Engineering, it is intended purely for commercial purposes, but a turret is to be erected at the head of the mole, and batteries have been already made to protect the rest of the harbor. The cost of the port improvements will not fall far sort of half a million sterling. In common with the rest of the undertakings, the work is being carried out by Russian contractors. The next in importance is the breakwater and quay at Novorossisk. The harbor at this place differs from Batoum in having a vast area, landlocked except on one side, which is being protected by a breakwater. Batoum serves as the railway outlet of the products of Transcaucasia, Novorossist, and of the region to the north of th j Caucasus. Since the railway was finished last year a great trade has sprung up at the port, which, on account of being open throughout the winter, will appropriate much commerce that formerly found its way to Europe in summer only via the Sea of Azof!. In the latter sea the port of Mariopol is under course of construction. This is intended to serve as the sea outlet of the coal trade of South Russia. A railway already connects it with the Donetz coalfields, and colliers have commenced running with coal between Mariopol and the various ports of the Black sea. Finally, at Odessa a number of harbor improvements are being carried on, involving an expenditure of nearly a quarter of a million sterling. In all, Russia is expending not far short of a million and a half upon improving her ports in the Black sea, Turkey, at the same time allowing hers to fall more and more into decay. The funds for the improvements are being provided entirely by the State.

The port improvements now in progress in the Black sea are of a very considerable character, and most of them will attain completion next year. The most important is that at Batoum, where a mole is being run to enlarge the area of harbor protected from the prevailing heavy winds. Ostensibly, says Engineering, it is intended purely for commercial purposes, but a turret is to be erected at the head of the mole, and batteries have been already made to protect the rest of the harbor. The cost of the port improvements will not fall far sort of half a million sterling. In common with the rest of the undertakings, the work is being carried out by Russian contractors. The next in importance is the breakwater and quay at Novorossisk. The harbor at this place differs from Batoum in having a vast area, landlocked except on one side, which is being protected by a breakwater. Batoum serves as the railway outlet of the products of Transcaucasia, Novorossist, and of the region to the north of th j Caucasus. Since the railway was finished last year a great trade has sprung up at the port, which, on account of being open throughout the winter, will appropriate much commerce that formerly found its way to Europe in summer only via the Sea of Azof!. In the latter sea the port of Mariopol is under course of construction. This is intended to serve as the sea outlet of the coal trade of South Russia. A railway already connects it with the Donetz coalfields, and colliers have commenced running with coal between Mariopol and the various ports of the Black sea. Finally, at Odessa a number of harbor improvements are being carried on, involving an expenditure of nearly a quarter of a million sterling. In all, Russia is expending not far short of a million and a half upon improving her ports in the Black sea, Turkey, at the same time allowing hers to fall more and more into decay. The funds for the improvements are being provided entirely by the State.