AN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.
-RAILWAYS IN ASIATIC TURKEY. FAVORABLY VIEWED BY * THE PORTE. . United Press Association —Copyright (Received August 20, 12.15 a.m.) . LONDON, August 19. It is stated that the Porte is favorable to an American offer to construct a railway from Angora to Van, via Sivas and Kharput, with branches to the Mediterranean, Diarbekir, and Mosul. The syndicate asks a guarantee of. four per cent, on the cost and one per cent, for amortization, with the tithes of six vilayets as security, also the right to exploit mines and oil fields in a zone of 20 kilometres on each side of the line. The scheme involves au outlay of 20. million sterling.
CABLE NEWS.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2585, 20 August 1909, Page 5
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114AN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2585, 20 August 1909, Page 5
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