Identity area
Reference code
RU-AVPRI/180/1837/ff220-221
Title
About a description of Jaffa - Jerusalem railway, narrow-gauge, not solid embankment, hurried construction, stations are located far from cities, bad for passengers and merchandises. Rumours that railway company will introduce a high road tax for forcing passengers to use railway.
Date(s)
- 1892-08-10-1892-08-10 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, fol. 220-221
Context area
Name of creator
(19th century - 1914)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Report; description of Jaffa - Jerusalem railway, narrow-gauge, not solid embankment, hurried construction, stations are located far from cities, bad for passengers and merchandises. Rumours that railway company will introduce a high road tax for forcing passengers to use railway. Sender: acting Russian consul in Jerusalem A.P. Belyaev; Recipient: chargé d'affaires in Constantinople V.V. Jadovsky.