Item RU-AVPRI/180/1837/ff220-221 - 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.

1 item, fol. 220-221

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.