ing into the hands ofthe Princely House as has finally escaped becoming. a fiasco by fall-nts for Cammell snd Ca. of Sheffield.
accepting Mr. Jameson's record low tender on behalf of Carnegie of Pitisburg, the officials suggested deferred payment by instalments and bluffed off the great American firm; it is believed they next tried Messrs. Buchheister on the same lines with a similar result. The belief is general that. the prices quoted all round were barely enough to escape loss after the enormous east of telegraphy was covered, In the meantime the Railway itself is being pushed on, and Peking will certainly be in communication with the outer world this year.
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