Note 43 — Chapter IV · THE SULTAN MORTGAGES HIS EMPIRE
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The distances on the Bagdad Railway may be estimated as follows:
Haidar Pasha to Ismid91kilometres
Ismid to Eski Shehr174”
Eski Shehr to Konia444”
Konia to Basra2,264”
Branch lines, about800”
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Total 3,773kilometres
or approximately 2,400 miles. This does not include the section of the Anatolian Railway from Eski Shehr to Angora, a distance of 311 kilometres, or 194 miles additional. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railway from Chicago to Los Angeles is 2,246 miles in length. The distance from Chicago to San Francisco via the Chicago and Northwestern-Union Pacific system is 2,261 miles. Official Guide of the Railways of the United States October, 1921, pp. 679, 825.