RAILROADS , ROADS AND LABOR CONDITIONS

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 1998
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 1, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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0 This line has been repaired and the servioe
e- r dgps ware destroyed during the war, but most of them
19460 The iron bridge across the Vardar at Skoplje and the
, one aoroscthe'-', Aknn-betieen'SkoplLsoand Voles have been rebuilt. The bridge
morass the Topolska, 9 kna from Veleetolards Bitelj, was rebuilt in concrete
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,OAllienp1eyAiplija2nlenica. This line is not yet completely re-establinhed0
DurliTiraFii".Fiiiro-iTIN-17.1 across the Vardar between Klisura and Mirovoe
:sere destroyed. In order to avoid the rebuilding of these bridge;, a. difficult
and oomtly undertaking, new Line was he con tr o du th. ,winter of
1944-45 on thy right Puring 1946
the earth work was 0and part of the
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oonat1iii-ZiO4A7tOrirthe-principal bridge aoross the Vardar at Voles which was
destroyed by the Yugoslav army in 1941. This bridge in in the course of room-
atruiotion, and it is hoped that it will be ready by the spring.
4. aopl4e-KacanikALosovska Matrovica-del rade. All the tunnels and bridges
on tEi ptirtri-Oli of-the line betweeirSiai je-,oanikwere destroyed and traffic
was only resumed in the autumn of 1946. Pentad unpaid labor was employed on
thia work.
5. Zumanovo-Gjujeseva. This line VR8 begun by the Bulgnriane during the ?eau-
intinded-to oonneot Skoplje and Sofia. The earthwork, bridges,
and some of the tunnels are completed. ?he largest tunnel at Gjujeseva, which
Is 700 meters long, is not yet ready. Another year of intensive work is re-
paired to finish this line.
GO Kooane-Gorna Dshumaya. This is a strategic line begun by the Bulgarians
durilag7ihi1i'ocouiaifa7ind intended to connect the Vardar and Strum valleys*
The rails have not yet been laid, but it is thought that this line Will be
ready in about six months.
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7. Sko 1 e-Tetomt-Oostivar-Aioevo--Ohilid. This line. which Was built by the
Germans during t ? first war, was very viviokIy repaired In 1945. Traffie 10
now normal.
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e. Zia** napifenali. This is a narrow 1/nee 9 kms long, built IA 19415-4A by
RAU re ugees tram Greece to connect the 44aA sense at givojna with Kenall. station
On the Bitolj-Salonica 1ine0 This is a purely industrial line serving the coal.
mines aid timber forests. '
'Sara 411,1)401bb0 cAo the north. Thin line has not been used for same time as
a r.iiiit of con inual aota oFTab.taga in the distriet.
8. .Roads
1. During 1945 all the Principal raids were provisionally repaired by forced
labor0 iron and oonerete bridges which were destroyed have been replaced by
wooden ones. All the repair and construction works are guarded.
2. The following roads have been repaired and can carry vehicles not exoeeding
eight to ten tones
Se1srittde44iso4koplje-Djavd4ellje
tEult.:ItIteltoll-Greek frontier
Sjf.m17umanorLz_lKr va Falanka-iSofia
(d) ko.1 e-Tetmvo-GostivarDebar (Debar-Ohrid). This road has been re
pa ret, aid the stone r ge across t e prim has been replaced by a '
wooden one, Vehicles must not exoeed five tons.
3. The following roads have been repaired and nan parry vehicles not exceeding
five to six tones
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(b) Bitolj-Chrid (Debar)
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Ohrid-Kioevo
(d) Ir!bli.171I14:4_5!9_11maustDtEL.. A oaabined railway/road bridge isoi?Vrdar
under tt
at Velea.
(e) Stiv-Radoviste-Strumioa-nOjran
(f) StiroSv. likoloo,Kumanovo
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(g) Skollte*SaoanIkKosovska Mitroelea
(h) Bitoll-RovakStarovina. This is a new road under construction. Several
thousand workmen are employed on it wader Yugoslav and Russian enginseru_
It is a strategic road intended to supply the Greco-Tugoelav frontier
sector Dobro Polje-Bar*ika-Sokolt-Aajmakoalan. namely the importaht
mountain region In the direction of Epirus and Salonioa.
C. Labor Condition*
1. At Alkand (50 is from Sarajevo) a moss* act of sabotage in a coal mina
outsell thm_d4mt4. of W ralmt
2. In the district itlasenioe - Ban kiejsak (Javor Planina) all the inhabitants
have been deported to Russia by rail via Rumania es a reprisal for the aesistanoG
they gave to the Chetniks.
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