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• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: June 8, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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Part 1. CAi1CASIM HUL7.ZTIe 110 g
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Use a~j Giae !o Grasav
The ess pipe lice tram t:te ail tielQs to the citiy of Craagy ;e 34
operat:cn. It !e about 73 kilamstera 1oog. tt vas poeeible to oarry oat
*he oaaetraotlan Hader very ditfi~nlt oandittoae and thrones very rugged
oouaLry. Tye pipe Lioe gae? thzoagh the Teratiy maantain ohain.
Abort T,000 horses in ~roaoy ~^+e Vie. !lost pnblio-eerviae and gosera-
ment bnild3aga, ao? ladnatrial bn~l9ioge rased by tiasneit are heated by eaa.
IIor of the pips vl11 heaostorth oaks iL poNible to itunish Apr 6o tba
"Red Qr~r," the largr+et r~eoalos-Dnildioe tk-atur~r im tho eity, nr.3 to erne
of 'he essolino-rstiaive entrrprirer.
The aearo~ for aev rtoaroee at sar aontLaaa; Lbres osp]asstloae are
p:nliairasy to lutnre pro~eote in the devrlopreat of ear n2111satioa in
Cfosgy.
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Oo t,M Nb~rot of the are e! the Teooaoa~tesaian Aailraed, t>te oeere-
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Oatober.Revolution gives rise to brilliant aeaiteetations of vorkiog-
olisee aoaeaiaueneas comoerning the Transaanoaeina lice. The lliaister
of Gosasrntaationa of the ~8tt bee proolaised vic~orf for asst of the
ssotlasa of the Traseoanoaaian pfallsoeQ in the oorq,-etitian of the
varioaa ieall~y lines of the 8oriet ~aioa. Thlr oolleatire of Che station,
>tasting, (near Tbilisi) bas latelir bean an esaaple of the spirit of
tsYesdl~ aollaboratian in the appliaation of the aontiauons 24-hnnr vork
?~ates. Ned eraah a~xesplee errs not rare throaghoat the whole extecat of
tiro line."
~a praise to cansidea~ad nsoeeeara b~ the aeeapaper to gloss over
the aatnsl situation of the Traneaanaaaian Rnii:roed, for a tare lines
farther is the paper state;
noel, assent, "gnsbrik," aa~n~etite,,aod iron-aaetinge. The daisy observed
in chipseste of san,~oeee io rer~ serious. Daring the first half-year the
abortage emanated to about 2,,:`00 oarlaeda. Zt hen bola eetabliabed that
S te. l4e tar as effective .Yxeight ahipa~te era aoaceroed, the railroad
iled?,~ to fulfill during ti-e Bret half-tear, the plan far hsulag+e of
freig$t of grlae ixpar*?neoe tw the general e~ooaova', asoh ae sasSrneee,
of labor is movesente iron t6~i etattone, sod the leok of kuovledge of the
utilisation of mapover."
there has Deena eie;ilar falleng behlad for the south of dui, and the
quota for August hen not been eucoeeefnll~ fulfilled either.
"'The principal reasons far the failure to fulfill the quotas for
ahipmeata lie in the poor utilisation of available Dare, iioadeQuato use
2. ~eat~ian of a Plant far Eleo~;ifiod TranaDOrtation sod for Repairs
Zn 1932 the electrified aoot:oa of tke Suraw Paee, to Georgia, vas
opened tar ass. This vas the I'lret eeotion of the Traceoanonsian Railroad
to be oleo+rl.!ted, acd the first in the entire railway sgetem of the
oonntry. Flectrifiontion work ooatinaes. Bt Lhe end of the lire-Year
Plan, the Transaenoaeiao line will be elea:ritied for 900 kiloaetere.
~ileotrio trsios will go frog Tbilisi, oapitsl of Geosgl$, to Sukhumi, bbti,
the oosl nines of ?tribal! and Tkvarohsli, and to the port of Hetnsi. >iy
by day oleotrio trains, Diesel trnioe, and matosirad lrolght oars azt9 ro-
plaoiag the ~stea~ laoosotive on the Traeaosuaasinn lioee.
AS psseent a uleot le being built in TD1Iisi (Arcbala), vhiol. is im-
teeded to bs seed as a osee ftr thin aer egnipaent, ae well ee ee-riot ee
a bans for operations and repairs.' lfov the work is going ahead at fhll
speed io t'hs looo~ti~. ooabise, vhiah is the priaotpel object of the msr
plant .
Thla tsaoepostatioe and repairs plant in lieorgia, the fosemoat in the
Soviet IInion, rill De i2 times sore porerfnl than the loaoaotive, air, sad
repsir shop !seal Stalin !e Tbilisi.
(1Ccamnsiat. 8 October 1917)
j. In Ehe Ceal Ilia of Tbihuli f~
ldryloltatton of the sonthvestera pest of the mtse is Ttrlbali rill bs
began dsrlsg the ftrsL half of 1948. >snt these wre rasp obstsolea to
Mader netting the sine La operation sqf ties La tG near fhtnre.
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oovtraotion at the eoeeisr, began a prar a;a, bar a t mast progrrwrd
bepoiid rho toitr~d+atlaas. Tha arrangerent of tip arse whin is to be reed ao
a eoalpatd has rot eisoerdrd 61 peroaat at the estirrte is ~ Ti~da'r
arr etq rsasoas for tltir, bat tbs rain Darr arr the poor ~tss ede of tir
rsehiasr~, sad the irrdegnate ardrairettion of the earl, ~hioh rsaaltr !r
the iro:ltrrr osariog or abardoaing the irt~t.
'r!-e aitnatian it raah.rgrre ao the rite denigrated tar for ooa~ard.
&rcr MIM4h of tits stohiarr~ it nat opraated for eoathn at a ties. It will
soon bs 2 rioothr riror sqp mask hen barn door oa the hard beositre of n
laok of aroossar~ satrrial.
(,~,, ~ Ootaber 1~~)
h. llrri ~yln~~i hrtiolas
Intemre worse nab be notiosd Lste1,T in the shops of the Tbilisi eaohirr-
taal ylaot ieeoi PCirav. The oanetraatioa at anohinr tools is owrriad
aooordlag to the asthods ared far the pradnotior of Hair raohinr tools gl.
The meahaaicral asseablar Atop tar the prataotioa of npeoisl etohine tool,
whioh Caatade Spitsin enperviser, bas Masted herd to psodaos a rseiantoeatio
rrohiaea taol, 50~z k0, to bs aaeQ in thr patroLwr irdnntra. 'this taol
makes a eprotal onttiag (oinelnre) in tubes to bs nred for geolagioai
praspeotiag. Caarsde gods is the ane who aevisod the eeohioe tail.
The feotas~ tarns out ose t~psr of aaohiae tools for thr enterprises
of the l(ieletr~ of AgrioaltnreL Msohinee. The; are saohioe tools vitb a
9erios of "0-1" sad "0-2" onttinge shore operation Dan be destered in 2
aonths. Yhere taaU vere ride in the eaohios shape of Comra~d~ Oagoladss,
sad is thr esssebl~ shopn, Mkars obis! ie ~asrade Tneradss.
(Samapnist. ~ Ootabsr 19117)
Aooordiog to a aoLloe is the nevepaper, Ea~pnirt. 2~0 ~3easglaoe hrve
ttatshad their oanrae of Lrniolag in the Andreev Mbtnilurgioal,I'lant in
'1'ngearog. These yomg a have been to by the hart foreaen, rpeaialirte
is preaipltated fnsioa ~r aral.gaestion~Those rho have partiaipeted to
this training ~+rofiram will be hired bg the Traoeaanoasian Motallnrgioal
PLiot of Georgia.
Mieo. rIlew
In asargie, prtralsne prodnotioo is oasried os is the follaMing regierst
Mirsaaot, Patarn dhirati, sod gorio. Oil iron t,brne ylaosa Ls of high
Qaalitf, rioh in essolirs. The Orataeft Trust's aii-paaging plant ohtaiao
frog this oil not only gssolioe of the vet finest dwlity~ bat also kerosene
sad racnt.
(blot. 20 8eptenbes 19117)
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lOtt=+sot ltoe- the assrpaper r g?Dlinhsd in the Aeorgian Ledpsaget
1. ate AtohaL Mrtallaraioai PLrt
Aooordi,o,; to a derpeto~ iron the tisorglaa MMapayer, trn
lamdrp aed 8tnn1 plot of tlvohsL i? erstirg its 9rotar r Lrlp ird se-
oordisg to pLa, and Larrn sit Dart iron eu~d steal es high oorlitp, Mhieh
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eati?fiee th? r-eode of tlve aesohine-bnilQing p~dat? of ite9Fgia. ?n i
Heoeaber, the foundry hec! in].fiiled l0~ peraeat ;+t the flan for the Bret
11 s+aatbs of the year. :fa oos~asisao ritb 1~1-6, wbe foaadry lase increased
its prodaotion by X6.9 ps7aent. Iwbor efficiency has looreased, oa tbs
eseregte, L'2.1 percent, s-i9 this retell price hoe been losered by 7.8 pea~aeat.
2. Prlaoissl Cpustsaot,~;q~g?Aeti'itr is Cecrda
Cosueede C. laleudeultuse, reprsseetati~re of the liceplen of the CBSR foot
IBociat tleorgla, in re~ie~sing the prinoipai eetabilebeents of t3eoxgie, vzltcs,
es-ong other things:
"The Btalin lire-!'oar Pisa For the postver period proridae for ea ia-
oreaee of gC pssoeat i~ lodnetrisi oonetsaotim in BoTfet Ceargin in the
yeas I~t! ns oospsssd with tho veer 1'~1?,
"lot the eateontiaa oi' th?.e plea and the derelopreat of the nee brasohea
of ladastry cf the Rw~ablio, t?he rssiixstioa of a nuabor of +rartr cf prissury
islportsoce mint be aonsiJersd. Ne fer es basic sorts ere aonoeraed, the
capital iaseattment hea hd~ea iworeaeed to 4,1~i m111ioa tables, inoladisg
the million rnblee yrorided for the year 194'x, ehioh acre than donblee
the oapitel ieri-eetment sf the year 1940,
"IQ 1947, the aepi+al ineaeteeat vee impressiAeiy iacr~eed im the
produotioa-goods ioduetey. f'sry epeoinl etteotioo le paid La saoeleratiag
the oonstrnoti~n of Hsi electric stations. a:eat iaportnooe is nttaahed to
the aonstrnctiaa in Fcn'.t:ei of an Important bees for matnilnrgioai prodna-
tioo. Litevir?, the epetding-np by e~esy loans, end the puttieg into apera-
tioo of ow elsotrir stations -- Ehsaagee, 8nthasges, Chitai[htiges ~lreaoh:
Tohitathe~gnn~ tb+raoel~~otrlo etatioa of the Tanasoanoasien 14atallurgloal
Plant .
'This i~a s-ove tln.t oonetrgotioa wort in the Republic is going fostiasd
la a more nrg/ioiteA sanorr this year than last. Ho~swsr, it still fulls
short of i;he eetimstes fa-r the prayeota. The eaoael plan of oapitel iaveet-
meate in eseentinl ~eortu iar the 11-month gereod has been fulfilled in
?enural throngh~n: the Republic to the amw~t of kq.9 peroeot. (ThlB per-
oeatagfi iraldss :he ministrtss sod adn_aietratlone of the essaaiated ra-
p'blics and of th~~ Qsorgtlas ltepnbilo in the proeo+ttioa of gl psroeat, cad
thow~ ooaosraed vlth,ooastrnotioas order the ~nslediatioo of the Cnioa iR
the escort of 4g.- peroent.j
'Ya each sSnletry cad in the nsv aooetsnotiooe, the ?art is being
oasried out aooorr.ieg to the astisates of the aenOSl plan far cseenzial
?orks or is esoeoliog thee. P.~oog the latter ere Seoloded the IU.oistriss
o loresto of lrcd, of itatssu, and otllbtion Fiotares. The ooeetrnotioe
~ro~sot;~rhioh i-11 nMsr the ~nriediotioo of the IIaioe erb the l4uas?oe,
the Satimager, she Litelai saohi-ze?oooatsnatlon ~taotory for sdoe egaipmsat,
the 4rgmsit, t'w toltihistrr~y, the 8ayorsodstsoy, and the Shot tlet aail-
road.
"'Phe aded~istsati~s departrats Which M:a cot eble to sohis~e iaL-
rillasat or tie central ba11d1sg plea see the MtaistrSes of tbs >aairy Ia-
daatry sad lb~L, of the lice i'estile Iadasts7i of yeioaltars, od PaAlie
lrsaltll, asd tf Cosmsisa; looeoq. 'Rbe inlfillseat of the pLs prosed to De ~.
isadegaate !i~ the rield o! oeetssl bandies as !!r u t:he lYaaaseroesiew
llstsllasgiae. Pleat, tae ~ataisi AatoaoDile lrotory, sod tbs Qmsypl'
ooabias esrt oaooesnsd. IL snit tee polotsd oat that the Bost l~OrtasR
pro~eota lrl.iog otlsr the ~arisdiot:ca of tlw aisa are cot saificie~~j
sapplisd Hitt ooostrnetioa rtesiaL, sissss of Lraas+oststioa, or dooaasata-
tioa oooeerr.ing bM?etary estiaates.
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be pro~ri~ded sirnitsnsoae;l,t with badgatary intoraatioa. Lintartnnately; there
sctiet? ~ wrions lsok leers too. '!?!ee prepssatioa of berdgstary estiaatee ter
t>~ a~inintriee, ooetibiwe, and traete ie beali~ handled. In spite of Glee
deeieloa of the Caewoll of lltnieters of the ~, io saer~~~ are mreenteA without appro+al of plans sad eetieestee. This neoee-
sitatee tkegaent oorseotioaa daring the prnaeae of ooaetreeetian, and aaoeee
delays and inoreaees in ooet. '1'hae, in vier of lle hart of plane and
eetisateae the "tlerasehakhtrtroy? (+Oeorgian ,~eatn,~ shaft ooaetrw~otion) aoaLd
sot begin eoaetrnatioa of the eu-at ieepartant works pra~eotad for 1947. 'l'1re
azhiatteri plaeet, whioh has been antler ooaetraetioa sinoo 1943, atilt Baer aart
:sass a detiaitiv~s teohaloael pl+en. ~4tbsr is 4~ am appra.ed plea ar
eatiaszte for flee (Cexuie ltlapt of ?iriliai, tar ">aagsarigee," cor tar t1e
oorl muse of 'Eigribali -- 'i'Fs Probable em~saniog. I'e5et Ls aatiiated. )
~. lnin~x lfec Riroaos of ila-rkere
Comrade Y.elin, eabetitating tar the seeretary of the C+argian Caaessra-i.ot
Party's '!'biifo! Coeaittee for Industry and `~renepartation, oaepiaine is the
necspaper et of the ahdrta,de of geeslifted raorkere and the }Bark of
or~nieration is their training, !'tare ie chat lea critee:
'It tenet be reoo~firaei that siae~ orgsnisatiooe affiliated ritffi the
Party, prafogaiorai arganiarietions or 'Somsoaale," ae rail as tha a4ireotors
of enterprises, do not really sesame the respoaeibility of training ner
oontingsote of gnalifisd corkers in nsefni profeesioas by trtirg to provide
then with teohoioal taearladge:
"Ia tha eaterprieee in Tbillei of the local Ministry of Industry 141r
new rarbre sere Deeded in 194b, Dnt only 84 wrs trained. Alehongh ts'SS
persons were 3nQpoeed to Gatti teohniaal oversee, eotnalll! there sere only
491. In 1947 only 62 persons were trained far thin llinietry. Io the
owtorired traoe~aortation amterpriree, only 59 rarlrrre sere trnioed in 1y46, sad
30 in 1947 -- ont of the 230 carters anticipated.
"In 1946, only 693 rorker6 care trained in the eeetalinrgioal enterpriese
of Qeorgla, rhereas the pra~eot celled for 1,155. In 1947, there were onl,
964 instead of tha 1,365 required far ttee gro~eot."
(~ii_ae~, 14 December 1947)
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