Show I 1 RAILROAD MARVEL OF CENTURY after years of herculean labor glasgow has completed cable road deep down in the earth 0 glasgow gli cow july 14 determined to hare lava a railroad marvel of 0 their own land end thus bo be up if to the times lit in this era tit of trial VON the citizens of 0 glasgow jie hate hod haa constructed for or their ing nc comfort a line fine that compares fa ersly with any ot of tile the wonderful feats cats of 0 which till ali rall railroad roal builders sic makin making g their pro fe feigion lasion and the century famous all over the norad the lall road may bo be correctly bed as it tube deep don dolt ti ra in the bowels of the earth through malch bich th the 0 passengers are shot like travelers c in a dark and unknown acrid abo vho roust must close their eyes cyca and blindly trust 1 kind fate ate to bring them safe bate to lo I 1 dayl daylight ight and earth again for six sit years year ol kinen have becil burrowing out this new road and now that ahac it Is pals bed and opened it la one ot or the iho not no t successful railroad ralli oad v natures ever TIN 4 or hell it was freely pre diate dietel dieted d that tile the cane canny y scots scot would not risk nek their lives to an electrically propelled p oiled bliey that shot sarit through a ill alsage tar far beneath the cites streets ls ir f but tire tho contrary 1 ras as proved the case i and the jhb company lias has boon been forced to enlarge the capacity of 0 t the ile I 1 load cad to liev colomo dute all the passi passengers enra the tunnels tunnel a abc 1 0 built at on ail average il t depth of twenty y nine feet beet beneath the surface but lit in places they descend to the prodigious depth of a hundred anti ancl on fret leaving the hot streets of 0 the city chr the passenger descends by steps into a cool underground region it here lie to lands on an island in betheen two cable road the cables are running at a great speed and the noise mey make is almost deat deafening ening to those nho mork jn ili the turin la 14 van coee boxi ho ee eier have no access to the tunnels tunnel and nt at the stations the track sheaves ore are packed with leather and the battle of the cable greatly mod pled but the passenger has little time to study these features for there litis lushia hes up within a few fee seconds accords after hla hist or ar ahai rh at on oil I 1 the 6 I 1 platform a a c ifal monster bf farhie little it ic semblance to the ahr pit old enge draw train of ilia ahe british railroads tho the cartt card are modelled modeller model led somewhat on oil the lines ot or tile american railroad cur ur and it may be lne that thai man many ideas idea li in connection niah tile tho I 1 road I 1 were nero hoi box hlf iohd ed from america AN was waa dokton ivi ty toured ly by the engineer ir R E homo arton before he completed comple iod hla piano the cars are an constructed on gorie allne nith ith full tu allowance of I 1 it 0 SIZ N A Z I 1 1 1 e SA am 2 I 1 q r ag X py I 1 VY K X av am V r A iff I 1 f anfin 0 o IT Is J f I 1 1 I 1 ak J r through ebli tuba the train of the most remarkable sulton railroad in existence shoots with its living freight tar far below the hum and roar of the city under great Muil buildings dings ind and beneath the waters ofa of a river AC sf i i is ka k a w sas fc y iss 31 si ggs gg 6 t ir a J ji sali sy w va AIR www bt se hothi fl at P 1 IA ili lulal W 4 r ina ita I 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 60 d ln its K IJ 1 ii 01 ja arain HR ain I 1 a amm d akl bulliung to which the cars of the new railroad Eail road fire bra hoisted to be repaired when damaged during their underground space and light taft he lighting h ong Is by I 1 electricity clenti loty elizell 1 Is carrl m akl cl by food lra pro aloag tho he I 1 aide aides of al the I 1 ile tunnels tunnel ind ad laan PIT olt by hinged rods rod kept in wilh the conductors by mea meana A A or of A plan vi aich simple as a ll it s ao eiris was waa lilt it upon only after severa 1 fruitless exi afi imenes the same electrical intal series acres also alio to work the block Ign alling system ays Loni by which each one car automatically registers its hs ox own n pro gross tion as it passes from station stat iott to bill ia I 1 at the car shod han the dayS dy la done the actu chua a are lifted to lo the surface by it a ton ion trai traveling eling crane moving reely freely in all ail directions serves ulso too ino purpose of 0 turntable and cros crossover liero liere they are placed on oil callb over leet pilo anti ana carefully examined in ull all their Nor marking king parts before being again to lo the tunnels to be rady for out ariy on the day evory every facility for leparis la Is in the ine sited anti and 0 omry cry precaution Is taken against a pos possible bible bicaK don but ever even should shoula all uh h oni on I telcie nt occur the injured car be remo alm mt instantly vilt hout blocking the wr tor mole inore than one ur or two the of 0 digging this tunnel which besides bc passing through the heart of 0 tho the city roea goes beneath the river at govan cavan aas as of bourre tile thu anost a part of 0 th ill undertaking at one point the rai lloid is the thaid story underground or al it the roadway arid and art an overhead railroad artt arc counted it Is a tho the fifth line of traffic of one on kind or op another first comes the street crossed at a few ew yards distance by a railroad bridge br lilee b elow are aie A six toot foot sc soviet ef arid and the water arid gas gaa mains under this again runs runa the caledonian underground and loop deep doi don in below all lies iles the to bore out this dittli tunnel ou t disturbing the buildings and subways overhead waa a sufficiently great farell to stagger anyone the only practicable ratified oil was a into like burrowing much at 0 alch had to be on under high pressure on oil count account of 0 tile the presence presen ct of 0 water in the surrounding soil boil lve even acie eheim it via was practicable alc to if brorn r orn above the hie necessity of 0 clotting the iho trench as aa speedily OdilY nil AN poa 1108 obliged tile contractors to dix only to tile the depth ot at side of 0 the th lun tun reland then after bull oLLIR tile the arch on the solid earth to nil fill in the cacava tinn immediately thus her to tha man in fit the the work appeared to be finished it was waa i tally only begun and there still remained the th difficult and laborious task of ci excavating the soil boll under tile the arch at ell arid and build building I 1 nig tile tho invert whenever water was present lion ft on cylinder a ivero substituted f for 11 balck or cement metal shields armed velh ill steel cutting edges being driven into tile soli boll ty ry hydraulic porter arid and the th cylinders built up tip inside of cheate these tire the greatest difficulty was waa loner in I 1 felled nl at the eastern river crossing chere v hore all unknown citizens to lo ho he in tells or of thousands cio sited the glasgow OlAi gow mildge every day within a few yards yarda of tile the spot it a really great fut foot ol of en ell gin gingering cerIng had to lo he be pei formed at this part parr it much higher hlf flier air pressure than amuil as needed ded to counteract counte rait tile tho constant how flow of water from above and its as only a thin layer of oc soft earth super bened between tire roof of 0 tile tunnel e arid and tho the river the pi ax to bo be solved was sufficiently perplexing lit in if e of in spite of every precaution the result r calif of the increased pressure against a N C 1 y eligh icalia ance was ica thit lefo eighty highl fell feel of 0 the 1110 the ahi bed of th ill liver had and 1 acon con blown times linus lm the kimt oc ealon thy tho gallitz timbering of the iho was waa thrown into tho the hiim ti im and floated aidi 1 eving ft a hole fear feet in dieter ind ald fet oct deep chich had to lit bu pumped dry boi ithe he work coul could go on n this final its dla astor was waa too much for the patience of tire contractor arlor tried to lo break ing point by nine previous bursts and lie be retired in ili dIs disgust Kust lea ing the tabs to be finished by other oilier hinds ivere other lauk i hward ward moments that must have brought the iho heart of tire tb enk engineer inver jn in charge to his mouth A at t one part a and iong forgotten quat ry to I 1 no im and built over generations ago waa suddenly tapped and the tun rich act were almost iris antly flooded over a jupiter JU RIter of a mile of thor their length then the bed of 0 a driad IID HD litreal WAS run into and ad AS is ili the sludge deposit iva was tile opt opan n mouth of oc the tun hicl cl the tajet ireci overhead a 1 collapsed and amm uc I 1 A street car alive in III such an ain underground system la Is of couto cou to Ct a u inetter of tire llast birst but on in tha th principle ilia aliat t n Is hotter better than ciu cure th tunnels have it ben so ao carefully built that very a water enters enters thorn them at apy ihie the little there is is easily pumped up tip at the stations into the sewers overhead lilile li lill to make ansur once anco doubly sure it a four font conduit coTi duit disch discharging urging into the river kelvin has been p cn excavated for two muc miles under the tunnels on tho the north side of the city such A a work 11 be caLl callied qed as one 0 at the iho most meet ful of the century and blasg glasgow can bo bd congratulated on havone the in most 06 t interesting ante re stilie railroad in a scotland I 1 |