| Show 1311 13 lau iH 11 in speaking of the mode of travel by the then future generations Rene rations said their horses hoofe biall be counte dIkke flint aul their cje wheela like the whirlwind roaring shall be like a lion lioa they shall roar like the tha young lion 11 et ets perhaps the veil of time was removed and he was permitted to see the steam railway ot of today and iu in the limit limited vocabulary of his bis time tie fie attempted to describe it those modern chariots of civi civilized civili zv zd fion now roii from the tha sea bea finoro commencing a at t affa emd and their wheels hardly sto like i until the tourists tou ritts its landed at the city of jerusalem along the route the lo 10 locomotive emotive omo tive roars like ilka the lion much to the astonishment of the natives one can now enjoy all modern conveniences of travel in visiting the tha city that DAVID built the first train ran over aver the tha jaffa jerusalem railway on oa the ot of last september but bat politics have kept us from before alluding to the fact the length of the line is ia about fifty miler the city of 01 jerusalem is ia 2450 feet fee above the level of tho the sea the building of tha saw line has been quite expensive each kilometer feet of this thia narrow ga gauge uge railway 39 37 feet in width cost 20 i the tow total cost of the enterprise being about when the first train arrived at jerusalem usa lem there was a great greab celebration participated in by fill all classes the or as the natives say kocha sacrificed some sheep and sprinkled the track a few miles outside of the city limits before the train was permitted to enter jerusa lem A correspondent respondent writes As soon as the Bac sacrifice was accomplished the hurrahs of the turkish soldiers that were formed in front of the officials were heard and the military music sic sounded the slaughtered victims were quickly bakon away to be cut and distributed in pieces to the poor of the city the locomotives passed slowly over the blood of the sacrifice at this moment the crowd could not be held back by the soldiers and they jumped into the cars which seemed to be by assault they were filled with curiosity io sity and tie the desire to travel a few miles upon the new railway the management an ordered the departure ino in the tha midst of cries of joy by those thosa who had bad been able to secure a place in the train |
