Show Steepest Railway In the World What claims to be the steepest railway rail-way lino In tho world la that recently opened near Bozen In the Tyrol The Mendel railway with a gradient ol G4 In 100 and tho Vesuvlan with 03 have hitherto held tho record But the new line In Its steepest parts rises 70 In 100 and In other parts GG It leads up the mountain side to Vlrgl rerrace on tho River ElsacU Tho system employed is that of tho electrical elec-trical wire ropo and the ascent Is mado at tho rate of five feet a second or live minutes for the whole distance |