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Show V . , America can boast the possession of an iron war still existing aa part of the South Carolina Caro-lina and Georgia, -railway, -which waa laid two year before that data, and which is perhaps per-haps the only passenger Una that ever was worked, by wind powar. It la recorded that., with a favoring breie, thirteen passengers and three tons of Iron were carried at a rate of tea ml 1m aa hour. In this country you And both the cheapest and most expensive miles . of railway-ever constructed. The . eight-mile line known aa the Wot ton tramway, and which was built to--the -order of the late Duke of Bucking, ham and Chandoe, coat only 21400 per mile. It la of stands rd gauge, and la now used aa a light railway. i The most costly place of railway line In the world is that between the Mansion House and Aldgste, on the - Underground. London. It cost nearly 2,000.000. Between Trinity aquara and King William atatuo the record rose to no less than 1000 guineas a yard, or about. 430 an Inch. Tot- cbesp traveling the Trans-Siberian railway holds a world'a record. Ia order to ley. It was paying concern, and fetched a very good price when sold. The Manila and Dagnpan railway, which Is to be found In the Island of Luson, haa some claim to be considered the most elegant ele-gant In existence. Certainly no other line can boast that all the sleepers are solid mahogany. ma-hogany. ' The London and Northwestern, besides being be-ing the richest of British railway companies In fact, perhaps the richest in the world-can world-can boast' also of owning the largest engine works In existence. Tha Inclosed space at Crowe ia etgbty-lTe acres, -and a little over thirty acres la under -cover. The Midland haa at Derby twenty-six acres of covered workshops. - The Midland baa - various clalma to distinction. dis-tinction. It possesses la the ieckey Incline the steepest gradient upon any main line In tha kingdom. This-la ana ha thirty-seven and a half tor 'a distance of jaore than two miles. There are tew gradients in British lines exceeding one in sixty. Tha Midland has also broken transportation records by dispatching In one day from Burton-on-Trent bo I ewer tusn 1234 wagons toaaea wiw owr. The Great Western holds the British records for the longest regular non-atop run between Paddlngton and Plymouth without stopping. The distance la 14 miles. The same rallwsy also poesesssa much the longest tunnel In the country. The famous Severn tunnel, which took mora time and -money to construct con-struct than almost any other In existence, is 7664 yards in length There la an Australian line whlcn owna a most odd record. The New South Walea line between Nyngan and Bourke rune a distance Of 126 miles In a mathematically . straight line over a plain level almost as a billiard table. London Answers. encourage imuigrsuon into oiwns miru-class miru-class fares are granted from any Russian station on . the line to Tobolsk for a sum equlvslent to four and sixpence. From Tobolsk To-bolsk on to the very edge of Manchuria you can travel for shillings. Thus the emigrant can cover 6000 miles for Us. sd. This rata, which worka out at about twenty miles per penny. Is certainly cheaper than tha fares on the California line, the Pueblo and Beu-lah Beu-lah Valley. Passengers by this railway are weighed and carried the whole distance for t farthings a pound. The most northern, railway line In existence Is the Ofoten. built across tha upper end of the - Scandinavian ' peninsula by a British company, to tap the great Iron ore beds which cover 300,000 seres. At the frontier station between Norway and Sweden an enormous enor-mous . ball has been built. Into which the whole train runs bodily, and which -can be closed as a protection against the weather. When crossing the Arctic circle the engine driver makes a point of blowing the whistle. Whst Is or was. before being taken over by the Great Western the smallest Independent, Indepen-dent, rallwsy company-In existence waa the Abingdon railway, a mile and a half In length, and connecting Abingdon with Rad- BASKETBALL, j . . . Y. M. C. A. Vs. B.. Y. -A. j 1.25 round trip Provo, via Salt Lake Route. ' Special train 6:00 p. m. Everybody Every-body invited. Saturday, , November 24th. Special returning. - OLDEST EAILEOADS. The oldest steam rsilwsy whtch Is still In existence is tbe Stockton and Darlington, Which was first opened In the year But :' ' ... -V- a |