Show RAILWAYS OP THE WORLD it the th close of 1880 there wf veto allies la in operation tho ile engineering now news prints tho the following interesting into acts facts in relation to the growth of the railway railways of the world troal from 15 to the do cie of 1010 1 b tho the total length of the railway rail w tys at ait the cloeo close of the last ICCA 36 amounted to miles equal to ne nearly arl y I 1 if f teen times tho the equatorial circumference ot of tho the world and more than mo in excess of the mean distance diat acco of the moon from the earth on dec 31 1879 tho the length of tho the lines in actual operation was miles and the increase in the last ten years hae baa therefore been 75 3 per cent if it a similar increase takes place in the present d decade the mileage at t the he beginning of tho the twentieth century will be more than OCO Anic america rica contributed the greatest number nimber of miles of road during the four years under consideration and especially the united states where the growth amounted to per cent canada and mexico also show heavy gain gaina after america comes europe will 12 6 per cent of tho the various countries count there germany shows the greatest increase follo followed ed by aus austria tri france russia and italy in asia asla british india baa has developed leT eloped the great eat est activity and its lines have increased thirty two per cent in densely peopled china no lone ion lino line Is yet built but tho the proposed tran road of tho the russian gov government emment may result in increased construction in africa the only marked increase hae has been in algiers and tunis but a comparatively ively rapid development me may y be expected when tho the conflicting claims of germany and england are settled and the interior as well as the congo basin Is more settled the australian Austral liva systems have extended rapidly especially es in south australia and queensland it is interesting to note that west australia has the greatest mileage in proportion to ita population ot of any country |