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Show Elevators to Ascend Alps. Persons not hardy enough to risk the rigors of Alpine climbing nre now enabled to mount to the summit of the Hammet-Schwand mountain, .1,000 feet above sea level, 1 , y means of the long est lift In the w tIiI. an elevator COO feet high. The elevator Is located not far from Lucerne, whero Is a grgtto in which the elevator shaft is hidden. The elevator Is operated by electricity. The cage Is 12 feet square, and only heven pasbengers are carried each trip. The ascent Is mnde In three minutes. |