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Show Straleht riallroad Track. In siito of tho apparently mathe-lmtlral mathe-lmtlral straight Hnoa which many of lb western rntlroads appoar to follow t n tlio map, It haa been stated that the tcconl In this respect will bo beaten by the new national transcontinental mllronil, otherwise known as the Otand Trunk Pacific, 70 miles of which will bo constructed without a curve, Plvo yearB ago, however, a length of 71 miles of perfectly Btralght railroad track wus constructed on tho extension exten-sion of tho Rholosla railroads from llulawayo in tho Ulroctlon of tho Victoria Vic-toria falls. So far, therefore, as the length of straight lino Is concerned, the record is hold by tho portion of the Rhodesia railroads above referred to. |