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Show ROAD TO CLIMB THE ALPS. Electric Railway Up the Jungfrau Is Rapidly Nearlng Completion. An electric railway which, when finished, will bo tho highest in Europe, Eu-rope, Is now nearlng completion up the Jungfrau In tho Swiss Alps. It will be seven and a half miles long, and Its terminal station will oc at an elevation of 13.CS0 feet. It is for the most part constructed through tun nols, and the last station will bo connected con-nected with the summit of the Jungfrau Jung-frau by a lift of 212 feet In height and a winding staircase. The power for producing tho electric current will be derived from waterfalls on the mountain. moun-tain. Tho starting point of the line is at tho Scheldegc station, at au altitude alti-tude of C.180 feet, on tho Wcngern Alp system, and the first station Is the Eiger glacier, 7,615 feet high. A doctor doc-tor will be In attendance at a certain altitude in order to attend to passengers passen-gers and advise them or not according accord-ing to tho state of their health us to the safety of their Journeying to tho summit. Tho ascent will occupy about one and three-quarter hours, and tho stations are to bo luxuriously fitted up, so that passengers who may feel any 111 effects from tho rarifled air will bo able to rest in comfort before proceeding on the Journey. |