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Show BOAD TO CLIMB THE ALPS. Electrl Railway Up ths Jungfrau Is Rspldly Nearlng Completion. An electric railway which, when flnlshod, will be tu. hlgheat In l'u rope, la now Hearing completion UP th Jungfrau In tho Bwl.s Alps. It will be seven and a halt miles long, and Its terminal station will bo at nn elevation of 13.CS0 feet. It Is for ths most part constructed through tunnel., tun-nel., and the last atallon will be connected con-nected with the aummlt of th Jungfrau Jung-frau by a lift of 2.2 feet In height and a winding atalrraaa. Th power for producing tho electric current will b dorlved from waterfall, on th mountain. moun-tain. Th starting point ot th line la at th Hrholdegg station, at an altitude alti-tude of f.lUO feet, oa th Wengera Alp ayatem, and th first station Is th Klgor glacier, 7. CIS feet high. A doctor doc-tor will be In attendance at a certain altllud In order to attond to pa.aen-gers pa.aen-gers snd advla them or not according accord-ing to the state of their health aa to lha anfoty of tholr journeying to th ummIL The aicont will occupy about on and three quarter hotira, and th tatlona ar to bo luxuriously fitted up, so that ps.sengers who may feel any III effneta from th rarlfled air will be able to rest In comfort b.fur proceeding on th Journey. |