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Show 'ing the work for themselves. The German , statisticians insist, however, that tho Chinese aro making clumsy work of It, the art of combination being be-ing beyond their present grasp, but they aro showing that they want, the railroads, and some way or another they are certain to get them. AMERICA'S GREAT RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT. Statistics concerning railroads recently re-cently issued by the Prussian ministry minis-try of public works, are condensed by the Railroad Age Gazette. The statistics are compiled for the year 1907. It appears by the statistics that in Europe there are 199.3S5 miles of railroad, as compared with 268.058 in North America. The old world of Europe, Eu-rope, Asia and Africa has, collectively, 271,198 miles of railroad, as compared with the new world's railroad mileage of 320.CC9. As the figures state, North America has 34 per cent more miles of railroad than has Europe and nearly as much as the whole of the old world. During the year 1907 Europe Increased its railroad mileage 2,917 miles, while North America increased by 7.C37 miles. The greater portion of the new mileage in Europe was laid in Russia, 1.C25. France followed with 431 miles' and Germany came next with 411 miles. Russia will probably continue to do far more railroad building for' several years to come than any other European country, because Russia has the greatest area of territory and has lagged behind for many years in the development of Its Interior transportation transpor-tation facilities. The growth of railroads in Asia is notable, reaching 1,C23 miles, and it is the opinion of the statisticians that this growth will continue, particularly in China. The Chinese are awakening awaken-ing to the necessity of railroad construction, con-struction, and with their newly developed devel-oped spirit, they are insisting on do- |