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Show Railroad on Tree Top. It Is hardly known outsldo of th Immediate neighborhood, but it is i fact that in Sonoma county, California, there is a railroad unique in construction. construc-tion. In the upper part of the county named, near the coast, may be 6en an actual roadbed in the tree tops. Between tho Clipper Mills and Stuart Point, where the road crosses a deep ravine, the trees are sawed of! on a level with the surrounding hills, and the timbers and ties laid on the stumps. In the center of the ravin mentioned two huge redwood trees, standing side by side, form a substantial substan-tial support. Theie giants have been lopped off 75 feet above the bed of the creek. This natural tree bridge is consid ered one of tho wonders of the Golden State, and for safety and security far exceeds a bridge framed in the most 'cientlflc manner. |