Show tho tha shor shortest tast railroad in america and at the same time one of the most pron profitable table is the grand island railway which constitutes the only rail link in transcontinental the tran continental trade trade route that connects fort me pherson son on the artic circle with settled parts of canada calinda this curious railroad is owned and operated by Hudson aBay company it is a quarter ofa of a mi mils lelong long and cost coat less than to build the ra rails ils being of wood with seiad strap iron facing the t polling stock consists of two rapid dilapidated flat cars cais which are pushed by hand along tile the rails bails the freight ra rate te for all ea clashes as ses of commodities is it a ton tell and some idea of volume of traffic can be lint had from the fact that in its 60 years of operation ahe grand islan island d ralla ay iy has earned kropi profits ts of more than a millon dollars |