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Show Builds Miniature Rail J Line on Cownfry Estate J V. Cecil tinge, retired broker, of I l'lshklll, N. Y., bus Just completed a J twomllo miniature railway system, t which ho has constructed with tits J own lunula entirely from odd innl 1,1 ends found lying about his estate. The tracks innl switches woro i made from the tloor beams und tho lr cars anil locomotive from tho pnrtl- Hons of dismantled farm buildings. ; i Ashes from tlio futility furnace served ; ni ballast for tho truck.. A gasoline motor to run tho locomotive inn! ; wheels for locomotive nml curs nr tlie only parts of the system thnt urn not homemade. Mr. lingo began constructing his little lit-tle road il v o years ago In order to supply himself with mi ensy way of disposing of nshes. lie lias heen steadily adding to It since then until now he has two miles of truck, the passenger cars, two tint cars, n freight car, eight switches, four crossings lv equipped with warning signs, a turntable, turn-table, a snowplow atul half n iloren stations. At night anil during sever 4 weather a long chicken house serves as n "roundhouse" for the protection of the rolling stock, j. The roail Is used to carry farm ; proilucts. tlrewooil ami similar materials mate-rials ahont the estate as well ns to 4 take the chlhlivn of l'lshklll nml tho surrounding towns forJoyrliIln.it. Mr. Case estimates his yearly inlleaite as something above 10,(HH1. The tiny cars attain a speed of "0 miles an hour or more on straight runs, and, nl-: nl-: '' 'hough several thousand 'persons ' ; have been carried as passengers, there never has been an accident. I'opular Sclciuv. |