. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . he land remained, and towns andcastles and churches multiplied, and thecountry waxed stronger every generationto repel the spoiler. This has been thehistory not only of the fertile valleys ofFrance, but of every region in the worldwhich offered accumulations of labor,thrift and industry as attractions tocupidity. In traveling from Paris to Geneva, thephysical features of the country do notseem to be more rugged than those cn- By the falling-out of covetous rogues, thetown was left to enjoy privileges acc
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . he land remained, and towns andcastles and churches multiplied, and thecountry waxed stronger every generationto repel the spoiler. This has been thehistory not only of the fertile valleys ofFrance, but of every region in the worldwhich offered accumulations of labor,thrift and industry as attractions tocupidity. In traveling from Paris to Geneva, thephysical features of the country do notseem to be more rugged than those cn- By the falling-out of covetous rogues, thetown was left to enjoy privileges accordedto few communities in the evil times thatsucceeded the break-up of the RomanEmpire. The city was the cradle of manymechanic arts; it was long the refuge ofpersecuted thinkers, and it was at timesa theatre of intolerance as grim as any-thing the world has ever seen. My journey from Geneva was over theAlps by the Cenis Tunnel route to Turin,from that city to Milan, and thence bythe St. Gothard tunnel route to of ihe journey must stand overfor another letter. A. A^^ Locomutivi LtifUnmrinff VACUUM TESTER. countered in going from New York toBuffalo by the New York Central, untilthe Jura region, traversed inthe last fifty miles of the journey, isreached; yet the whole of the route isdotted with tunnels, deep cuttings, heavyembankmcnls and high bridges. The ten-dency of the locating engineers has beento go straight through hill and valley. Byvery slight curvature they might easilyhave avoided tunneling and gained mucheasier grades. But first cost seemed tobe no object; and the equivalent in Franceof our General Passenger Agent seems tothink he holds a winning card over com-petitors when he can boast about thenumber and the length of tunnels on hisline. Geneva is not a raiway center, but itis a good point from which to visit moun-tain railways and magnificent lake is beautiful beyond other waters,and has a blue color that has harassedsci
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