. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Australian Transcontinental Line. The of Au^-tralia isagain cullsl(l^^ln^; tlie project oi Ijuildinga transcoiUincntal railway to connectthe inhabited eastern part with thesparcely settled west. The first sectionsof the railway, which will run Australian territory for the wholeof its length, have already been built bythe South Australian Government. About1,000 miles of line have yet to be con-striicted. The existing sections are builton a 3 ft. 6 in, gauge and
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . Australian Transcontinental Line. The of Au^-tralia isagain cullsl(l^^ln^; tlie project oi Ijuildinga transcoiUincntal railway to connectthe inhabited eastern part with thesparcely settled west. The first sectionsof the railway, which will run Australian territory for the wholeof its length, have already been built bythe South Australian Government. About1,000 miles of line have yet to be con-striicted. The existing sections are builton a 3 ft. 6 in, gauge and where travers-ing the great stretches of level countrythe rails are held on the plain with verylittle earthworks and no engineering dif-ficulties. Whitney Planers. Are built with ample weight so as to give thertquired solidity to entirely eliminate vibra-tion and ijsure a smooth even surface. For particulats, write Baxter D. Whitney & Son WINCHENDON, MASS. FOREIGN AGENTS : Henry Kcllv & Co., 26 , IMatichcster. Ens- Schucliardt & Schutte,Berlin, Cologne. Brnssels. Vienna. Stockholm. Sussfeld, L,orscli&Co., Paris, France. lyfODEL Better than ever! Latest N. Y. High Saddles—Big Drivers—4 sizes. Something extra nice. 4c. instamps for catalog. A. S. CAMPBELI-, P. O. Box 28(i, Monticelli, N. Y. A position in shop as Foremanof General Repairs or as Air BrakeMan, ,Address FOREMAN, this office. The credit of having reached the high-est altitude on record is given to and Dr Suring, of Berlin. Theyfirst went up to the height of 30,000ft., losing consciousness for brief inter-vals. They continued to ascend to 33,-790 ft,, when one of them became com-pletely unconscious and co
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