. Railway age . artments. These buildings are all of brick. There arealso a 7r)-fl. turntable, two Illinois Central standard llr)-ton coulpockets, two standard concrete cinder-plts, a 100,000-gal. water tankwith steel uiiderfi-anie on concrete foundations, a 10-ln. penatock. a pump-house and au oil houiK-, and ibe uecei>i>ary piping and fireprotection. The construction of the line was begun In February, l!Mt6. Thegrading and track laying of the nc-ctlon in MlBslsbippi was completedilurlng Ortol>er, 1907, and the Ml>>-l>->l|ipi t .\lalKinia liallroad waii put in operation d
. Railway age . artments. These buildings are all of brick. There arealso a 7r)-fl. turntable, two Illinois Central standard llr)-ton coulpockets, two standard concrete cinder-plts, a 100,000-gal. water tankwith steel uiiderfi-anie on concrete foundations, a 10-ln. penatock. a pump-house and au oil houiK-, and ibe uecei>i>ary piping and fireprotection. The construction of the line was begun In February, l!Mt6. Thegrading and track laying of the nc-ctlon in MlBslsbippi was completedilurlng Ortol>er, 1907, and the Ml>>-l>->l|ipi t .\lalKinia liallroad waii put in operation during Oeput In operation Feliruary The line shoulil haw .is an Important mauMing industry. The Asilicon they contain, a. , 7 The part in Alabama was im the start. BirmiDghain ui. the iron trade iM-lng Its l«ail- Ix-cause of the phoKphoruK and suited to the open-hearth process. The steel Industry In lllrmlngham has grown to large pro|>ortioosIn the last 12 years. In the same period the manufacture of cotton. Brush Creek Viaduct; View of Structure. goods has quadrupled. The resources of the country traversed bythe new line include coal. tlml)er and agricultural products, of whichcotton Is the most Important. Among .\ustrlan railroads, briquettes are used only by theState Railroads They used, last year. tons made at , and 11,000 tons of ICnglish briquettes. The coal u.**.!during the same period amounted to ( tons. The briquetteswere of two sizes: one weighing lbs. and the other lbs.,both kinds being oval. The price for the Bohemian briquettes wasabout $ a ton and for the Kngllsh briquettes, about $—Consular Keporl.
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