. The railroad and engineering journal . principally in the hands of the industrious of Bankok, of which I have seen little, there areno roads, only villainously bad pack-trails ; the rivers are. Fig- S- illustrated permits of the backs being made of any re-quired height. Each foot-rest can also be made in twoparts, so that each occupant of a seat can adjust his orher foot-rest to suit themselves. Further information about these seats, prices, etc., maybe obtained from the Scarritt Furniture Company of , Mo., which is mantacturing them, or of M. N. For-ney, 145 Broadwa
. The railroad and engineering journal . principally in the hands of the industrious of Bankok, of which I have seen little, there areno roads, only villainously bad pack-trails ; the rivers are. Fig- S- illustrated permits of the backs being made of any re-quired height. Each foot-rest can also be made in twoparts, so that each occupant of a seat can adjust his orher foot-rest to suit themselves. Further information about these seats, prices, etc., maybe obtained from the Scarritt Furniture Company of , Mo., which is mantacturing them, or of M. N. For-ney, 145 Broadway, New York. ENGINEERING UNDER THE EQUATOR. A CORRESPONDENT, who is at present engaged in mak-ing surveys in Siam, writes as follows of the experiencesand trials of an engineer in that distant country. Siam has not got any white elephants, unless the termbe employed figuratively, but to one unaccustomed to the highways of commerce. The country towns are partlyafloat on bamboo rafts, and such houses as occupy theland are raised on posts and built haphazard fashion inthe timber fringing the stream. Flat—almost dead-level—valleys, divided by low dikesinto little paddy (rice) fields, with bunches of stand
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