Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . line, which is indispensable to insure unin-terrupted traffic; and in tlie plant being cumbersomeand quite unsuited for military requirements. Forthe Abyssinian campaign materials for a railwaywere collected in India from the public works andother sources,and a works corps of nalives for layingthe line was raised in Bombay. In the mouth came to the decision of s«nd-ing railway plant to Abyssinia ; in the followingJanuary, work was comnu-nccd at the landing placein the Ked Sea, at Zoulla; and about the m
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . line, which is indispensable to insure unin-terrupted traffic; and in tlie plant being cumbersomeand quite unsuited for military requirements. Forthe Abyssinian campaign materials for a railwaywere collected in India from the public works andother sources,and a works corps of nalives for layingthe line was raised in Bombay. In the mouth came to the decision of s«nd-ing railway plant to Abyssinia ; in the followingJanuary, work was comnu-nccd at the landing placein the Ked Sea, at Zoulla; and about the mil ofMarch, 13 miles of the line were opened for traffic,giving a rale of progress in constructing of one milea week. As the railway took so hmg to make it wasnot of much to the expedition. The chief causesof delay in making this railway miiy be attributedto the having been shi])ped from India?without any system, any tran.;port vessel that couldafford space being employed. The l)lant was all forthe Indian standard gauge of 5 ft. (! in., which was. Fig. 1. pauije has been adopted on some of the Governmentlines : it is li in. wide ; rails of 3(1 lbs. to the yardmay be used for it ; the line weighs about 10(1 costs £51)0 to the n)ile. Hallways of this gauge heavy and difficult to handle under tmfavorablc i^on- i are made for (piick tratlic. and recpiire to be laidditious of lauding appliances ; the rails were also of ] nearly as well us wider liaes. Tlie rolling-stock BAILWAT COMMUNICATION. g27 COMMDNICATIOH wliicli is madcin Kn;;Iiin(l niid sent oiil to Iniliii, isof a liciivy nature ; the wcij^li 10 tons,anil lli(^ carriugcrt. vvliicli ur( iron-fraiiiiii, weighabout;!! tons. The Uniled States have lately adopt-ed llie II ft. * ^ .t,real many lines, which an-swer their jjurpoHes just as well as Ihi wiijir perrna-iienl railway. They ean construct the linis withgreat rajjidity, ])rof;rcssin,!; as much as four miles inone da
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