. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . men wearingspectacles. Applicants for entrance torailway service as enginemen. firemen,trainmen, or brakesmen, shall not be ac-cepted if they have to use glasses fornear vision. Applicants for other positioiis and employees in all branches of British View of American Railroads. In a recent editorial the London Timessays: The history of American railroads isfull of human interest, and will be foundfascinating by any one who sympathizeswith human effort. The builders seem tohave bad onlj on* de
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . men wearingspectacles. Applicants for entrance torailway service as enginemen. firemen,trainmen, or brakesmen, shall not be ac-cepted if they have to use glasses fornear vision. Applicants for other positioiis and employees in all branches of British View of American Railroads. In a recent editorial the London Timessays: The history of American railroads isfull of human interest, and will be foundfascinating by any one who sympathizeswith human effort. The builders seem tohave bad onlj on* desire: To pushfurther and ever further into the emptycontinent. Building was hurried and flimsy sin-gle-track lines just held together undervery moderate traffic. American railroadssuffer to this day the consequences of thatinitial insufficiency. Enormous capitalhas been sunk in the conversion of theseinsubstantial lines into the solid, heavilymetalled railroads that now serve a vastami busy population. Immense furtherexpenditure is called for to provide equip-ment to deal with the ever increasing. WILLIAMS CIRCLE, WESTERN PACIFIC RAILWAY, FEATHER RIVER CANON, CALIFORNIA. ONE MILE IN CIRCUMFERENCE. Pacific coast extension of the Denver &Rio Grande, from Salt Lake City to SanFrancisco, has opened up new cities and new opportunities in ahitherto untravelled West. The Denver & Rio Grande lines inColorado now extend to 1,800 miles andin Utah to about 800 miles. Of miles over 1,800 miles are of thestandard 4 ft. 8J4 ins., gauge, and theremainder mostlv in the mountainousdistricts of the 3 ft. gauge. There are616 locomotives and 18,778 cars. Theroad was chartered in 1886, and sinceth?t period has absorbed a number ofsmaller roads. The Western Pacificrailway extends to 946 miles, standardgauge, and has 115 locomotives and1,574 cars in operation. The line wasplaced on an operating basis July 1, 1911,although not then fully completed. Thisline has also a first-class
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