. Summer saunterings ... : a guide to pleasant places among the mountains, lakes and valleys of New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada . e of no less than1,980 feet to tlie mile is actually overcome. Engine and car travel upona middle ratcliet-rail in which cog-wheels run. Notwitlistanding thisremarkable steepness, tlie passenger enjoys absolute safety, through anumber of ingenious devices. Should a breakage occur, tlie train wouldbe brought to a full stop. Atmospheric brakes are so arranged tliat acar may be made to descend at a snails pace, entirely disconnected fromthe locomotive. In ascending,
. Summer saunterings ... : a guide to pleasant places among the mountains, lakes and valleys of New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada . e of no less than1,980 feet to tlie mile is actually overcome. Engine and car travel upona middle ratcliet-rail in which cog-wheels run. Notwitlistanding thisremarkable steepness, tlie passenger enjoys absolute safety, through anumber of ingenious devices. Should a breakage occur, tlie train wouldbe brought to a full stop. Atmospheric brakes are so arranged tliat acar may be made to descend at a snails pace, entirely disconnected fromthe locomotive. In ascending, the car is pushed ahead of the engine;and there are safety devices which prevent the train from slipjiing back asingle inch. The railway is the invention of Mr. Sylvester Marsh, andhas been improved in its practical workings very greatly by Mr. WalterAiken, its eflicient manager. Many thousands of persons are carriedover the road annually, but not a single passenger has ever been Washington is ; feet Jiigher than the Rigi-Kulm, the famous Swissmountain, up the slopes of which two similar roads have been OS The Mount Washington Summit House (C. G. Emmons, manager,) is acommodious and admirably arranged hotel, well calculated to tempt thevisitor to remain over night, and thus witness a sunset and asuniise,—spectacles which are often gorgeous beyond description. Fires are adaily necessity; and, to insure comfort to visitors, the sleeping roomsare heated by steam. The dining room, office and parlor are large ap-partmcnts ; and the sleeping rooms, on the floors above, are ninety-fourin number. Near the hotel is an observatory erected by Mr. Ailcen, andupon the northwestern verge of the little plateau is the observing stationof the United States Signal Service. The old Tip-Top House serves asthe printing and publishing office of Burts Among the Clouds, abright,newsy little sheet, issued daily during the season of summer travel. Strangers should use caution i
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