. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . crawled away to hishut. A group of heavy consolidation andtwelve-wheelers are being built at theRhode Island Locomotive Works for theFitchburg Railroad. The SchenectadyLocomotive Works have purchased fortyold locomotives from the New York, NewHaven & Hartford Railroad for scrap 228 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING June, 1900. The Newfoundland Railway and ItsOwner. Newfoundland, Great Britains oldestcolony in . the Western World, was dis-covered in 1497 by John Cabot, one ofEnglands great navigators. The coloniza-t
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . crawled away to hishut. A group of heavy consolidation andtwelve-wheelers are being built at theRhode Island Locomotive Works for theFitchburg Railroad. The SchenectadyLocomotive Works have purchased fortyold locomotives from the New York, NewHaven & Hartford Railroad for scrap 228 LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING June, 1900. The Newfoundland Railway and ItsOwner. Newfoundland, Great Britains oldestcolony in . the Western World, was dis-covered in 1497 by John Cabot, one ofEnglands great navigators. The coloniza-tion of the island was of slow growth; theadventurous spirits who came from themotherland devoted themselves entirelv to a gentleman of large fortune and experi-ence as a railroad and bridge builder. Itwould be beyond the bounds of this articleto give a list of the many large bridge andrailroad contracts Mr. Reid successfullycarried out. both in the United States andCanada. Suffice it to say that after bought out tlie railway system ofNewfoundland, with which went the tele-. RAILWAV BRIDGE—LITTLE CODROY RIVER. tramway Hnes of St. Johns, the capitalcity of the island. His mineral and agri-cultural lands are numbered by the millionof acres—all of this in the business the financial world he has reached thehighest altitude that can be achieved inBritish America—he is a director in theBank of Montreal. As to whether Newfoundland has donewell by Mr. Reid remains to be seen; butIt is quite evident Mr. Reid has done wellfor Newfoundland. His business enter-prise is apparent on every hand; he hasgiven it a railway system far ahead of anyother British American possession outsideof Canada. By his railway and steamshiplines he has brought the island in closetouch with Canada and the United has given St. Johns a splendid electrictramway and a fine new hotel, two thingswhich were much needed in St. Johns. Iam informed that in the near future intends bu
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