* In September, 1910, the last section,of.the' 'Transandean-: Railway, < which- will -.- complete 'the line /crossing , ..-from, the :Atlantic«tp ; the' I.Pa'cific,- ; :and joining: j;he r capitals pf;Chili arid Argentina, will : .'bß opened. ,'-The : completing section;''involves .'-two': kilometres of*tunneli. ■passing through . the ? Andes. ■ ■;. -The '-highest point on' the. railway'-.is'32oß'metres; above sea-level; ■'■';. : •:;':'; ..-■ ■■;■■ :: ,-:',;'-'-X-''" r :i '.■■: ; . : 'Arrangements,are' being made'-by the Pennsylvania ;Railr6ad'to electrify the route "if 1.20 '. miles'.dividingiPhilaaelphia, the.third largest, city,;in' Am<ehca, '.from New,'' York, and: to -reduce :the 'l running I ;time,:from. two 'hours, to! one' hour; ■:;■:'< Contracts for 1 1.00' electric, loco-' .'motives; and" for power plants of' generating 250,000 hprse-power/have akeady %'cen lot to the Westingfiouse Electric ■ Company. xThese locomotives :will:;be: capable of ■raaldng 120 r miles arihour. The initial-elec-' ■trification'contract was for 1 ; '; . ;Wood«' Groat-Peptiormint Cure <or:ConKh« and Colds never falls. •Iβ. 6d end ia, : CBl
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 397, 5 January 1909, Page 6
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135Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 397, 5 January 1909, Page 6
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