The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-10

an ARCTIC RAILW AZ.
IhE LkPpS QUERY ts HIS REIN
DEER HOME is INVADED.

4 Cr,at Feat Of LDoomoiion, Duo TO
English and Scotch Eniefrfi-e--A Noun
t.i.s Of orc-Picturcsquc scenery-somc
Curious Remarks
4 railway within the Arctic circle Is nov
an accomplished fac, and L. EnglI'hmon ana
| to Scotchmeu i due this great feat OF locono-
ton which viii connect the GGit 81 botbnia
with q very high latitude on the Norwegian
coast. but with open water all tue year round
0n the North ga Geliwara just now Is tue
center Of great activity, tor the swedish aud
norwegian railway has brought the luck
hausiible ores OF is mountains 10 the shores OF
the Gulf OF bothnia, ant small feet Of Tn
glisn steamer. daily await the morning ana
evening trains NJ Lulea, which bring from ~
o. 600 tons Of ore, drawn b. powerful engine
% North British manuiac ure, whilst iO,vJOI
1900 tons Of northern coal stands piled upon
tic railway quaJs The Swedes IN NorbOttcn
are not altogether friendly b this great IN
dcrtakins. but the Swedish government
wisely recognize the great results which In
gli;h contractors and British capital have
secured for what was practically an iLag
clsslDle iiistI.,t and where for over eighty
wears tbs wealth oi the mineral district has
Deen recc gnizel bat there has been DO mode
" Conveyance which could bring 10 o. The
highways Of commerce
The mountain itself is III some lU- 40 acr.s
in area. -tAi wherever you turn On b., face,
and even on is summit. traces az the ore are
20 be fond, sometimes al the highest levels
pIotrdiAs, OF al me lower workings al
very iew feet from the surface. The railway
company are themselves working the mines
or iodcsi which ale situated on different parts
OF tie mountains anu from winch small
tiali"ay iinss eese-n1 80 ihe Inc WHICH ioF
NC h.i'.' ''e1o"y a-reAa' tue MOUNTAINS
lIoil Deii"ai- " nero e'en " s. ana n9le4 u
beil1 eFecte1i ara q nc" cnulch j. alTe-dy
eomtis'e' j" "A'iN an 4'-..''.14il.-' .Neiud'
','= 'N- i-'pp'' ne 10 i''-e' A''A''sn
nc - 49, '-' 'i-" 40 F'.''-''-e'
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Ne, 10 TIC 'l''''' u, ',.e ''"' .eD"' i'''le".
1'ie'''' 81 A-"'''' vi 's'-'f -"iil9'' ana al
s"0'7N u'''''1" '1'' A'.'7 "'' se' Gee"
U""'po'.ei 20 'ne'e n', theiH la'itude'
'". 'a""'D'1 "''''"H' H1i "ee" H'"le ~
,.'H '-.' '.''' sSP'"s car
i''''-@ '"' "'sN'' "" -, Jo"i "e, UP
'.ui 'l"7 "o" inc ''"A ana lyIl VI LdieA
"A'ei'' "Ne 80 many o.nef o"edisn towns
-'S D,e'' A"li '-'i a." ~ HIe' tne tram
''' ''' "'''e' '''e sue ~ 't'9 Vui' Oh DON
'''' anu p"'''' cue eii'1i @o'e oi' sA.i1n OF
Jaime @'''-''' az eAii-e I14s'i"7 eish. cen
'n' l-s - anu t'"s @Hi 'i.H d eAi 'ei a"d
-NIeI u5 P'i.n OF slch ienarAaoIe beauty
ana Iellcacf thal >-OVJ ha' been offered and
refused ~ the parish Tor Ine unique 'pec'
neu IL Flemish carving was present AZ
ne monthly communion % the parish, ahi
was much struck with the solemn demeauor
ID the peasants as man and wife walked D.
tne altar together ana received the com
muuiJh u. both kiuis in their mouth, but
"ilhoul Deihs uIp"ed 70 touch the elements
az u"uoe Tue '"'u'e' Inc o.uclA'.Hs priest
.o'A tAe eastward position ana during tue
.'mihn"i.i oi ihr people tno 'Agnus Del
"e' sung h' % chon 900 thc gallery. 1t Cell .
SARA lhri" i' an oil hut not YER! interesting
church, 400" abandpned, as MS iull q hu-
nlah remains. anu ne" anu modern build .
no stand ABOUT 10 yaId' from the railway F.
station
Toe I1ai ~ THIS wonderful c-2ter OF enter .
prise aAd activity t.aFelses dlstr.C1 which T.
''4'-~+ A-i-J A~'--i44di l-- I~fei-i ~ t-@ ]
country between Port arthur and Winnipeg .
"a me Canadian racine railway but the f.
view from reli"aia itseif is muoh more IN f
tere-ting ana mountainous than can be seen I
Oh tie Canadian side OF the Rocky noun /
tains. The mountain Itself from which the .
railway draws its ore - 2.OlO feel above the .
,cl level AID the view from It's summit dis
closes s-iies OF hills and mountains stretch
ins io the Norwegian frontier, towards which .
The track Is beng steadily laid. \ member /
VI tue house OF Cecil Is one Of the railway I
directors and Messla WILKINSON q Jarvis,
or victor Ia street Westminster, are the
energetic oitfactors 70 whose pluck and DC
termination. a'Ald many ANNOUNCEMENTS Oh
local dispulaA1s' THIS great "ofk u crossing
TIE Aiuc tli-le ~ railway Las been accom-
lll'rel Ken the Inc has ueen completcI
10 Oioten u VIII be the recognized tourist
route b. which tourists who Lave assembled
inc Noi'n cape eau cross Tue Norwegian
mountain ranges aAd return souIh"Vd t.
stockholm ~ ran or water from LulC4 I