The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-03
THE EARTh'S RAILROADS.
Frona 1869 to.1Ss2 Greece had but nine mile.

Frenag1S69 to1Ss2 Greece had but nine mile.
Il of railway. Now she has some SOS miles.
AT Che end of 1883 Persia, had completed s
railway system extending six miles, working
one locomotive and two cars.
The first railway In Japan was the Toxic
! fYolaohana line, eighteen miles in length
commenced In 1863 and opened in 1872.
Russia opened her first small line Of rail
| sway 4eaT1y,in 1888, land now ranks fifth coun-
| !ryinsshs.order Of railway Importance.
4 Ths.frst4line. opened in the United State.
T April II 1927, and the beginning of 1890 sees
completed in the United States 156, 200 miles.
| The operations of steam railways. began in
! England Sept. q, 1926, when the Stockton
and Darlington linerwas opened. This wos a
gingle track road, thirty-eight miles in length
At the Cape of Good Hope the fastest train
| IS run (once week. from Cape Town to the
diamond fields at Kimberly (4S5 miles,, and
makes twenty-five miles an hour, including
| stops
The Egyptians saw their first railway
opened in January, 1856. The line is from
Alexandria to Cairo, $50 miles. The railway
track is perfectly level nearly the entire dis
lance.
The railways of North Germany are nearly
al under state control They operate there
q system of fourth class cars, in which there
are no seats, and the fare for which is about
cne-quarter that Of first class.
All the railways in Ceylon have been con-
structed by the government. The main line
from Colombo to Handy, ~ miles, opened
ia 1861. There are now 1871 miles in operation
and fen in cOurSa of construction
The railways of France are controlled by
six companies, and a small system by the
state There is little or no competition, ex-
cept at one or two points where the line:
touch each other, each company seeming tc
have the field of its own line to itself.
In India the first piece of railway opened
was in 1853, a section of the Great Indian
Peninsula railway from Bombay to Tannah.
The best service in that country at the pres
ent time is from Bombay to Calcutta, 1,4OS
miles in 597I hours, % So miles an hour, in
GLIDING stops.
China UP to 1875 had never possessed q sin
gle railway track. In 1876 the first line laid
in that country was along q strip of land
about nine miles in length between Shanghai
and WOosung. This line was very popular
with the natives, but in October, fS77, it was
removed in consequence Of official Jealousy
regarding it.
The most difficult section of railway in the
world to operate is on the Southwestern rail
way between London bridge and Cannon
street Ind Charing Cross Here there is a
constant crossing and recrossing of tracks
causing at times much delay. Nevertheless,
$50 loaded trains go in and out of Cannon
C-l and { f'r.CcS cra +ip7,
The longest journey taken by any European
train is from Paris to Constantiuople, 1857
miles. This train is run on American princi-
pies, and is organized by the international
Sleeping Car company. The extra fare is
about 25 per cent. above the first class rate.
1t traverses six countries-France, Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Servia, Bulgaria and TurN
key.-W. E. Jarvis in Chatter.