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has about $4,000 miles of track, belong
ing to seven different systems
In Germany the first-class rate is
fraction over 3 cents mile. There
are three classes of roads. Those
owned and controlled by the imperial
government, those owned by the states,
and those owned by private compa-
MES.
The Swiss railways belong to private
companies. The first-class passenger
fare is little over cents a mile, (sec-
ond-class, IN cents). The coaches are
plain, and resemble those used in the
United States, with entrance by plat
forms at the end, but each one is di-
Vlded into two compartments, a large
one for smokers and a small one for
! nOn-smokers, while the closets are in
the baggage car.
In Italy the railways are operated
by private companies, but mostly owned
and under contract from the state.
| First-class fare is about cents a mile
No free baggage is allowed, except fifty
pounds carried by hand in the coaches,
and then the packages cannot be above
certain size. Italy has about 10000
miles of track. The Mont Cents tunnel,
of seven and a half miles, completed
in 1871 at a cost of $15,000,00O, greatly
stimulated travel between France and
Italy.
Spain mas over O,UUU niles VI railway,
but the service, both passenger and
freight, is very Indifferent and rates
are higher than in this country. There
are five or six different rates, depend
ing upon the class of cars and speed
of train. The first-class rate is about
five cents mile.
In Hungary and Bohemia the zone
system prevails. Tickets are issued
which enables a passenger to travel
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within a ten-mile zone. The first
class fare will average about two
cents mile. The distance travelled
makes no difference in the price, if
the destination comes within the belt
or zone around the starting place.
Passenger fares, first-class, in Tur-
key and Greece, are about four cents
a mile In our money. The only train
in Turkey on which there are modern
accommodations is the weekly express
running between Paris and Constanti-
nople, which is the longest run made
by any train elsewhere except in
America.
Norway has about 1000 miles Of rail-
way, and Sweden over 5000. First
class fare is about two and one-third
cents mile. The only railway inside
the Arctic circle is in Sweden, rum
ming to Mount Dundred, where tour
lists go to see the midnight sun.
In Russia the first-class rate was
about two and one-half cents a mile,
but this year the zone system took
effect. which reduces the cost to an
average Of about two kopecks, or one
cent per mile for the first hundred
miles, and then fractional deduction
per mile for each hundred miles there
after traversed The government col
lects tax of about Is per cent on
all classes of fare, as also on the
charge for baggage. The great rail-
way 4,700 miles across Siberia to
Vladivostok, on the Sea of japan, is
about one-third completed. An eX-
tension of 1900 miles would take it
to Boring sea to connection with a
road some American proposes to build
to Alaska.
There are railways in nearly all the
North African countries, Egypt lead
ing with about 1000 miles of track.
Compartment cars are in use, and
firSt-class fare is as high as in this
country, while other fares depend upon
the accommodations.
There is one railway in Palestine.
narrow gauge, from Jaffa to Jerusa-
lem, fifty-three miles, the fare being
So, or six cents mile.
There are about 10000 miles of rail-
way in India, built at a cost of 81 ,200,-
100000. There are four classes of local
passenger rates on the seventy differ
ent lines, ranging from nine to thir-
teen cents a mile, first-class, down to
one and half to three cents a mile
for fourth-class. The longest train run
in India is about 1,500 miles. Persons
who travel long distances in India are
advised by the guide books to pro-
vide themselves with a pillow, quilt
soap and towels. Rugs and warm
clothing should also be taken by the
tourist, as the nights are usually very
cold, even in summer, although the
days are warm.
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