The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-27
TROLLEY IN EOLY PLACES.
The Road Up EOuDt SiOai Wlll Have a
Depot Where Noses Stood.
THE CARS WILL PASS ELIJAH'S CAVE.
Electric Road to the summit OF the jung
frau soon to be opened.
Stccpest Climbers
IVcr Built.

HOLY LAND. cot. Elm a short time
the une port OF Tor. on the Gulf OF
suoz will hear iho cry IAN aboard Tor
Mount Small" and IN the hotels OF In
torlaken man viii go about crying out
fhot tbc train is about 60 start for the
summit of thc Juneiaur. IL was q shock
10 the conservative when the railway
porters 40 Joppa began 20 cry out All
aboard for Jerusalem and when the
scream ~ a locomotive whistle awoke
the echoes of the house Of Simon the
Tanner" &c seemed ike sacrilcge az first,
hut now ihc tourist VIII bargain with
hsckman and tow about his luggage be
fore The gates of Jerusalem as 10 he were
auchtiuc from train Zoo Jersey 'ity A
ruerim tc the Holy Land now goes not
.vifh sandal shoon and scallop she'll
lint with ore Of Cooks return triD
ticket. Since the British occupation OF
lssvnt there has been a constant flow OF
tourists caravans from that country out
L. the sinain desert and TO that noun
tain where the Lord gave unto man tho
Ton Commandments and down whose
slopes Moses
IIuNs
All ,,ovvi,e from the presence OF his Cod
COMFORTABLE P1LGRlMAGES.
At any time In the spring can he found
sitting under the palm trees in the court
ward at Shepards Hotel. az Cairo. Amer
leans Enelishmon or Germans who have
lust returned from q trip TO Mount SINAI.
Mindful Of this fact. "a company has been
formed 10 build "a railroad from Tor, on
tho Gulf OF Sucz. TO the summit OF the
sacred mountain. and work on 10 has all
ready begun when the railroad rs COM
pietcd one can take "a steamer at Alex
audria and travel comfortably 10 the
little seaport OF Tor whence a first-ciass
railroad train will be I'm waiting TO take
him 10 the summit of Mount Sinai extra
charge Tor parl0r cars and passes not
good on limited trains.
II is only about fifty miles from Tor to
the summit Of Mount Sinai In a straight
line but the railroad will run IN cir
cuitous route after 10 strikes that group
81 mountains the largest or Whlch Is
said bv tradition TO be the Mount Sinai
~ the Scriptures. The railroad WI
mass the cave in which the prophet
IIiiah hid when he was fleeing from the
priosts Of Baal and there will be
"a depot at the place where the Empress
Helena erected a stone cross. and where,
TRADITION SAYS. Moses stood when he talk
cd with God.
The mountain is accessible on only one
side. and even on that side ii will be
something of an engineering feat 10 get
the railroad M Think Of a conductor
coming around TO collect tickets while
the train skirts along those dark crags
which frowned down upon the children
Of Israel camped below them. and stop
ming FOR refreshments iu that sacred spot
where Moses received the law.
IN MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
The railroad to the summit OF the
Iungfrau Is 10 be an electric one and
the first section Of 10 Us to be opened
next spring. Heretofore the summit of
tho Juncfrau has been attained only Win
much toll and danger Now electricity VIII
transport tourists TO the very
fum-uit while they rocline I'm
comfortable seats and look out of
the car window on tho world below.
Think how much more comfortable IL VIII
be to lean back I'm ones seat ana pun
good cigar as one slips along between the
glaciers and the mountain torrents, than
"a climb the mountain i'm the old STYLE
% guides and ropes and physical eXertion.
There must "a reminder In the heart
81 the railway tourist 10 the top OF the
Jurpfrau. however. OF the old hymn:
Must I be carried 20 the skies on fowery
beds Of ease.
While others fought 20 win the prize &c.
Nevertheless the ordinary tourist VIII
take the railroad.
The railroad will first climb the steeps
~ Mount Eiger and from thence make
IT'S way along the spurs Of that noun
tain over 20 Mount MOnch. and from
there TO the higher slopes Of the jung
frau. Soon after 40 strikes the Jungfrau
there will be a steep incline to the sum-
nit The summit is 1850 feet above the
level Of the sea.
II was not until 1911 that adventurous
persons were able TO reach the summit
~ the Jungfrau. and before that was
accomplished many lives were lost in the
attempt In a short while. however u
will Doe only "a matter OF buying a ticket
at Interaken 20 accomplish the ascent.
The cars which ascend the Jungfrau VIII
be hauled by an electric locomotive which
viii depend for its traction on rack
rail" IN other words, 10 viii be a cog
wheel" road.
AMBITIOUS "CCGWHEEL" ROAD.
A train will consist Of two cars, one
Of which VIII have the electric motor IN
II and will really be the engine. Another
car will be FOR passengers or freight
or both Some Of the gradients to climb
will be as high as % per cent. 1t will be
really "a trolley line, for the power Will
he supplied from an overhead wire. The
Junefrau locomotive will be the most
powerful cocwhecl locomotive that has
been constructed so far that will have a
"tractivc effect Of 1880 pounds.
or aN the Notwithstanding roads
those OF Mount Sanai and the Jungfran
are the most ambitious. and the jung
frau road IS the most elaborate expert
rnent in the use Of electricity for noun
tain climbing that has ever been made.
There Is an electric railway I'm Massa-
chusei-s which climbs Mount Tom. but
Mount Tom is a molehin compared TO
the Jungfrau. There Is steam cog
wheel railroad which runs up the Rigi
from Lake Lucerne And when tho De-
cember nights are hot in Rio De Janeiro
a cog wheel railroad takes the Brazilians
q 900 Zee, up the side OF Corcovado, where
thev dine az the "Pineras.' with the
sparkling ity spread out below on one
eide and ocean on the other. while
the saba sweet song is heard In the
forests.