The Railway Conquest of the World

e ladder of success from the humble capacity of rodman at a few shillings per week, to the position of chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway, within the short space of twenty-two years. From his unique experience he was fitted to speak with authority, and his statement sums up the life of a surveyor in a nutshell.So far as the loneliness and the need to fish for food are concerned I can speak from experience. This article of diet is plentiful, but its monotony palls very quiTable of Contents CONTENTS; CHAP PAGE; I THE RAILWAY SURVEYOR'S ADVENTUROUS LIFE I; II THE ROMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION 12; III THE BORING OF THE GOTTHARD TUNNEL 30; IV THE RAILWAY INVASION OF CANADA 46; V THE FIRST TRANS-CONTINENTAL ACROSS THE UNITED; STATES59; VI THE LONGEST "TOY" RAILWAY 76; VII THE WONDERS OF THE TYROL 88; VIII THE RECLAMATION OF ALASKA 102; IX THE HOLY RAILWAY TO MECCA 117; X THE HIGHEST LINE IN THE WORLD 128; XI CECIL RHODES' DREAM-FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO; (i NORTHWARDS FROM CAPE TOWN) -139; XII CECIL RHODES' DREAM-FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO; (ll SOUTHWARDS FROM CAIRO) 152; XIII GRIDIRONING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 162; XIV » THE IRON HORSE IN AUSTRALASIA (i) -175 XV THE IRON HORSE IN AUSTRALASIA (ll) 186; XVI ACROSS SIBERIA BY RAIL198; XVII THE LEOPOLDINA RAILWAY214; XVIII THE FIRST CANADIAN TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY 224; ix; x CONTENTS; CHAP PAGB; xix a railway over the sea 240; xx the land