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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18185, 23 September 1924, Page 14

An aerial railway nearly aa long as from London to Brighton and in places two miles above sea-level, Las been constructed by British engineers, after the German contractors who first undertook the task had given it up in despair. It is just about two years since this wonderful ropeway across the Andes was completed, and now it has carried coffee—the staple traffic from Mariguta to Manizales —motor-cars, pianos, etc. Even a circus, including iifteen tons of animals, has made the strange journey, while officials of the line and even their ■womenfolk have demonstrated the pas-senger-carrying possibilities of the "ropeway." Tho Englishman in charge has been appointed adviser to the Government of the Republic of Colombia on all forms of transportation and communication. This is a fitting sequel and conclusion to a story of achievement and enterprise worthy of tho best British traditions.