The Longest Tramway in the World.
The longest street .tramway in the world, according to the 'Scientific American,'will be that' With which it is proposed to connect a number of towns near Buenos Ayres, South America, and which wi)l have a total iehgth of'2oo miles. The road will also be exceptional, in that sleeping cars will be run "unon ,it ".for the .comfort of the passengers. Horaeß,wi{l be, employed as a motive power instead of steam, because horses are, cheap, .fuel is dear, and the (peopleire.slow, The prioe of two:tonsofcoal will buy a horse with its harness. The sleeping cars and all .the other equipments ,of the line are being supplied by a Philadelphia company, and these oars are stated iwbe curiosities... They are four in number. "berths eaqh, which made to foil up when not in fuse.' are furnished mth lactones; water-coolers, ltneri preßsee, and'other conveniences,'-and are' finished .othe^ rolling-stock comprises four double-decked, openJcars,''twenty■< plktform cars, twenty gondola xarr,—six refrigerator-cars,-four poultry oars I (furnished with coops), eight ~ battle oars, wo . derrick carsMor! lifting material,;*«d 200'oox,cars:
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Evening Star, Issue 7340, 12 October 1887, Page 2
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176The Longest Tramway in the World. Evening Star, Issue 7340, 12 October 1887, Page 2
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