Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 420
representation of the advantages this route would afford. Morediscussion ensued, and it was only when Switzerland appeared likely tohave no share in the trafific between the Milan district and the morenorthern parts of Europe that, in 1861, the partizans of the St. Gothardroute appointed a… … Fig. 187^.—Map of the St. Gothard Railway. ROCK BORING. 373 the projected line, or its then surviving rival, was designed to pass,became a lively scene in the game of speculation, for promoters rushedin to secure, if possible, concessions which they might sell at a veryadvanced price to the winning…
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