Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1914 — Long Journey. [ARTICLE]

Long Journey.

A railroad from Noine to Cape Horn is being considered! and sometime we may be able a through, sleeper from one end of thp American continent to the other) In that case we would sample all of climates from arctic to tropical land we would encounter endless variety of surface and scenery. Popular hkechanics says that several routes for\such. a railroad are being considered, but which ever one may be chosen the lines flready built and covering oyer half the distance would be utilized. The fact that these exist makes the project seem less like a dream, but if we smile over it we might remember that menof affairs laughed at Cecil Rhodes when he suggested a railroad from the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo —the entire length of Africa —but that road is now being built —is more than half done, indeed. , '