Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1915 — ICELAND LINE IS ASSURED [ARTICLE]

ICELAND LINE IS ASSURED

Project That Has Been Contemplated for Many Years Soon to Be Accomplished Fact. For years the people of Iceland have been planning to build a railroad on their island and at last their hopes have been realized. The althing, or Iceland congress has passed the bill, and at no very distant date the steed of steel will worm its way between the glaciers and among the hot springs of Iceland. The main line of this railway will run from Reykjavik, the capital, to Thorsjaa; here the road will divide, with one branch to the geysers and the other to Oerbak. The total distance to be covered by rail is about 100 kilometers, or about 62 miles, and the system is to cost approximately $1,000,000. At the present time the facilities for traffic and trade are still most primitive. Travelers are obliged to ride on any animal which may be available, while freight Is moved in rude carts. The roads are for the most part very bad and they are often made impassable by mountain torrents. —Scientific American. ■' 'J