Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1900 — Up Mont Blanc by Rail. [ARTICLE]

Up Mont Blanc by Rail.

A railway is ta be made up Mont Blanc. The promoter is M. Fabre, a Frenchman, who has already submitted his plans to the prefect of Haute Savoie. The line will leave Houches, passing underground in a rock tunnel, and be worked by electricity. It is to be about seven miles long and have some 12 stations on the most picturesque parts of the route for travelers to obtain the views. Ere 16ng a tourist will be able to take the train at Paris and debark on the summit of Europe.