RAILWAY TIES.

RAILWAY TIES.

After five and a half years of labor in construction the Berlin elevated and underground electric railway is open for traffic.

At a recent exposition in Berlin trains of ten or twelve cars were drawn on a circular railroad by alcohol locomotives.

An estimate is made that the railroads of the country this year will expend $400,000,000 in betterment, cutoffs, rolling stock, etc.

All the new trains on the Central London railway are to be of fireproof construction, steel and asbestus being largely used. Other precautions for the safety of passengers are being taken.