The Technical World Magazine, Volumes 20-21Technical World Company, 1913 |
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Page 20
... railway creeps up into the heart of the Acré rubber country , into the land of the mythical " White Indians " , where the feather- mustached Caripunas hunt in the Andean foothills , whose backbone is the roof of the South American ...
... railway creeps up into the heart of the Acré rubber country , into the land of the mythical " White Indians " , where the feather- mustached Caripunas hunt in the Andean foothills , whose backbone is the roof of the South American ...
Page 21
... railway's creation on one of the world's last frontiers , and the laying of two slender streaks of steel into the " Back of Beyond " , where all is a tangle of clutching vines , rank timber , and incredibly savage life . Veteran ...
... railway's creation on one of the world's last frontiers , and the laying of two slender streaks of steel into the " Back of Beyond " , where all is a tangle of clutching vines , rank timber , and incredibly savage life . Veteran ...
Page 22
... Railway , which traverses it , it is said that " Every tie rests on a buman skull . " tion men literally cut LAOS , CLUMSY TUB - LIKE. MAP OF THE ACRÉ RUBBER COUNTRY " THE PARTY WENT UPSTREAM IN BATA-. are big men , pale copper in color ...
... Railway , which traverses it , it is said that " Every tie rests on a buman skull . " tion men literally cut LAOS , CLUMSY TUB - LIKE. MAP OF THE ACRÉ RUBBER COUNTRY " THE PARTY WENT UPSTREAM IN BATA-. are big men , pale copper in color ...
Page 23
... railway construction with equipment and rolling stock costs about $ 20,000 per mile . A mile cost of $ 40,000 is reckoned as prohibitive for any line . The Madeira- Mamoré cost , approximately , $ 150,000 per mile . A generation ago ...
... railway construction with equipment and rolling stock costs about $ 20,000 per mile . A mile cost of $ 40,000 is reckoned as prohibitive for any line . The Madeira- Mamoré cost , approximately , $ 150,000 per mile . A generation ago ...
Page 24
... railway from the headwaters of naviga- tion up through the rubber groves . Brazil began looking around for a builder . Capitalists of various nations tried and failed . The Brazilians did no better themselves . In the end Percival Far ...
... railway from the headwaters of naviga- tion up through the rubber groves . Brazil began looking around for a builder . Capitalists of various nations tried and failed . The Brazilians did no better themselves . In the end Percival Far ...
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