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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



.CAPE COD CANAL AND CALIFORNIA WASHOUTS 



The "James S. Whit- 

 ney," the first ocean 

 liner to pass through 

 the Cape Cod Canal on 

 May 21, 1915, the open- 

 ing day of the recently 

 completed waterway for 

 ocean steamers. The 

 Canal saves seventy 

 miles' travel in the 

 journey from Boston to 

 New York. The "James 

 S. Whitney" went 

 through the Canal in 

 one hour, the distance 

 from one end to the 

 other being eight miles. 



A near view of a 

 washout in northern 

 California and its 

 effect on a railroad 

 track. The rails and 

 wooden ties have 

 been left hanging in 

 the air after the 

 earth beneath them 

 was washed away by 

 a torrent of water. 



A general view of the same 

 washout which was caused 

 by heavy rains. One hun- 

 dred and fifty feet of rail- 

 road track was left sus- 

 pended in the air when the 

 embankment was swept 

 away. A telegraph pole 

 may be seen suspended in 

 the air, hanging from the 

 telegraph wires. 



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