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ments,* and thus both social and material progress 

 has been initiated by the iron horse and his satellites, 

 the common roads. 



ROUTE OF RAILWAY. 



From Placentia Junction, seven miles from Whit- 

 bourne, the new line runs northerly, crossing the isth- 

 mus which connects the Peninsula of Avalon with 

 the main body of the island, at its narrowest point be- 

 ing only three miles wide. On either side of the 

 isthmus are the heads of the two great bays of 

 Placentia and Trinity. Still following a northerly 

 course, the road passes through Terra Nova, Gambo 

 and Gander Valleys, and enters the valley of the Ex- 

 ploits at Norris' Arm. From this point it turns 

 westerly, following up the Exploits valley and cross- 

 ing the river at Bishop's Falls, ten miles from its 

 mouth, on a magnificent steel bridge, 630 feet in 

 length, with granite piers and abutments. From 

 Bishop's Falls it crosses over into the valley of the 

 Peter's Arm Brook (the Grand Falls being about one 

 and one-half miles from the road at the two hundred 

 and twenty- second mile from Whitbourne), but returns 

 to the Exploits valley again near Rusby Pond at the 

 two hundred and twenty-seventh mile from Whit- 

 bourne. From thence it follows up the Exploits val- 



