10 SPORT IN VANCOUVER 



comfort of the passengers on the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway are capable of improvement. 



Very different, I was told, was the comfort to 

 be found on the American Trans-Continental 

 Line from Seattle via Chicago to New York. 

 The train is provided with a bathroom, library 

 and a barber's shop, while an American friend 

 who recommended me to return by the Ameri- 

 can Express, assured me that the food left 

 nothing to be desired. 



When competition arises between the two 

 Trans- Continental lines in Canada, the second 

 of which is now being constructed, some im- 

 provements may be hoped for. 



The scenery of the Rocky Mountains has so 

 often been described, that I will not inflict my 

 impressions at any length on my readers. It 

 is certainly fine, but no part of it can in my 

 opinion compare with that of the line from 

 Lucerne to Milan via the St. Gothard, and 

 what a difference in the engineering of the 

 line and the speed of the trains. Accidents 

 by derailing of ballast trains seemed fairly 

 common. We saw one on our way across, 

 and two engines which had toppled over the 

 embankment marked the site of at least one 

 other. 



As regards the Rockies, it must be admitted 

 that the effect of their real height is taken 



