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bad to Jubbulpoor was opened on the 2nd May last. The only gap 

 now remaining in the line from Bombay to Calcutta is between 

 Khundwah and Jubbulpoor, which, it is expected, will be completed 

 by May, 1868. In the Punjab the line from Umritsur to the Beas 

 has just been opened, as has also a branch railway between Luck- 

 now and Cawnpore in Oude. The East India and the Great Indian 

 Peninsular Kailways are busily engaged in laying down a second 

 line of rails on portions of their hues ; and the usual government 

 guarantee has been given to the Indian Branch Eailway Company 

 for the construction of 672 miles of light railways in Oude and 

 Bohilcund. 



On Monday, 26 th August, the first engine and train passed 

 over the Mont Cenis Eailway from St. Michel to Susa, a distance of 

 48 miles. The summit crossed is at an elevation of 6,700 feet 

 above the level of the sea, which is attained by a series of steep 

 inclines, worked on Mr. Fell's central rail system. 



The Brenner Eailroad, between Innspruck and Botzen, has 

 recently been opened for traffic, thus establishing a direct connection 

 between Italy and Central Germany. The summit of the Brenner 

 Pass is 4,484 feet above the sea level. 



At Stutgard a new railway terminus has been opened, and a 

 series of small branches intended to complete the railway network 

 of Wurtemburg, have been completed. The Eastern Eailway of 

 France has added to its system a section, 28 miles in length, from 

 St. Hilaire au Temple to St. Menehould. This company has now 

 1,630 miles of railway open. The length of railway in operation 

 in Prussia at the close of 1866 was 5,7 62 J- miles, which had been 

 completed at an expenditure of 90,000,000^. 



The Pacific Eailway, intended to connect the railroad system of 

 the United States with California, and which is now under con- 

 struction, will, in connection with the other hues of railway already 

 completed, cross the Continent in a direct line from New York on 

 the Atlantic, to San Francisco on the Pacific Ocean, having a total 

 length of 3,300 miles. 



The fourth of the six great lattice girders, intended to form three 

 spans, of 300 feet each, over the Mersey at Euncorn, was let down 

 to its bearings on June 11th. This bridge will carry the London 

 and North- Western Eailway by a direct fine to Liverpool. The 

 last girder is expected to be in its place by Christmas next. 



The Dutch government has determined on the construction of 

 the Maerdyk bridge, between Maerdyk and Willemsdorf. This work, 

 which will be 1% miles in length, will directly unite the railway 

 network of the Low Countries to the Belgian and French lines. 



The Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, U.S., which has recently 

 been completed, has a clear span between the centres of towers of 

 1,057 feet, and is the longest suspension span yet executed. The 



