We are already somewhat suspicious of the personal integrity and political honor of those who receive their incomes from railways or electric lighting plants; and the odor of gas stocks is unmistakable.
Let us say that the proximity of gas tanks or noisy railways or smoky factories consign such quarters to the habitation of the very poor.
Railways have been built through regions that were undiscovered seventy years ago, and among the passengers traveling now over the iron trail are men and women of tribes unknown fifty years ago.
The boy knew these things as well as he knew the shape of his hands; for they were as much a part of his world as street lighting and railways and other manifold inventions are in the West.
He was too ignorant of railways to know that it was a linesman's house--or all that remained of.
Manitoba and our North-West were attracting much attention and the railways beyond Chicago, not having been merged into large corporations but working independently, were offering large ticket commissions, each acting on its own account.
Most of these separate railways have since been merged into some one or other of the main Trunk Lines, but then they were independent and each sending in its quota on its own account to make up a "Through Special.
We had brought about the first steps, had taken part in the bringing of the railways and the river together, and now were to add the new steamer.
It was a winter of unexampled activity, but it was the closing effort of the steamers against the entrance of the railways into their all-the-year-round trade.
This settled, we will then do our share on the water, for advancing the traffic of the route while the railways do theirs on the land.
The main difficulty was in the railway connection via Lewiston, and beyond Buffalo, where the railways would neither accept tickets for us, nor issue tickets over us.
In mentioning this it is to be remembered that in these early years, in the "eighties," there were a very large number of minor railways operating on their own and separate account.
The increasing requirements for through connections, particularly from the American Railways on the south shore, where Sunday trains have greatly increased, may some day bring about a change.
The City of Toronto, as had for many years been usual, a custom coming down from the time when there were no railways around the head of the lake, opened the season on April 18th, leaving Toronto at 7 a.
One after another the, then separate, railways were induced to put lines of tickets on sale reading over the Niagara River Line to Toronto, the list of these having been added to each year.
We might just as well take it pleasantly for it was good to have even half a connection with one of the railways on the river.
It has been abundantly proved that game of all kinds must disappear at the advent of railways and modern weapons.
He is busy repairing roads and railways and getting up supplies to near the Front, and we are expecting to get forward again at any moment.
British capital was the pioneer in building railways in the republic, and has conferred enormous benefit upon it.
The Argentine railways of late years have felt a good deal this disturbing element; as also the burden of numerous strikes.
Many of the mines and railways are under British control, but in general trade German interests have been strong, and the German has identified himself, after his custom, with the domestic life of the Republic.
Whilst these railways are, it is generally conceded, worked and controlled as economically and efficiently as ever, it cannot be said that they are undertakings so profitable as should cause envious eyes to be cast upon them.
For the past few years the average net return of these British-owned railways in Argentina has not exceeded the modest amount of three and a half per cent.
The magnificent network of railways (largely built by British capital) serves only the more settled part of the country.
When railwayswere invented they were excepted from the protection of the Eighth Commandment.
For private railwaysthe arrangements are of a similar character.
Reference is often made to the experience of the United States in regard to the supervision of railways as if it should be a guide to us.
In France, Belgium, and Germany, there are fewer ports competing with railways or with each other than in Great Britain.
Senders may load as many head of Cattle into the Trucks as they please, but the Railways are exonerated from all responsibility for injuries, accidents on the road and loss of Cattle.
They have done so to their own advantage, for though the return on the capital expended on railways has been small, it has been obtained on a large volume of traffic.
You are aware, I presume, that we have to make a change of train at the frontier on account of the different gauges of the railways of the two colonies.
Whitney said it reminded him of the towns along the Pacific railways of the United States during the course of their construction.
It possesses railways and telegraphs by thousands of miles, and the productions of its farms, mines, and plantations aggregate an enormous amount.
I suppose you had no railways at that time to facilitate travel," one of the youths remarked.
The gentleman who accompanied our friends called their attention to the railways which connect Williamstown and Sandridge with the city, and remarked that times had changed since the gold rush in the early fifties.
The range of mountains that winds around the whole coast of Australia," said the gentleman, "has made our railways cost us very dearly.
Three feet, six inches is the gauge of the railways of Queensland.
No; there were no railways and the only way of travel was by the ordinary route, and very ordinary it was in many places.
And this reminds me that there are several railways branching out from Cape Town.
Of course, the railways are not run on that principle, as the locomotive is not supposed to be affected by the outside temperature.
You may be quite sure, however, that its chief purpose is to stifle the African Railways affair.
The bribe-takers of the African Railways shout 'Salvat!
Half a dozen roads fit for carriage traffic, and two gateways by which pass the railways of the east and west coasts, are the sole practicable means of communication between France and Spain.
It is a luxury that the English might very well permit themselves, since almost all the railwaysof the Argentine are in their hands.
Railways have now enlarged the area of purchasers to an indefinite degree.
It will still be in the recollection of a good many that in the early days of railways the mail bags were only forwarded by a certain number of trains, which were called mail trains, and were in charge of a post-office guard.
No doubt this opinion was entertained by a good many others, and led to losses, by inducing some coach proprietors to oppose the railways instead of coming to terms with them.
The facilities offered by railways cause the present generation to move about a great deal more freely than did their ancestors.
The coachman and I, two silly creatures as we were, made ourselves happy with the conviction that railways must always be a failure for fast work, and that the coaching business was not in such great danger after all.
This idea, however, was abandoned when it was seen that therailways would certainly obtain possession of the traffic.
Every little failure of the railwaysraised our spirits and gave strength to the hope that they would fail, as all attempts to utilize steam upon ordinary roads had hitherto done.
The railways are extremely profitable, and the large sums spent in the creation of post-offices, telephone and telegraph lines, port facilities, etc.
Four hundred miles of government railways earn a tremendous profit, and moderate import and export duties on commodities keep the colonial cash-box well lined.
The carriage is to be placed at the commencement of the rails, running upon the middle beam, and also upon the side-bearings or railways extending along the side walls of the building, parallel to and upon a level with the same beam.
The mountains and broken country of Basutoland and Griqualand East, which lie between Natal and the Cape Colony, are unpierced by railways and ill-supplied by roads.
The technical working of the railways was left entirely in the hands of the civil officials, supported and protected by the military controlling staff from interference by officers or men.
It may be said generally of the Cape highlands that the only passes really practicable for armies are those through which, in 1899, the railways wound upwards to the greater altitudes.
After Lord Roberts' arrival the Director of Railways worked under the immediate orders of the Chief of the Staff.
At no time was a heavier call made on the personnel and material of the Cape Government railways than during the concentration for Lord Roberts' advance into the Free State.
The interest of the whole scheme for modern soldiers lies in the fact that it was an application of very ancient principles of war to the times of railways and telegraphs.
Trains on transcontinental railways are occasionally blockaded by drifting sand, and the dust sifts into closed passenger coaches, covering the seats and floors.
In the vicinity of Charleston railways were twisted and trains derailed.
Many persons think that the concession of building such railways etc.
It is the port of export and import for the vast districts served by the mines and railways of the province.
For (still reversing directions) this corresponds to the position of Imperial Japan in Manchuria with itsrailways to Dairen and through Korea to a port twelve hours sail from a great military center in Japan proper.
But these are the districts along the lines of the only railways in the province and the only ones soon to be built, including the as yet uncompleted Hankow-Canton railway.
But should it come, the first act of Japan--so everyone in China believes--will be to seize the ports of northern China and its railways in order to make sure of an uninterrupted supply of food and raw materials.
Our railways were constructed with capital subscribed by the people, generally by those through whose country the given improvement was extended.
Thus were projected a thousand railways and canals.
Since there were but few railways in the entire country, there were few opportunities for speculative dealings in their shares.
We all know very well the motives for building railways and factories, and for producing kerosene and matches.
Railways are too expensive for the likes of me to waste money on 'em.
She has stood helplessly aside and watched Russia enter Manchuria and lay her railways to Port Arthur, and again has watched her neighbour, whom she formerly despised, throw herself upon the Russians and conquer them.
On the Seine the defence had five floating batteries and nine section-built gunboats originally intended for the Rhine; on the railways were some guns mounted on armour-plated trucks.
Since the 21st of December he had been resting in quarters in and about Le Mans, where railways from four directions facilitated the bringing up of new levies.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "railways" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
