. Lokomotive Engineering : eine praktische Zeitschrift der Eisenbahn Triebkraft und Rollmaterial . . s, eine Flotte von acht prächtigen Dampfmaschinen, alle Telegrafen und Kabel-Linien von Neufundland, die große Trockendock und ment, unter der sorgfältigen Unterricht von theirfähigen Vater, Und es ist eine Frage, ob einer ihrer zahlreichen Mitarbeiter mehr Zeit für die Wirtschaft oder Arbeit härter als die jungen Männer tun, die Prospektiverben Millionen sind. Sie sind höfliche Gentlemen, liberal in ihrer Behandlung von Arbeitsanliegen. Viele arme Familien in Neugefundenem haben Grund, die Freigebigkeit der Herren Reid zu segnen. Juni. 1900.
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. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . s, a fleet of eight magnificent steam-ers, all the telegraph and cable lines ofNewfoundland, the great dry dock and ment, under the careful tuition of theircapable father, and it is a question if anyof their numerous employes devote moretime to business or work any harder thanthose young men do, who are prospectiveheirs to millions. They are courteous gen-tlemen, liberal in their treatment of em-ployes. Many a poor family in Newfound-land has cause to bless the munificence ofthe Messrs Reid. June. 1900. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 229 The Newfoundland railway system is3-f6ot 6-inch gage; the new equipment isthoroughly up to date; the sleeping anddining car service is excellent. The samecan be said of the steamship service.Travelers or tourists who make the tripon the Al steamer Bruce, between Portau Basques and North Sydney, N. S., con-sider the 93-mile journey too short to fullyenjoy the pleasant surroundings found onthe Bruce. Her genial commander, Captain Delany, is one of the best known. ROBERT GILLESPIE REID. navigators in Newfoundland. Tourists toNewfoundland—and they are getting quitenumerous in the summer season—will findthe Captain a veritable mine of informa-tion in regard to the best fishing and hunt-ing resorts on the island. They are num-erous, but he knows them all. What is said of the Bruce and hercaptain might also be said of the othersteamers of the fleet. Probably the mostdelightful summer excursion that can betaken is a trip from St. Johns to theLabrador Coast. For variety of scenery itis unexcelled, and getting among thequaint people, the Labrador Esquimaux, or Fnuits, is truly a glimpse of primitivehumanity. When the list of eminent men of thenineteenth century is completed, Mr.Robert Gillespie Reid should have a prom-inent place. Mr. Reid is a Scotchman bybirth, and, like his great countryman An-drew Carnegie, is a self-made man. Froma small beginning he has
