Lanterna Rally

Author: M. Riebenack

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-13

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9780266253273

Excerpt from Railway Provident Institutions in English-Speaking Countries: Being a Consolidation of Report Submitted to the Permanent International Commission of the International Railway Congress at Brussels, Belgium, Europe, Under Date of July 1st and Being a Consolidation of Reports Submitted to the Permanent International Co This publication embodies the substance Of two reports duly submitted in the capacity Of Reporter for Countries Using the English Language, during the year 1904, to the Permanent International Commission of the International Railway Congress, at Brussels, Belgium, Europe, for use at the seventh session of the Congress, to be held at Washington, D. C., U. S. A., May 3 - 13, 1905. Reporters are appointed by the Commission, for the different countries, to investigate and report upon specially assigned subjects, which are presented and discussed during Congressional sessions. The Congress meets every two years (recent meetings have, however, been held every five years), and the first session, held at Brussels in August, 1885, was attended by 257 dele gates, and was convened to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of the Belgian Railways. The last, or sixth, session was held in the Palais des Congres of the Paris International Exhibition, September 20 - October 1, 1900, and was attended by delegates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.