Cenis Tunnel, 31–2, 35, 36, 88–90, 217 Central Otago railway, 196–7 Central Pacific railway, 63, 65, 70, 198, 315 Central railway of Peru, 136 Central Siberian railway, 200, 203 Champlain and St. Lawrenc railway, 46 ---- Lake, 46 Chang-Tien-Yow, 297 Chat Moss, 17 Chenab River, 252 Chepstow bridge, 23 Cheyennes, the, 67–8 Chicago, 54, 58, 241, 318 ---- & North-Western railway, 162 ---- Milwaukee & Puget Sound line, 308, 318–22 ---- Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, 318, 319 Chichli, 291 Chicla, 135 Chikwawa, 282 Chile, 274–5 Chilian labour, 277 Chilkoot Pass, 104 China-- Early days in, 289–96 Eastern Chinese railways, 211 Frontier, 198, 211–13 Mileage of railways, 289, 307 Modern developments, 297–307 Trade guilds, 15, 16 Chinde, 281, 282, 284 Chinese labourers, 14–16, 69, 210, 212 Chinook, the, 103, 317 Chiromo, 283, 285, 286, 287 Chisso, workman, 42 Chosica, 130 Christchurch, 194 Christiania, 262–4, 269 Christo Redentor, statue of, 275 Chungzoune River, 255, 257, 258 Circum-Baikal line, 204–9 Cleveland Engineering & Bridge-building Co., 144, 157 Col de Fréjus. _See_ Cenis Tunnel Colladon, Prof., 36 Collie district, 186–7 Colorado, mountains of, 162–3 Columbia River, 6, 28, 234, 250, 308, 309, 322 Congo Free State, 149 ---- River, 150, 151 Congolo, 151 Constantinople, 122 Coolgardie-- Condensing plant, 188–9 Gold rush, 186, 187 Railway enterprise, 190–91 Cooper, Fenimore, _The Pathfinder_, 66 Cordilleras, the, 128, 129, 130, 132, 274 “Corduroying,” 18 Corean labour, 212 Corkscrew grading, 124–5, 233 Cornwall, 22 Council Bluffs, 62, 63, 65 Cragellachie, 238 Cromer, Lord, 152 Cuba, trade, 240–41 Cumbres Pass, 169 Curzon railway bridge (Allahabad), 252–4 Dakota, North, 229, 320 Dallas, 170 Dalnaspiel, 173 Dalwhinnie, 173 Damascus, 117, 118, 121, 122 ---- Repairing works at, 126 Darling Mountains, 189 ---- Range, 186, 188, 189 ---- ---- Upper, 187 Darlington, 144 Dartmoor, 173 Dawson, 103, 111 Deane, Henry, M.I.C.E., 180–81, 191 Denver, 171, 172, 174 ---- & Rio Grande railway, 8, 162, 163, 314 Deraa, 122, 123 ---- River, 122 Dervishes, 153, 156 Des Moines, 65 Deuchars, G., 257 Dhorabhave River, 250 ---- Viaduct, 250 Diamondopolis, 141 Dickson, Norman B., M.I.C.E., 215, 218–23 Dinas, 79 Dovrejelf Range, 263–4 Drave River, 94 Dublin & South-Eastern railway, 23 Dufile, 160–61 Dunedin, 196 Durant, Thomas C., 60, 62, 65, 70 Dyaks, 5 Eagle Pass, 7, 238 ---- River Canyon, 171 East Indian railway, 250 Eastern Chinese railways, 211 Edward, King, Victoria Bridge opened by, 51 Egypt-- British penetration, 119 Railways in, 152–3 Eiffel Tower, 169 Ekaterinburg, 199 El Misti, 137 El Obeid, 157 Electric drills, 96, 100
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