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...Cannon Mountain serial tramway serves six trails, from expert to intermediate in difficulty. In addition there are a 2000 ft. alpine lift for the upper sections of the trails and a rope tow feeding the lower trail network...
...major drawback to Cannon is that the 200-men-per-10-minutes tramway is too slow for the large weekend crowds. Fast skiers who make the run in less than 30 minutes can beat the long delay by buying tickets for a ride in advance...
Pioneers. In Denver, the City Council refused to abolish the Park Hill bus route, despite the Denver Tramway Corp.'s complaint: the drivers were always getting lost...
...Vermont hills. On Mt. Moosilauke, known familiarly as "Dartmouth's Mountain," the club has set up 14 miles of ski trails with "Hell's Highway" one of the steepest runs in New England. Out on the golf course are 13 more miles of ski trails, a 1200 foot tramway, and two mammoth jumps. The Outing Club is probably one of the most active outdoor groups in the country...
Shanghai's tramway system covers 43 miles, employs 3,000 workers, hauls 450,000 passengers daily, and is managed by salty Scotsman Alexander Pollock for the British-owned Shanghai Electric Construction Co., Ltd. When Scotsman Pollock emerged last August from Japanese internment to take over his old enterprise, he found chaos. Among other things, the blithering enemy had paid all workers, skilled and unskilled, veteran and green, alike. The first job was to re-establish wage scales...