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GRAND HOTEL DE LA PAIX
MADRID

are so far as we have seen them, not so bad after all.

There is some excellent engineering, fine roadbed and track, and comfortable equipment. The freight equipment, (English standard) is far better than I expected. The passenger cars excepting much needed toilet accommodations are quite good. The station buildings are ample, convenient and clean. The passenger trains are few in number and generally speaking, very slow in speed, but why? Simply because of the extremely light passenger traffic. The Spanish do not travel!

The hotels average much better than I had supposed from the

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