260 10 Air Brakes More made annually than all other The Westinghouse Air Brake Co. PITTSBURG, PA. Over a million and a quarter in Air Brakes When writing to advertisers, mention this Journal. An American Abroad. JANUARY, 1901. Our ride from Venice to Florence is comparatively a short one, and in the direction of Rome, which is our next objective point. Florence, the capital city, is situated on the river Arno, 194 miles northwest of Rome and 62 miles east of Leghorn by rail. Our route from Venice to Florence is through a fertile, picturesque country, but the loveliness of the country immediately surrounding Florence makes it the most delightful of all Italian cities, especially in the spring, when a glorious luxury of flow No. 1. ers cover its fields and gardens, and lie in masses for sale in the city and about the old palaces. It is a sight never to be forgotten. The city of Florence sprang originally from Fiesole. The inconvenient hilly site of the Entruscan (town) Fiesole, perched on the crest of an irregular height, rendered that town so difficult of access to the traders who resorted to its market places with their various merchandise that it was at length decreed they should assemble at the base of the hill, in the fertile plain traversed by the Arno. The few rough PANORAMIC VIEW OF FLORENCE, ITALY, FROM PIAZZA DI MICHELANGELO. |