Excerpt from Applied Science, Vol. 8: Incorporated With Transactions of the University of Toronto Engineering Society; May, 1913 to April, 1914 East, nor the East with the West until the construction of highways and other channels of commerce opened up an inter-communication which made their interests inter - dependent. Africa' and Australia have profited in a similar manner, and much still remains to be done in these two countries. Probably the best example of a country suffering internal strife due to a lack of industrial enterprise and construction work is India. The various tribes have not sufficient inter'course to feel that they have any interests in common. Quar rels between nations have, 'no doubt, often been averted as a result of their commercial relations. The various means of transportation not only serve to establish and maintain unity among. Provinces. And states, but also are the very foundation of commercial greatness. 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.