They thus acquired, practically as a free gift, a franchise to build a cable railroad on Lexington Avenue.
因此,他们实际上是免费获得了在列克星敦大道修建缆车的特许经营权。
大商业时代
The cable railroad, which was the one with which Mr. Ryan was identified, offered $750,000, half in bonds and half in cash.
与瑞安先生有关的电缆铁路提供了 750,000 美元, 一半是债券, 一半是现金。
英语百科
Cable railway
A cable railway (also known as an incline or inclined plane) is a steeply graded railway that uses a cable or rope wound about a cable winch system similar to a ski lift mechanism powered by a stationary engine to haul trains on adversely steep grades. Many such were funicular railroads, where one descending load in part counterbalanced an ascending consist, much like a cable car.