Of course, the cost of one mile of city rail construction is nowhere near hundreds of thousands of francs; these numbers are just exaggerated rumors spread by the people of Bern.
Moreover, the construction costs mostly come from Bern's 3 million "membership fee."
The French Ministry of Finance only allocated more than 200,000 francs in total to the Upper German Province, mainly spending a considerable amount on the renovation and development of several "Roman Era relics," as well as the associated road reconstruction work.
Frenno continued with unabated envy: "I heard that either next year or the year after, gas street lamps will be installed here. From then on, this city will no longer have cold nights.
"Perhaps there will be tap water too, who knows? Anyway, French cities all have these miraculous things."
These are even more of his wild guesses.
