Venance Payot
... that in 1892, Venance Payot, a former mayor of Chamonix, France, argued against the building of the Montenvers Railway on the grounds it would take business away from mule drivers and porters?
... that in 1892, <b id="mwCu4"><a href="./Venance_Payot" id="mwCu8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Venance Payot">Venance Payot</a></b>, a former mayor of <a href="./Chamonix" id="mwCvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chamonix">Chamonix</a>, <a href="./France" id="mwCvE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="France">France</a>, argued against the building of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Montenvers_Railway" id="mwCvI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Montenvers Railway">Montenvers Railway</a> on the grounds it would take business away from <a href="./Arriero" id="mwCvM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arriero">mule drivers</a> and porters?