Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-12-06


ccsaIsMesEK or RAiLRoADs
win illustrate by reries Of chats. msrs,
phot0gfaDiisc views, etc the pfegresa ~
railroad construction west OF the Mississippi
river. The principal or central chart viii
show by years. cDmmenelng with It60, thc
number n miles 81 cornploled rafiroad IN
each State and Territory; illustrating by
trains OF cars, covering period Of twenty
three years eDdicg with ISIS; thepesition of
the cars In each tfalnfA Geterntin ned by the
relative aunt ber Of miles Of raiir0ad In each
Tslas Ii fs5e, Missouri having ne Rreatest
number Of miles OF road, Is placed next to
shs l2comosiEe and tae remaining 4, states and
mileage, while "a 1888, lows having the
largest n asahaf. becomes the front car In the
train. The decades OF 1860, 1879 and 1850 are
srssd x y re sa solses.s 81 ,,s s,o!l y tse
q which the total population OF the United
states Is given The stones forming
the arch VIII bear the name and population
Of ench OF the States sud Territories Hest OF
lssons aiicrnetiyely right and LEFT Of the 'key-
stones being determined By their mileage.
Accompanying this chart are two others, the
nfst Of which Is tabuinted statement Civ
Ing the actual number ol miles Of fsilroads
Ia sach q said states aud Territories from
1880 to loea, 10 enable q person 10 md The
number ef niiesDf road IN any year given.
1t VIII be necessary merely TO find the
Doiut OF union between the vertical col.
umn representing the particular year and
the horizontal line bearing the naTne Of the
State and Territory. The other chart shows,
IN tabulaled iorla, the praeticai result at
sained 81 fgar Of the principal lines o. rail-.
road wesl ei the Mississippi river from ta7o
10 1875. Tne items represepfed in the STATE
ment are the number Of miles operated
BY eaeh road: the number of focomo-
hves- PASSENGER. mail bssgafe, express
of passengers and tons Of freight carried
cre niie, with the average rate per mile fof
carriage the gross earnings. operating ex
penses ana net earnings OF each company,
expenses The extreme column on the right
shows the grand total in 1885 Of ali the fac
tors for the four roads. In addition TO these
statements there viii be a large map show
ing the locsiion oi The entire system oiIonds
In The territory embraced in this exhibit
fhe lines Of road are feprtserted h differ
ent cpiors. showing In what manner they
have been aided b the government.
Prehlee OF the country over which many
Paeifc Coast win aksp he shown. The
-nenery on the Lines 81 the various road >
wfil he represented By number Of large
photographs, the subjects Of witch have
been selected as conveying @ the eye the
ncsrilfg Is concerned, when are most Wor-
thy OF hote'
The progress ar Increase OF iecilities in
transportation viii be illustrated BY ailegor,
icai Representatives, Of '.the overland route
OF 1850 and the overland route Of 1854 .,
1'hia part OF The exhibit consists Of Two pie
tnres, one Of them showing the stage coacn
aud "prBifie schooner Of ante Pacific Kat
road dsys and the other a train. fnlly
equipped vith palace sleeping aud dining
cars as Of The pfcseni date Other data
os Interest will also be illustrated; altogether
this win make 6 most interesting, In
sir1etive and wonderful exhibit The raii-
road routes md pictaresquelT diversified
scenery Of the agricultural. pastoral, forest
and mining districts wlll be clearly illus-
trafed b. elegant paintings, photolitho.
graphic views and naps. The Resources
| and character productions Of the various
parts OF the vast territory extending between
l the Mississippi river and the Pacific Coast
| will thus be exposed 20 siew almost "a faily
as TO tourist pslssing through the country,
and with much greater lsciiitf Of compHri-
son: the "oyerland trip across the platns''
wi1f b. most sfsrAciive and popular fea-
| tire II Exposition Buiictin.