Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-12
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.
The Enormous Amount Of New MILEAGE Pro-
jected In the First Quarter Of 1SS0-The
Outlook for tEe Future

NNG GnOruQub amount Of NoW NAlA1A8o 49,
jected In the First Quarter Of 1SS0-The
Outlook for the Future.
CHICAGO. April 1.-THE RGiEtody Age In its
issue tomorrow will present elaborate tables
showing the number Of miles of railway pro-
jected during the three months Of the present
year to March 81. It will say; The fact that
many, and perhaps most Of the great COM
panies, had given assurances to each other
that they would not engage in competitive con-
struction this year, the hostility toward rail-
ways indicated in several Of the State Legisla-
lures, the great falling of in earnings of nearly
al existing roads, and perhaps more than all
the reported determination Of Eastern financial
agents to discourage the floating Of new securi-
ties, all seemed to the general public TO warrant
the belief that little railway building would be
witnessed during the present year.
But those who have made deeper and more
detailed examination of the opportunities and
needs for new railways in this vast country
have seen that this generalization was being re-
futed by the demands Of innumerable localities
for additional transportation facilities. While
the hands OF the great railway companies have
been seen very often In projects for covering
their territories with competitive lines, as in
failed to put the expected quietus upon rail-
way building, but the number of new enter
prises seems already TO be greater than for the
=
history with possibly two or three exceptions.
The Figures for II.
The Age then presents . table in detail show.
ing that 666 new lines, with an aggregate con-
templated mileage of So, ,436 miles, have been
projected since January last; that on these
lines, A,sl8 miles are under construction or
contract, 9,617 are surveyed and 290O1 are incor-
porated or projected, A table also shows the
T.
Hous sections of the country, Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connec-
ticut Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West
Virginia are grouped as the New England and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky
as the Southern States; Ohio. Michigan, In
diana, Illinois and Wisconsin as the Central
Northern States; Minnesota, Dakota. Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas Wyoming and Montana as
the Northwestern States; Missouri, Indian
Territory, Arkansas, Texas and Colorado as the
New Mexico, Idaho, Utah. Oregon and Wash
ington Territory as the Pacific Coast States.
Under this division the tabular showing is as
follows: Twelve New England and Eastern
Statts, number of lines, loo; total miles con-
templated, 5094; under construction or con-
tract, l,145; surveyed, 1,574; incorporated or
, projected, 2,375. Ten Southern States, number
OF lines, lSs; total miles contemplated, IL 1855;
under construction or contract, 4 IA; surveyed,
1,6S6i incorporated or projected, 900. Five
Central Northern States, number of lines, so;
total miles contemplated, 5,23S; under con-
structton or contract, 1921; surveyed, 1886; in
corporated or projected, 243l- Seven North
western States, number of lines, l07; total
miles contemplated, Il 982; under construction
or contract, 2789: surveyed, 2031; Incorporated
or projected, 6,l72 Five Southwestern States,
number Of lines, 81; total miles contemplated,
I,5O2; under construction or contract, 272l;
surveyed, 2,0S8; incorporated or projected,
6,743 Seven Pacific coast States, number of
lines, 40; total miles contemplated, 6s45; under
construction or contract 1,80S; surveyed, 1882;
incorporated or projected, 27O5,