The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-09
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aTfsnsa figures Of coarse. only partially
rsprseeAf fsse work Of railway ceastrae-
Zen mfsleh ias a,esn Ia progress. - grading
Il epsns % Or has been eS'fs-
x5x&a& o. numerous other lines
agan wh5rh track has bot yet
I.eeh lssd aiasle many ri the FoAds esgered
- the ialip are IN pr0eess Of further sr-
sensSef. The femaif.sng three months Of
he yeAr viii BE- sasked by tie rapid lay
5ssR ssusn Of gi.4lS "a nanaegUus lifsa upon
ulsIeh the slower pFeilInsasry work has
hong lesn going On. and ws lake ~ risk IN
rxedtlsng thai mare than no miles adj.
dlsl0nsi slsSek shlra are required 10 bring
ff.s aerrsEats % S COS niles vii be reported
laid ID The end 0E she year. When Il ~
sen that the average length Of The lines
es1ss far eonsplesed shIs scar i less than
fsfssen Males ana that the numsser q roads
actually under construction Is ~ has been
susisnsled Tpueh larger than The number
ngaa Wlileh fAls tafia Il based. ls viii be
sanaaFsfs0a ihAt fssS addition Of but a few
nssles a. the average By eaeh company
sasans . very large aggregate.
f8tM Assa q notable fsSs that this new
construction Is uSs S.afnad 20 special 10
fallsIea throughout the country but i IN
nTuefess In silsiust sxery state and texst-
sars. tiAs only exceptions fsiaF tbe three
Email kneteFu ssases. Ysralont, Cosaertscgt
asad Rhode Island little nesawaee. shs
railway expressing staEs II iowa. tae noun
saiss-fnnesd State - Assasfs ard the terri
sstxseH IL New Mexico SD Arizona. IN each
Is these. however. several res roads have
sseea ps85eesssi. and some 81 them will
have new tsaes 10 report by the end oithe
yaa. .tsut Is il significant tsSt the erss.
ems wealthy state Of ioNa. IN
fhe heart a. tbs .sH ss~g ars 4th many
I0e aslttea desiring DEVELOPMENT by means oil
rsEMays IS the eniy aus of the Western
sisles. wssh the exception Of roek hound
ksFsssa, in which not mile Of ns@ track
b. this year been laid, aud that only
it as 50 mslss sese Akisisd there iase year
aalef she 90 nslles and fnoFu laid aowa
Ii The fest u the gaiess. When che Iowa
folisseians compare she complete Nlents Ia
fespeei b rsilway building whish has char
sstsnesd their eva stats with stss activity
aseh has bcen going Ga II almost every
nlhef part of he country ard eyer Ia ths
asdls conservative Sew England states
tlssx nsssss have so1ns doubts as b he al.
vsalailag Of shslF p<'lisy Of falEaAd sap
tsasainf.
s1hs Essales8 hrtlrsiv ln eansssnefieh
a. htra witnessed Ia the South. Ia eleseli
snnsAefn STATES. counting Teas as sueh.
s 80 asaTk laid tbs year already aggregates
IS miles. of asagiy a. per esnt. q the
ssa4al 1@erg4a ieAas the country thus far
psth Az addition 81 rs saiiss on twelve dif.
kssns lines. followed ny Texas With ia
raslee tIfsiala 9Th lae miles. Tennessee
Rssh 10 miles. NORTH Carolina with "a,
ssst.es. Misssssippi NTH 10 naiics. Ken.
luekx with izs miiss. sud SO on. Aside
ftuan she Southern states, Washington ter
sitr4y thus faf makes she largest showing,
81 railss having hsen iaf8 on swvivs lines.
nssd this will he VERY can sisieFAhly increased
hsfssfs 4he end ~ the war The CREATES
number a asW s9aas Il reported ifasn
Pennsylvania. wherr ~ sales kAse ho4n
sIssasff lAsd un fifteen iines, with mnch
nsese n psp8ress. The New knssansi
states. aneeSher with New York ard New
1sfsss have added ~ susles. aud have sew
ssai 9nsefpFises under SAY.
asa yeaF wns oae Il eseat activity. ansl
sss nemsEy hall ~ ranrh nssleaxs has bees,
lad ii tsse ptne seanths q this year s. Il,
llss vhnsa Il sSSA The wear Ixss sagh
saaFsy 5000 msies. lSsss nth ah0nt s M
mslss sSsN with 100 uslies and tSsi with
40 tailes viii very Ekrly eentlnee Il
siahA - unsaaAled examples Of the easss
Hsssstss q years neFs II sew essmstgas
tlon. n0t iSs9 rs Altessls surpassed tlls
sNtsl 81 sks.k aua bssut4 is close viii havs
esassssea that IL lisa. aaa Wi aot hAys
f4fssa VtFy Eks sssuss ~ sSs3