Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-12

had given assurances 10 each other that tney
would not engage In compctiftvs con- nac III,
this year, the hostility toward rniseye - -.
csfed In several OF the state lerfs'ap,'c@ ~iv
great failing Cd In the earnings OF nenIy
ali the existing roads, and perhaps, more tce-
all the reportod determination o. the eastein
financial agents TO discourage the noatins ~ Az
securities all seemed 10 the gescrsl p'iDagS.
warrant the tolfsf that little railway puhdins
would be Witnessed during the present year
hut those who have made o ecper ana moio "a
tailed examination OF the opportnnsues s.xs
neads for new railways In this VEST county n.,S
seen that this geReTsiizatlOn was being rrdn, ~
by the demands Of innumerahle LOCALITIES LIZ III
additional transportation iacihnes.
the hands OF the great railway conpessv
have not been worry often in projects Tor Governs
their territories with competitive lines as IN se,
cral previous years, isoir absence has not vny
fsiied 20 put an expected quietus on railny
building. but the number on nes nc re- P.arne
seems already 10 be groSter Than for me SAM a.
period In any other year Of The countrys me- ,,
tory. with poeeibly two or tiree eIcepeos.s- .
The Age then presents .able IN detail. snonin Low,
that CO. new lines with m aggregate cphcm-
plated mileage of 5,l36 miles havo been ptO-
jeciod since January list last; thai on thsse nhss
ISIS miles are under contract or consuuctson;;
9.bi1 arc surveyed, and 23,uOl are ncorpSis
or protected The table sl-o shows the amour,
Of work under cunie m plaii0n In various sections
81 the country Name, Now Hampshire. NeI-
mont Massachusetts. Rhode Island. New Io,k'
Connecticut. New jersey. fernsylvsnlH pe,as
a. New England and eastern states; virginia
North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia. flofioa'
Alabsms, Mississippi, Louisiana, Iennessee'
aud Kentucky as southern states; Onlo'
Michigan, Indiana. Illinois, aud Wisconsin
as central northern Stntes; NinnesoA'
Dakota, lows. Nebraska. Kansas, Wyoming
and Montana ~ Rorthvostern Stateai mIraouI,
Indian Territory, Arkansas, Texas, and Coioie-
do a. southwestern states, and Nevada, can,
fornia. New Mexico. Idaho, Utah. oregon. anu
Washington Territory a. Pacific coast states.
Under this division tho tabular showing - ~
follows: Twelve New England and Eastern
states: Number Of hncs, i55: total miles con
temp plated, h,Q24; uuder construction. LAO; SUI
vcyed. 1.Js4: Incorporated or projected, s.o.s'
Iss: total miles contemplated, ~, SIS; VA
der construction, 4,4H; surveyed, I.o1o
Incorporated or projected, $50 Five Cenuai
Northern Stotes Number OF lines. 50; to'sl
miles contemplated, 5,2s3: under construction
1921 surveyed, $40 incorporated or projected,
243l. Seven Northwestern states: Mum Der CT
lines. i07; total miles contemplated l2ss2: un-
dor construction or contract Z1s9; surveyed,
Southwestern states: Number OF lines, 20
total miles contemplated, ll.D2; under con,
struction, 2,i2l: surveyed 2.OB; lncorPora'su
or projected, 6,7ia Seven Pacific Cost states;
under construction, 1873; surveyed, l'55s;
Incorporated or projected. 2,U5. Inc
article continues: The fact that In the INST
three months OF the year only new lines repre-
aeutlng over oNuOJ hle5 nave D.on " -
public notice. and that their construction Is sur
Veyed aud 10 large extent IL probable. IS IN
pressiye evidence OF the enormous neld ior
railway enterprises which the United states sun
affords. The mileage proposed In these three
months IL equivalent 20 almost one third OF INC
entire railway mileage Of the country now IN
operation, and yet the projection and inaugura-
ton OF other lines Is stil going on AZ an equally
rapid rate, aud tho prospect is mat the roads
projected and I'm various stages OF development
during 1879 will exceed I'm the aggregate the
mileage over the entire present completed sys-