The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-20

of railroad mileage "H" ''' a.,
tborcto i'm the Ncw England and Middle Al
lantic states "a distnctNelN lhdu''I'"I l'-
cion. NAV Dee given as follows
Mileage. Tub. area
IcunSNl V0uia... .......-.-........ . -" cne
New AOIk ............. ........--...' s't'i $50
Massachuec cts ...............'.'.' 100 1oe
New jersey ....-.....-'... = vIo ~ co
Maine. ................ ..............' t'.u- -,t
New Hampshire. ....-.....". 10 "a
Connect cui ...................... ISl.u ,tt
Vermont ........... ............'''' ~. ~,
pelawaIie.....,-.- ..''.'''''''"' 2i1i G.io
Total mlIcal o......-.. .'inb 81, .
Area per mile ol railroad, 6.11 square inli'S
summary of these tables will show tine
following facts:
seventeen Western states, with AN az
grceatcs area of l,a&l,ll3 square miles, "l
44.i2 per cent. Of the total area OF uie hllco
STATES. have @i. ,3~ miles, or Oils per cent.
out of a total Of lGj.2N miles OF railroad
For each mile of railroad there are I'.''
square miles of territory.
seven Pacific states. aGcregatin- ln area
-lg.SfJ square miles. or 2Iol per cent. OBJ
the entire nitcd states, have ilo>' h,Ies
of railroad. or 40 per cent. of the iol1l.
The area % each railroad mile is Clos
sWar, miles. Thirteen southern states,
with ,4i.gll square miles of area. or 80
per I'M W. '''' 5a A., ,nilrs mr. 1903 pcr
iD"V f,f.,,,tiro ra;lro.d ,nileo~e ot th,
United states. For each mile of railio'u
there is au area of 1868 square miles.
Ten New England and middle Atlantic
-, ,.'r cont Of fine total. have
"a mr. ,,trlrn,d which /. equal to
- - ~ INC, az he a(er,-o for uc Uni
49,. 49,. a. N,is liyi.ion There are C.--
w." ,.r torr,tor,- to o.ch mile of
lt"i,
.........,,
I"~iIIoN OF lIiH a'''i''
The position of the south in these coia-
paritiNc figures Is of particular interest dl
This time. when the activity IN rdilroao
building Is ccnlerin- I'D ,n'' se,.I'H %, .l'
'','t',w,i.;lo t.e.ard, tribptary 10 the mile of
r'ir1,d has h.., hrou.bf down fo fine
s,o g. go, .,.,,o,. milo. i'm
~" ii''''' -. Set. ~. .tIl much
'"o ''I''' " W a. ,r...''. H.;
'""'e qua. '''o 'i' .i' ..l'..i. l.,..;'l
-i','.i ~ III u.s., '',' .til
,e' '"'. ,,...i.,,I',,r'l i,r'l,,.,.
,pi'a .'" ii.' ',-,.,,,ii. i'm HAN. sam,
.tn a. ".., i,.,i,,,,,,,. -, ,to o.,,ti.
.f' WIZ I' t4' ,',',, ,.,st ,,,...,,l',
u '.,' ',.' ,.'9.ii, . al.' ,,,',.
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gu ''',' ,.,',.,r,. ,,i. anil
.;'o' ~, ','' ,,-'.r,o. nv t,n .oi,tb and
'"li'' -, ,,o ,,'',;,,, .an bo ,9i,,,..I
o'', ,i1 .''b i.,.'., and st.,5,. ,oi,,n,l
freigbt characterization lines.
Its i'm the natural course of events That
,be South should become a great field ilg
railroad binding from this time forward.
md oven WHOM fine relative ua-itiou Of rail-
ro,d uil4,..... and fribut9rv arc1 shall have
noon reduced to tbc level Of the Middle Al
,nntic ana Neyy Euolaud States. as shown
anoyo. me ~utb VIII DE able to Weld % g.
railroads a Greater. more steady and more
.rnit,ll. volume of freight than any other
.acfion of tDo country.
...,... ,,.,..,.,,.
'' ''' - VI IL
Tue plantations ana forests inc hiIt~
ana mills ~ ii' N'uth can Dc. id-a ui-
on 10 furnish never lalnne uaIlt Lon d
vast railroad system.
In this connection u Us Of interest io note
tew Of the items that now figure in iut
freight traffic OF the southern ralll1u- Sc
and il Will be seen that the South enjoy, tln
daal advantage of great agricultural aud
Industrial enterprises. Thirteen southern
states yield o. per cent. Of the entire cotton
crop. or upwards Of lj.OOO,Ouo tons off,elelt
While the West produces tha major portion
II the cereals. still the south raises I'D per
cent of the corn crop, and per cent. oi The
wheat. the two crops amounting To- about
liOO1.OlO tons. "a large portion of which
must bo handled los rail.
ropAccn
Inc southern loodcV" 'I"P "lu '""'9 l.'
more man --'''NO 'ona per van any ,.i- DE
,hlt9 d'''' pc' In VI am '"|' ~ i.'i. "
~ lii7 country, rue ,l'H's vi tuo
ire Ntiulu- tns ear ~ I,I V'l,,' ., WI , ..'
l'ta oI'Pul vi Oo"' Nn'0" i''"''
.'h9 oil I"iIIodu H''-"''
IRON.
The iron industry of the south is CROWN.
Al mace that viii soon give 10 the leading
nlace the production off pig iron by the
-outbern furnaces having reached an aggrc-
ME Of l.5GG 1O3 tons last year. or Is Der
cont. of the entire production of the United
states. This pig iron alone yielded not less
IMAM $1,000. 006 in frcights to the railroads of
.f..T i'm