Abilene weekly reflector., 1898-11-24
ROADS PROSPEROUS.
Many Railroads Paying Dividends
and Piling Up Surpluses.
FROM KANSAS CITY TO The PACIFIC.
The Com missioner Of Railroads. Recon-
mends the Construction and Operation
by Gov. rnment Of " Doubie- Track
Road to San Diego, Cal.

Longstreet, the commissioner of rail
roads, in his annual report, made pub.
lie yesterday, calls attention to the
general prosperity for railroad affairs
and recon mends the government con.
struction and operation OF tirst-class
double track railway from Kansas
City, Mo-, TO San Diego, CAL, by air
line route. This will open the short.
est line, measured by the map, from
Boston, New York and Philadelphia
to the Pacific coast along and near the
coal fields of the east and the west
this side of the Rockies and making
the most direct line from our great
commercial centers to the Sandwich
islands and the Philippines.
The report says Of the United States
subsidy bonds under the act Of 1862
and 1864, to aid the Pacific railroads
construction, there have matnred $50.
6iS, 592, Of which $50, 4s9, 952 have been
redeemed and paid out OF the treasury,
leaving still due and unpaid N29, 600.
The remaining bonds Of this issue fall
due as follows: Union Pacific, January
|, 1899. 83. 1871, 900; Central Pacific, same,
"''as.'ooo' Wv "e''erh rac'nc' same'
ei,0'o''oo'
Ooln'g''e'onel AohRs'ree' says 'ne
PHYSICS, 'ouu..'on VI o"r ra''roau'
genetAny 10 o0..er 'h'n eVer "eiore'
ne po'"'s W 'ne spec'ac'e VI roauS
"n'c', ou's '"o .. 'n1ee years ago
"o,. ~ i'oo'.e'e "auu' No" paying
u.''uenu' ~. on '"e'r pre.e,reo s'ocA anu
P,'lng up eurp'uses "''ch III 'ne course
Vi very e"o,' 'ile' HIS repor' says
win oe u,''r''u.eu ahoug '"e con'non
ssooA"o'ue's' ,soo ma"y Ioao, WHY" III
-o0o "ere 'or'eu W ou' sa'ar'es ~ pcr
''""' "1 '"y'' '"'e 'o,'"'"'''y 'e
s'oreu 'nc oio oas's u "aees III
np'i' ioo.' 'eve''e'e o,n oo"'ro,'eo III
WIS .v""s -" o"''' o,'''a a'"s
aoouC ~ per cent. Vi the total mileage
OF the United States. On June 30 OF
this vear there were only Il9 railroads
!, ,h, b.,ds 80 ,h. uoooi,o.. .d IA,
- =. " W." No"'
ho"gsVree' preo'c's ohat uhuer the
present condition OF prosperity within
another wear the list of nsolvent rail
,ood, ,y;ll ha nc avail nc Il, tho ,oo,s
,aoa 'N"''
''h'neo'a'ely preceuine 1870
Reporting on his inspection OF the
properties of the Union Pacific and
e.varol NJ tho land GRANT j;nos In tho
IL 70 49,.
"e'' """ "" ''o "e'ho 'i"Pe V"''
autumn, the commissioner SAYS SUBJ
stantial improvements have been made
in the roadbpd on the main lines
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steel' anu Ihe Dallasting II more ex-
tensivc and much improved. he
recommends Government air line
,..us.,,;,o,t,, u,.o l., ~. t.,,au
""'o"''' '""'0 "a '"o A"i'o"
ing iahguage'
The annexation OF the Hawaiian islands--the
possible. probable, control Of the Philippine
and Ladrone islands-must open up new trade
relations Of such growing proportions with
them as to so materially increase the business
Of oil the bond-aded roads as to be well within
the scope OF reason TO anticipate their ability.
at an early date, TO pay principal and interest
Of their debt to the United States These new
eastern possessions with Cuba and Porto Rico