The age-herald., 1899-01-01
RAILROAD BUILDING
 DURING PAST YEAR.
3,018 Miles of Track Construct, ed on 222 ines.
L. & N. INCREASE OF WAGES
Goes Into Effect Today-New Schedule on the L. & N. This Morning ale ] Glee Club Passes Through
 En Route to Nashville.

During the year 1898, 3.01S miles of new railroad have been built on 222 lines in forty-five states and territories. These fig ures show an increase over the mileage for any year since 1892 when 4,192 miles were built. They are also considerably in excess of the mileage added last year, which amounted only to 1880 miles. But for the extraordinarily bad weather prevailing during the spring and early fall of this year the showing would have been much better.
 From a table showing the miles of track laid during the year in each state, prepared by the Railway Age, 1t appears that only five states in the union built no new road since January 1. These are New Hamp- shire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts. Kan sas and Nevada. Three states, Delaware, New Jersey and Vermont have built but two miles each, while Nebraska has added less than mile.
 Thirteen states have built 1900 miles, Min nesota heading the list with 250 miles, of which 146 miles were built by the Great Northern. The other twleve states with their mileage are: Texas 1S3; New Mexico, 163 Louis'na, 15S; Arkansas, 157; Alabama, 154; Oklahoma territory, AZ; Maine, 124; North Carolina, 122; Missouri. 120; Califor- mia, 11S; Georgia, 112: Pennsylvania, 1O5. Including Arizona, which had added 99.4 miles, fourteen states have constructed nearly two-thirds of the entire mileage of the country. Illinois is credited with 12.9S miles of new track, built on five roads. h. diana has 32 miles; Wisconsin, 4S.5O miles; Michigan 9730 miles; Iowa, 1865 miles; Kentucky, $40 miles, and Ohio 91 miles.
 The greatest activity in railway construc. ton was shown in the south and south- west where fifeten states have built nearly one-half of the total mileage. Nine Pacific coast states have added 430 miles and the middle northern states of Illinois. Indiana, Michigan, Minnesoa, Ohio and Wisconsin, 532 miles, The construction in New Eng land would have been but trifing but for the 119 miles of Washington county rall- way built in Maine.
 Several hundred miles of new road are now in course of construction, and many hundred miles more of lines are projected jn different parts of the country Indications point to a good deal of building by trans- COD tinental lines in the way of cutoffs and branch lines to develop new territory, chiefly in the extreme northwest. where little new mileage has been added for some years. The coming year promises to show an increase in railway building over the present year ana tue cOHtTdCtoiS Sdy tit' the general outlook has not been so good for ten years as at the present time. :
 That Five Per Cent. Raise r
 The most important event in railroad cir cles for the first day of January, 1899. will be the increase of 5 per cent. in all the salaries and wages of all the employees of the Louisville and Nashville railroad The announcement was made by the officers of the company several weeks ago that this increase would be made, but even before that time 1t was foregone conclusion that this would be the case. It will be remem- bered that the employees were given their first per cent raise six months ago, with promise of the raise which is to be made today.
 It will also be remembered that when the Louisville and Nashville found it neces- sary several years ago to reduce expenses they cut the salaries of all their employees receiving less than s9,60O 10 per cent. and all receiving over that amount were re- duced 20 per cent. Both classes of em. ployes are today back on their old basis and they are rejoicing accordingly.
 Tonight at o'clock a new schedule goes into effect on the Louisville and Nashville affecting only two of the daily passengci trains passing through this city. No. l