The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-03
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i"5Se HSuieS suggest-what there is am
ne aasa to support-that 1899 will show
a5I'fier amount of railway building than
~S year since 1880 The total will GER
|'E exceed 4oC0 miles, and it may reach
wv many extensions and branches are
9" u.o'f construction by great railway
oo"p'Hios whose financial ability is I'M
Questioned; and. indeed. owing TO tbe low
interest rates obtainable on other forms
"Nt9'rnent, none of the roads now I'M
way seem 10 be delayed by lack of
h"o"eS' The revival of business activity
,,@a Ieased the cost of construction. and
I some delay in getting supplies but
+"9 WI rather stimulate railway builders
die ~ 'helr work through before the
Tt u'l-eS become greater.
me geographical location If tho traclr
SUI '0i lald Is an interesting subject of
~ only two New England states
so5 c lald any track this year-Vermont
v... OVnnectcut, total IA miles-and great
" Aofh adds only 8 miles. Pennsvl-
% jug continues to build many short roads.
49, iaf with 1919 miles Not much has
s. e' o'ne in the Middle states. the chief
ana p5lnS in the South, the Northwest
i'r, 'le Pacific states. Alabama. Louis
v5i.t ''N MISSOURI each show seven lines
Calf1,l.I.dlFe added track, and Georgia and
ma have eight Every Southern
a3lre "a NAAtuchN ana virginia has
- -L mileage and work is under wav in
sio5. '"ese' Among the principal exten-
c. upon which tracklayjng has been
err ''u are these: Allegheny and West
MIL, : uuNSutawney to Butler. Pa 60
IA d. treat Northern, cutoff Coon Greek
enI 10 Park, Mimi, Sc miles; Utah
com-.i, ',.IIlc extension in Utah. As miles
Rock 49, Hhe 20 miles long; Chicago,
Noun. i.'dHa and Pacific, extension to
ley ,r5 leW' Okla, 81 miles; Pecos VAL
Roe,.ln -NorJheastern, completed from
mG.N ~ NJ. to Amarillo. Tex 9o7
ON ny laying As miles.
in n~.'ial hundred lines construction is
corrrl,'lss ana many of them will he
al a.,. mis- year II is estimated tbst
dgr.rs. 'V0 miles of track will he iaid
Mine. ne next six months. In Iowa ana
Ell r574 va "iohe over 700 miles of cornDle.-
states tb. re TT. IN sight for the year. In these
adj IN r,t, C"lcaSo and Northwestern will
rat 1so "''eS on six lines: the Il1inois Cen
Jan Wv u mics, MINNEAPOLIS and ST n,iis
low r.'So, Milwaukee and ST. PAM 90
and tb, '..I7I 30 Gread Northern 0aIdO RI
wasts., lev Iowa, Minnesota and North
NAV ts, ""ch proposes 1865 miles Of lioe
+ en some track this year. The North,
\ ton C,,' oregon Railroad and Naviga-
4 EN-. anal SS'uS, Pacific and Idaho North
a add pe,,,.,, WI tu"eslern Railroad expect TO
. sQu fG4... L'iiI'a III washington Ore
. he s +rte and North Dakota; in the SCUM
Aas5viI.esD e Tn. Railway, Louisville and
N Shin T., Iennessee Central Gulf ana
n Caro,ins ny 1!iton, Thomasville and C;,,If
sog several No,rthern and other roads have
N Sou,hwostt 'i tH miles in progress; in the
N paso e ne Choctaw and Memnhis al
n ober o conn Northeastern, santa Fe ana nd
n Do f'I1hies are building RAPIDLY. ma
Inc 40 m2letion its Important co % pII1i-
Ieleat ri,-(I as several branches. Will iis
as. 70 ' r' the Santa Fe, is hurrvina t he
a load WINES VINES of the San JOAQUIN Va, i1v
10 San "F Fr win give it a COMPETING linz iins
FOR the e', ,H.rgs of the Central OF ceor.,a
sainst eoa 5'r TO week of June were $40 CO.. %
Il Hag '-i'5 for the corresponding 1 Toei,
Nend o. A., ne earnings from Jan. 70 tbe
OF the same period last vea III
3. daclsreG ,'sosta and Savannah Railroad has
(. lbe on d dividend Of $3.50 per share. paw.
~ and after July 5.