New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

The progress Of the railroads is rehecteu III '''o
following compilation by THE Railroad Gazette
showing the recent orders Tor new equiPine"' anu
building now under way:
Cor the Maine Central The Pecos Valley and
Northeastern is in the ma i 10, soutbwest-
ern is in the market for Ave hundred coal coke,
fiat and box cars We are Informed ina tg Ave
hundred box cars We understand that the W ,nS
Pass and yukon a building P eShy D9A palace Car
Company is building four composite cars TOT Iol
i Ksnsa AeesS 2 p FGRSna and Gu has
fifteen hundred box cars from ne Aiei Vai
dosta "' and Western is reported in the market
for hundred box cars; but we nave no otht Ia
so1the4n is in the market for six hundred and fifty
box cars one thousand gondola ears ana
that the Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gull VIII
SaqeT e compIeted The Chicago burlington
and Quincy Is building, at Its Aurora SHOPS, Two
hundred more furniture cars Ike the TWO huhured
We are informed that the Chicago and Alton vii
SgT ISSt the %nn Abor has ordered @
cars of $1,000 pounds capacity from the American
ST nS FG anG h placed
with Pullman's Palace Car Company Tor elght par
The Chesapeake and Ohio is considering 1000 or
1908 coal cars Of $1,000 pounds capacity and the
livery about June We are officially Informed that
the Merchants Despatch Transportation Company
I
was reported by a contemporary. The chicago
Milwaukee and ST. Paul has ordered the six sleep
ers and forty coaches noted on october ~ some
of the car builders have been asked 70 BID on De,
tween 200 and 300 refrigerator cars for export ana
II is expected that the order will shortly be placed
| through a firm in New-York City we are IN
| formed but not officially. that Pullmans Palace
Car Company has an order for tTenty,one cars Tor
passenger service for the Union Pacific, consisting
| Of baggage mail. dining and combination cars.
| j. w Ellsworth e. Co. Of Cleveland. ONO nave
| placed an order with the Barney a smith car
| Company for 500 coal cars. Three hundred or the
| cars are for a railroad in Canada The chicago
| and Alton has ordered 300 more stock cars, IN al
| dition to the 800 noted last week. and has also
! ordered 800 steel cars OF 10000 pounds capacity
| from the Pressed Steel Car Company, instead OIL
go. az noted on November $1,000, =. q,
| Five engines are being built for the Lehigh Val
| ley and five locomotives for the Mexican central
| The Norfolk and Western is said TO have ordered
| four consolidation locomotives The Illinois Cen
| tral order for passenger, ten wheel freight ant
switching locomotives will probably be placed this
week. II is reported that the SeaDoard AIT Line
is figuring on number OF locomotives. but We
have nothing definite official. The Cleveland
I1orain and Wheeling IS reported to have ordered
seven ten wheel locomotives. IL Is reported ina
eight two cylinder compound mastodon freigh
locomotives have been ordered for the Fitchburg
We are Informed. but not officially, that the Dn
luth Messabe and Northern has ordered eigh
locomotives We are Informed that the Bostoi
| and Maine has ordered fourteen new locomotives
six switching engines and eight passenger engines