The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26
NEWS OF RAILROADS
REMARKABLE INCREASE IN MILE
AGE THIS YEAR IN STATE
OF IOWA
NAMES OF THE COMPANIES

American Association of Travelling
Passenger Agents Plan for Their
Annual Convention Names of
Some of the Prominent Repre-
sentatives Who Will Be in At
tendance at the City of Denver,
DIES MONIES, To-, July 25.-Seven hum
dred and thirty-two miles of new railroad
Will be built in Iowa this year 1t will
bring the states mileage up to almost
5000 miles, and it is expected to place
this state second in railroad mileage in
the Union. For several years Iowa was
hrst. Following are the companies maxi
ing the additions to the Iowa mileage.
with the number of miles each win
build:
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul.. 79
Smeago q Northwestern .............2 70
N MbIhineaPo6s & St; Louis ................. Is
Onlcago, Rock Island & Pacific 115
iilLols central .13O
The Wabash is building its own direct
line from Moulton to AIbina to complete
its route from st. Louis to Des Moines.
Heretofore it has leased links in this
route.
The Rock Island is building from
Gowrie to Sibley. This line Is made ne
cessary in order to protect the North
west Iowa business of the company. The
Rock Island has been the only direct
line from Des Moines to Spirit and Oko,
boJi lakes. Twenty miles of the route
were over the leased tracks Of the Mil
Waukee system. Early this season the
Milwaukee started to complete its own
line from Des Moines to the lakes and
announced that after this year it could
not continue the lease arrangement with
the Rock Island This forced the Rock
Island to make extensions to protect
its own business, and 1t will go from
Ruthven into Spirit Lake, this season or
next
Besides building 80 miles of new lines.
the Chicago & Northwestern is laying
seventy miles of second track. This road
will spend about So, SOC, 900 in the state this
year. 1t will invest abou S2OOO,0 900 on nine
miles Of track, from Boone to Ogden.
At this point a new bridge will be built
over the Des Moines river, carrying the
tracks 1856 feet above low water mark
This bridge, with its approaches, will
cost the amount named 1t will save
about eight miles distance and eliminate
the hardest grades and most dangerous
stretch of track between Chicago and
the Missouri river
The Northwestern extensions are: From
DenisOni on the main line, to Wall Lake
twenty-five miles up to the west branch
of the Boyer river to connect with the
Lake City branch. From Wall Lake
down the Soldier river to connection
with the Sioux City & Pacific at Monda-
min, about seventy-f1ve miles. From
Burt, KOssuth county, northeastern to
connection with the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha in Minnesota:
about 100 miles in all, Of which forty is
In Iowa. From Belle PLANE, on the
main line, Eastern Iowa division, to Keis-
ter, Mimi, 140 miles
With the double tracking which the
Northwestern Is doing this year, there
VIII be only 145 miles of second track to
be laid next season to make it double
from Chicago to Omaha
The Minneapolis & st. Louis is building
from New Ulm, Mimi, to Storm Lake,
To-. this year, and viii go on next year
from. Storm Lake to Omaha About sew
enty-fiye miles Of this years work is in
Iowa
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
opened the season by buying the Des
Moines, Northern e. Western lines, one of
which extended to Fonda and the other
to Boone. From Fonda an extension will
be built to Spencer, there connecting with
the north Iowa lines. From Rockwell
City line is being built northwest to
Sac City and Storm Lake.
The Illinois Central is building from
Fort Dodge to Omaha, 100 miles, and
there is much talk that this is to be made
trunk line, to connect with transconti-
mental roads. Next year will, from
present indications, see fully as much
more railroad building in Iowa