The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-31

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a good many logging and private roads
which are of temporary nature and
which should not be counted as additions
to the regular railway mileage of the
country.
Scenes of Greatest Activity.
The table indicates that the South and
Southwest continue to be the scenes OF
greatest activity. although there have
been many important lines built In the
West and Northwest. Twenty-one states
west of tho Mississippi river have built
2,412 miles of new line, or more than one
half OF the total for the entire United
States, while the states east of the Miss
issippi and south of the Ohio have added
LIPS miles.
Fifteen Southern states show an added
new mileage Of l.7i6 miles. The New Eng
land states, with Pennsylvania. New York
and New Jersey added. show an increase
Of 1888 miles; while the Central Northern
Indiana and Ohio have added All miles.
The states In which no new road Is re-
ported are Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Delaware. Kansas and Me-
vada-
Texas leads with a total of sls miles.
Pennsylvania comes second with 2I7 miles.
Iowa third with 267 miles. Minnesota
fourth with 25l miles and West Virginia
NTH with 225 miles. These are the only
states showing an excess OF 200 miles.
The greater portion of the new mileage
| In Iowa has been constructed by the Chi
cago n Northwestern da3 miles) and the
| Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific COS miles),
| the Minneapolis u 81. Louis and Burlins-
| ton, Cedar Rapids a Northern also hav-
Ing made short ADDITIONS; In Minnesota
miles: the burlington. Cedar Rapids 4
Manitoba niles a the @ poad
being a link in the new Canadian North
| ern system.
| The longest stretch Of new track. i42
fnfleS has haan htfff ~ thu 81 Louis
| & San Francisco on its extension from sa-
| pulpa. I. T., to Denison, Tex.
Of the " year has has been built by the great
systems OF the West and South, as fol-
| lows: Chicago & Northwestern. $40 miles:
| burlington system. 1SS miles; Chicago,
| Milwaukee 4 ST. Paul. IFS miles; Southern
Pacific. 100 miles; st, Louis q San Fran
| cisco, 10 miles; Chicago. Rock Island 4
miles mot counting two short extensions
| In Manitoba); Chesapeake g. Ohio los
miles; seaboard Air Line. lea miles Bur-
niles niles Atehison Topeea { santa G' r. syse
| TEN, ~ miles; Louisville g. Nashville, 20
miles; Gulf g. ship Island, 20 miles; Gem
trail OF Georgia, 6s miles: Southern Rail-
! way, c5 miles. International q Grea,
| Northern, " miles: baltimore g. Ohio, IS
miles.
The Coming Year.
| II is too early 20 make predictions as 70
the results Tor the coming year, but much
| important work has been laid out In the
/ West and Southwest which will make
| those sections entlcing fields for railway
| contractors for the next twelve months
! The most important OF these Is the Rock
Islands extension from Liberal Kan. TO
/ White Oaks, ", NJ, 900 miles, Contracts
| for a portion 81 which have already been
| let. and which is scheduled for compile
ton IN 1901.
Railway building IN the United States
| reached Its maximum In 1857. when almost
l fses miles % new lines were added The
rapid failing, on IN the succeeding ten
1 years and the encouraging recovery N
4 the next three years are shown I'M the
/ following table ~ track laid In the last
1 fourteen years OF the century.