The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-11-01

The voluntary relief department of the
Burlington system is in fiourishing con-
dition.
About Sl.6J0, 600 has been expended in
improving the road bed of the Texas
line of the Santa Fe system.
All short, heavy grades on the Ale
ghany divisions of the Erie have been
reduced to twenty-six feet to the mile.
The Association of Railway Superin-
tendents of Bridges and Buildings held
its eleventh national convention ut St.
Louis.
Earnings of the Milwaukee and St.
Paul system for the third week in Oc-
tober decreased $21 900, compared with
a year ago.
Chesapeake and Ohio earnings for the
fourth week in September increased
SOS, ,26J. For the month the increase
was S226,913.
Officers of the Illinois Central have
started in on fall booming of this roads
new line between Chicago and Hot
Springs, Ark.
Executive officers of between forty and
fifty western roads met in st. Louis to
consider an agreement for the restriction
of passes during 1901.
Seven new passenger engines have
been received by the Illinois Central road
The locomotives delivered are the first
of a recent order for thirty.
The annual report of the Wisconsin
Central hallway shows: Gross earnings.
So,63i. .416; operating expenses, $3.50
$50; net earnings. S2.O56.4S0.
The Atlantic freight service arranged
by the Norfolk and Western. the Chesa-
peake and Ohio and the Southern Rail
way will soon be put in operation.
The Texas and Pacific officials an
nounce that that road has re-entered the
southwestern passenger bureau, from
which it withdrew several weeks ago.
The formal opening of the magnificent
new terminal station in Nashville, Tenn,
took place the other day. The new sta
ton. together with necessary improve
ments. cost S2.5OO.00O.
The Lake Shore Company has award
ed 10 Il Chicago construction company a
contract to build large elevator in Buff
falo to cost S100.000. 1t will have a ca
pacity of 100000 bushels of grain.
Gross earnings of the Chicago, Milwau-
kce and -. Paul road for the first week
in October We're SS6,;. ;.123. compared with
1901 500 for the corresponding period of
last year. decrease of S125.0S2
The first annual report of the Hooking
Valley Railway, for the year ending
June 50, 1860, shows gross earnings of
S4.4 ,2G6: operating expenses and taxes.
S2,6il.20I; net earnings, S1.1I6.O59.
Another big contract for freight en-
gines has been awarded by the Burling-
ton road for thirty locomotives To be
known as the prairie type. The cost of
each engine will he $4,000. or $40. 600
for the thirty.
The Mississippi Railroad Commission
declined TO recede from its original sched-
ule of rates on cotton seed, which is 1
cents minimum to l. cents maximum.
with - per cent added for joint hauls.
The courts will have to settle the mat
ter.
Railroads operating in the territory
west of Chicago are in the throes of a
ear famine which threatens TO result in
Il geneSal blockade. Notwithstanding
the pesSimistr crop reports from certain
districts during the past two or three
months. the movement of grain in the
total promises to be extraordinarily
heavy.
The special campaign trains which
have been run by the railroads in the cen
trail States have not proved very profita-
BILE TO the transportation companies; in
fact, officers of many of the lines that
have engaged extensively in operating
these political trains say that they have
been run in Il majority of instances at
large net losses.
During the last year the Northwestern
road has built IA miles of new line
through the more fertile districts of
Iowa and Minnesota. All of the new
lines are now in operation and are dotted
with promising towns.
Western roads. while not saying much
about it, are all short of ears. This
shortage is not great enough to constitute
what might be called a car famine. hut
/ is great enough to cause considerable
TO both roads and ship
Ders. The utmost efforts are being put
forth TO make an equitable distribution 10
III the important shipping points, but do
rs they Will, officials find delay inevitable
n the matter o. filling their orders.