Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30

The voluntary relief department of the
Burlington system is in a fiourishing CON
dition.
About $1,6ljo000 has been expended in
improving the road bed of the Texas
line of the Santa Fe System
al 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 at St.
/ Louis.
Earnings of the Milwaukee and st.
Paul system for the third week in Oc-
tober decreased 81 600, compared with
year ago.
Chesapeake and Ohio earnings for the
fourth week in September increased
$15S2G5. For the month the increase
was $226913.
Officers of the Illinois Central have
started in on a 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 recent order for thirty.
The annual report of the Wisconsin
Central Railway shows: Gross earnings,
$5,637, 416; operating expenses, $3.50
935; net earnings, $2,056,4S0.
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 $2,500,000.
The Lake Shore Company has award
ed to a Chicago construction company a
contract to build a large elevator 10 Buf-
falo to cost 100000. 1t will have a ca
pacity Of 10000 bushels Of grain.
Gross earnings Of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and St. Paul road for the first week
in Octt Der were SS6G, T23, cor pared with
1901 sos for the corresponding period OF
last year. decrease Of Si25,0S2.
Tie first annual report Of the Hooking
Valley 2sii%ay, for the year ending
June 80, 1900, shows gross earnings Of
S4.417 ,26G; operating expenses and taxes,
S2,641, 207; net earnings, S1776,0J9.
Another big contract for freight en-
gines has been awarded by the Burling-
ton road for thirty locomotives 10 be
known as the prairie type. The cost Of
each engine viii be $4,000, or $4,000
for the thirty.
The Mississippi Railroad Commission
declined to recede from its orr zinai sched-
ule Of rates on cotton seed, which is 4
cents minimum to - cents maximum,
with - per cent added for joint hauls.
The courts viii have to settle the mat
ter.
Railroads operating in the territory
west Of Chicago are In the throes Of a
car famine which threatens to result in
a general blockade. Notwithstanding
the pessimistic crop reports from certain
districts during the past two or three
months, the movement Of grain 10 the
total promises to be extraordinarily
heavy.
The special campaign trains which
have been run By the railroads 10 the een-
trail States have not proved very profta-
bic to the transportation companies; in
fact, officers Of many Of the lines thai
have engaged extensively in operating
these political trains say that they have
been run in a majority Of Instances at
large net losses.
During the last year the Northwestern
road has built 4T4 miles Of new line
through the More fertile districts 81
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 II. are all short 81 cars IDS
shortage IS not great enough 10 constitute
what might be called a car famine hat
ii Il great enough to cagse considerable
embarrassment 70 both roads and ship
pers. Tie utmost efforts are heinz psft
forth to make 40 equitable distribution %
all the irnportanE shipping points. but DO
as they viii, ofFGals find d@lsy Inevitable
IN the snatter % dlling Their orders.