The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-27
NOTES OF THE RAILROADS.

The Lake Shore refuses to accept the
track elevation ordinance OF chicago, as
it stands. The refusal may kill the meas
ure.
The Rio Grande Western passenger de-
partment has tabulated the number of
copies sent out of all its books bearing
upon Utah, and the total foots UP to the
large number of 9U,UUU.
George G.. Ward, the first vice president
OF the Commercial Cable company, said
in an interview that the contract Tor the
new Pacific cable had not been awarded
to an American company because none
of them possessed facilities to carry out
the work expeditously.
The Financial Chronicle computes the
gross earnings of fifty -siX roads for the
first week of November at $1 OLA, All, in
crease 81, Isl, S95, or lila per cent, and
gross of forty-nine roads for the second
week of November at o,2o9, 1872, increase
81, 026, $50, or lilo per cent.
The Chicago & Alton Railroad conpass
(the old company has declared divl-
dend of 49, so on the preferred and COM
mon stocks, payable at the Office of the
treasurer of the Chicago 81 Alton Rail-
road company on and after Dec. 2. Books
close Nov. 20 and reopen Dec. ).
Among the more noteworthy increases
in gross earnings for the second week
of November were those of the Mexican
National, which gained $12357, as COM
pared with the corresponding week In
1900; Southern railway, $40,27S: Louisville
sire. 06O; Norfolk &. Western. $4,000, and
| Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, $101,0S7.
Western railroads have definitely re-
| solved to issue passes as usual during
the year of 1902. They say the action Of
the Eastern roads does not remedy the
pass evil in the least, as it only aoolishes
| the exchange passes between the roads
| themselves and leaves the roads tree to
| issue passes to politicians. officeholders
| or anybody else not directly connected in
| an official capacity with any of the roads
that are parties to the agreement.
| Charles T. Yerkes. who is sailing for
| New York for an American visit of six
weeks, has authorized statement in re-
| gard to his electrical traction plans for
| London. His scheme is to form a comb1-
| nation of all the lines beneath the city in
| order to give good facilities for different
parts Of the metropolis. His acquisition
| of controlling interest in the district
! underground was but the beginning of his
work. The whole scheme is very large
| enc, involving many millions of capital
| but the preliminaries have been carried
| through rapidly and quietly. no one
| knowing what was being done until the
! work was accomplished. Yerkes' idea
! class Of carriages for the entire system.
the same as on the Central London-4
cents for a distance Of five miles. He
! expects that his system probably will be
| in operation within three years.
A report has recently gained circulation
| that the 500 road would build into Mon
tana next year. and that several other
extensions We're projected for the coming
year General Manager. E. Pennington
! of the 500 line declared that there Is
not word of truth in any of these re-
ports. He said that at this time no ex-
| tensions were outlined, for next season.
| and that it was doubtful if any would be
| built AS proof of his assertion that no
j building was contemplated. he said that
! only a small order for steel rails had
been placed for next year. and they are
! new lines We're to be constructed next
| year. 1t would. have been necessary to
| have ordered the rails some time ago to
count of the unprecedented large orders
already booked with rail manufacturers
| for next season.