The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-30
Total in 4s States and Ter.

ritories ................ 332 5o5T .45
The States which have reported no new
road are Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Delaware and Ne
hraska In the last named state there are
a number of lines projected, and there Us
one line twenty-five miles long under con
struction, with grading practically com
pleted and in at least two OF the New
England States above named snort lines are
being built Although the new mileage OF
1901 is 800 miles more than that of 1900,
the difference would have been far greater
had not the scarcity of LABOR ana me ~
ability to secure rails made 1t ilnposslDle
to complete before the close or the year
many hundreds of miles of new road on
which grading has been finished and on
which track is now being laid . or viii ue
put down early in the spring. Inc severe
weather of the past two weeks mas causeu
n suspension Of operations IN many por'
tions of the North, but in the southern
and Southwestern States work VIII procesn
without interruption until the INES so No., u"W
under construction are ready Tor oPerhuch.
making 1t certain that there VIII pc 'atSe
additions to the railway mileage oil 'he
country early in the new year. .ho,,
With the exception of PennsyiVania, tncIe
has been little building in the Eastern a
ana New England States, but there ms neea
much important twork In Iltotner Sec l2 ~,
of the country the greatest b accSls %
vest of the Mississippi river has amour =,
ed TO 31s7 miles and the states east "6
the Mississippi and south OF the ohlo ~ taee
added S9l m mi tSs st afss south Of the Ohio
and west OF the Mississippi. otner Sitoup
inrs show the following results ~. et.
Southern States, 1852 miles, SIN 1n1ian Ter
ritory. Oklahoma. Texas and New Ne3innV,'
lfC5 miles: Central Northern Stntss Vo III,
indiana, Illinois. Michigan ana Wi Us. ,i es
,66 miles: Noxthw sstern states, oSf iu'''''
New England States. % miles; ,..
Texas leads all States in the Union, WIZ
5s3 miles on % lines, the longest OF Mnl Io
Is oi' IS miles in length; Oklahoma comes
second with 42s miles huilt by three com,
nanies on six lines. S.yt IN order come come
.Sew Mexico with 275 miles: Georgia 7 Ie6
miles Wisconsin; 1876 piles M,ss"TI III
miles; Illinois, 1874 miles; Michigan 10,
miles; louisiana. leo miles Indian n Lett,
tory. 49, miles; Arkansas, loo miles, for,
ones which have added over $50 miles each'
and the aggregate is 3iT3 miles .ho.
The longest single new lIne pu nd nocidc
5a5 miles. to which might be added rue IN,
| lbs miles Of the I'll Paso and NortheasSsT, ri,
from Santa Rosa to Carrizozo, y NJ WIFI IN
viii he completed by January 10. %,
| greater portion of the new mileage ~
been uullr ny or In the interest o, *,
larger systems Of the country. alu ~,
most imU,rtant independent line comnlelee
! is that OF the Cincinnati, Richmonu -,
Muncie from Richmond to North july III
! Ind 1J0 miles. ,a so.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Paclnc mas
! built AGO miles on three lines in okinhona
Texas and New Mexico; the Choctnw. okln
homa and Gulf has built alO mics on lou,
| lines in oklahoma, Indian Territory IeA '.
| and Arkansas: the Chicago and NorthWesu
| ern. 223 miles in Illinois Wisconsin IN.
| Iowa. not including % miles built hy tn'
| chicago. ST Paul. Minneapolis and oman,
| in WIr-onin: the Cincinnati. Richmond AM
| Nunrie f5O miles, In Indiana the turning
| tom 135 miles In wyoming. Montana an,
| south Daknta: the Northern Pacific, l5'
miles in Minnesota. North Dakota N.,n
| tnna and washington: the oregon sa9r'
| Zinc. 12s miles IN Idaho. Utah md Nevann
| the ST. Louis and San Francisco ~ nue.
| in Texas and Indian Territory; me ~ rhs,
| and southwestern. III miles IN rlyom
| aud New Mexico, the Mnneanoli1 81 faN
| and SAINT ste. Marie. ITO miles IN MisCon
| sin, North Dakota and South DnkoIa' nn,
| +he III Pnso and Northeastern. los ml4e'
| I'm New Mexico This makes total !"
| nearly 1900 miles hullt nv eleven com
| panies and n the new mileage ot tweN,
| other companies which have laid htty mie
nv more each is added we get n total |"
25s0 miles. or more than one-halt or ~
| aggregate for the entire country, bnilt Wy
| twentv-three comnanies ,oo,
| In order that the new mileage OF w.
| may he compared with the CONSTRUCTION o
| nreyious years the following tahe shown
| ND new work by years since 1887 Is given