The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-29
GEORGIA RANKS FOURTH.
Among states and Territories in
New Railway Mileage.

Keeping pace with the general pros
perity of the country, says an advance
sheet of the Railway Age, railway
building in the United States DURING
the year just closing has exceeded that
OF any previous year since 1890, when
900 miles of new line were conpleted
ana the record of that year might have
peen surpassed had the steel mills been
able to furnish the necessary rails
Our records for 1901 show that, with
the returns thus far received and with
a number of lines yet to hear from, not
less than 5,057 miles of track have
been laid on 1872 lines in 4S states and
territories. the details by states being
shown in the following by state, num-
per OF lines and miles Alabama, u
nnes, l02.97 miles; Arizona, 8, $500;
Arkansas 10, 1881; California, s, SO. "a;
Colorado, 5, 10S.27; Florida, s, $3.50:
Georgia, II, 20345; Idaho, 8, 117.40: Illi-
nois, 10, 16459; Indiana, 6, 174.37; In
dian Territory, 5, 1915; Iowa, II, 90.34
Kansas, 8, 1910; Kentucky 4, 1924;
Louisiana, Is, 1913; Maine, /, -:
Maryland, 2. %; Michigan, II, 164.35;
Minnesota, 8, 170.S0; Mississippi, g.,
9S46; Missouri, IL, 1927; Montana. 4
~ 66; Nevada, l, 1920; New Hamp-
shire, l, 1O.11; New Jersey, l, $50;
New Mexico, 8, 275.49; New York, g.
1S29 North Carolina, Z, 1890; North
Dakota, S, 120.72; Ohio, 6, 6713; Okla
homa Territory, Z, 427.S2: Oregon, .,
7.21; Pennsylvania, SO, 1892; South
Carolina, 5. ALSO; South Dakota, 9
$3.50; Tennessee, 10, 125.13; Texas, 3d.
$3.50; Utah, 8, 4.70; Virginia, 6, 20.6O;
Washington, 8, 134.30; West Virginia
Is. lOo.S5; Wisconsin u, 1875; Wyom-
Aal ~
ritories, 1872 lines, 5.057.45 miles.
The states which have reported no
new road are Vermont, Massachusetts.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware
and Nebraska. In the Iast-named
state there are a number of lines pro-
1ected, and there is one line 25 miles
long under construction, with grading
practically completed and in at least
two of the New England states above
named short lines are being built. AL
though the new mileage of 1901 is $40
miles more than that of 1900, the differ
ence would have been far greater had
not the scarcity of labor and the in
ability to secure rails made it impos-
sible to complete before the close of
the year many hundreds of miles of
new road on which grading has been
finished and on which track is now
being laid or will be put down early in
the spring. The severe weather of
the past two weeks has caused a sus-
pension of operations in many portions
of the North, but in the southern and
southwestern states work will proceed
without interruption until the lines now
under construction are ready for OPP
peration, making it certain that there
will be large additions to the railway
mileage of the country early in the new
year.
In order that the new mileage of 1901
may be compared with the construc-
ton of previous years, the following
table showing the new work by years
since 1887 is given:
1887, 1888 miles; 1888, 7,106 miles;
1889. $3.50 miles; 1890, $3.50 miles; 1891,
42S1 miles: 1892, 4,192 miles; 1888 :, 635
miles; 1894. 1,949 miles; 1895, 1903 miles
1896, 1,S4S miles; 1897, 1880 miles; 1898.
Se83 miles; 1899, 4,5SS miles; 1900, 4,4S7
miles; 1901. 5.057 miles.
The track laid in 1901 added to the
mileage for the United States at the
close of 1900. as reported by Poor's
Manual, makes the total mileage of the
country at the close of 1901 approx
mately 1880 miles.
Thirteen lines in Canada report adj
ditions aggregating 1862 miles, and u
lines in Mexico have added 439 miles.