The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01

Mont, to Cody, Wyo., about Sept. Is.
Surveys have been made for an early ex-
tension from Cody to Yellowstone Park.
At the annual meeting of the Canadian
Pacific to be held Oct. 2, resolution
will be submitted authorizing the isSu-
ance of bonds to the extent of 92, 400, 900,
to be utilized in the acquisition of steam
vessels.
A plan to use electricity in place of
steam for the abatement OF the smoke
and noise nuisance of the New York Cen
trail road in it's tunnel in New York city
! will be submitted to the next meeting of
the board of directors.
President Ashley, of the Toledo & Ann
Arbor road, has arranged for a car ferry
terminal at Manistique Mich and re-
building of cocks and warehouses will
be started at once. ManiStiqUe is an
open harbor during the winter and ferry
boats of the Ann Arbor line will ply the
year round.
Winona & Western road, has been ap-
pointed general manager of the Fort
Smith & Western. Mr.. Mahoney will
leave for Fort Smith as soon as the VII
mona & Western is transferred to the
Chicago Great Western. The Fort Smith
& Western is building a line through
Oklahama and Indian territory and New
Mexico.
1t is rumored from reliable sources that
the Missouri Pacific has obtained control
Of the Blackwell. Enid & Southwestern
railway. an indepe ndent line now building
rapidly across Oklahoma. This line was
started at Blackwell, and has now trains
running to keene, a distance of ninety
miles. The line when completed will
be over 300 miles long and traverse the
heart of Oklahoma.
The contract for the construction of 225
miles of the Arkansas & Choctaw line,
from Arkinda to the Red river, has been
awarded. The work will be completed
within year, and the line will be oper-
ated as an independent property. 1t has
ample financial backing, and Is expected
to be pay -Eg proposition from the start.
1t will traverse a country of diversified
resources and viii be extended from time
to time.
+ The Santa Fe has bought the Kansas
southwestern railroad, a short line run
ming west from Arkansas CRY to An
thony, a distance of sixty miles The
deal has been under consideration for
some time, and has finally been consum-
mated. The fact which brought about
the sale Is the desire of the Santa Fe
to extend it's limits to the coal fields of
Arkansas. The Southwestern people had
plan to extend their lines from, Arkan-
sas City to that country, and all arrange
ments, including the final survey, were
made.
The Pittsburg, Johnstown, Ebensburg
& Eastern railway Is having its share
OF trouble at present. The roads en-
pIoyeS all went out on a strike, and the
tIdAiC Oh the ROAD is at a SIanUStllI. AL
legged failure on the part of the company
to pay the men their salaries is the rea-
son given. Eight passenger and freight
trains are on the schedule The large
number of people stopping at the sum
mer resort hotels and cottages along the
line Is placed at great inconvenience.
General Manager Frank Patterson re-
signed. He declined to take the respon-
s1b1lity for running trains.
Among the most pressing needs of the
Southern Pacific road, to supply when
is the rebuilding of nearly all the bridges
on the system: The total length of it's
bridges Is $751; feet, and of this SO per
cent consists of timber. To put the road
in thoroughly up-to-date condition the
greater number of bridges will have to
be rebuilt, the spans being placed on
solid masonry and steel substituted for
wood IN these spans. 1t is proposed to
put $lO, $4,000 year into physical i'm
proVements for the next four years and
to take this sum from earnings in the
first instance at least