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1t is thought within six years express
trains between Albany and New York,
100 miles, will be in operation.
The Government will soon open the
Rosebud Indian reservation in Gregory
| County, South DAKOTA, amounting TO
! 100000 acres
The interchangeable mileage bureau,
established few months ago by NUM-
Der of members Of the Trunk Line As
ISOLATION, has met with success.
The Texas Railroad Commission has
decided 10 adopt a general classification
of freight rates for the State OF Texas
to succeed the western classification.
After a years trial the Southwestern
lines have abandoned their joint coloni-
cation agency, and will continue their
efforts to secure immigration individual
ly.
The 80 Is per cent reduction in rates
on steel products, decided upon by the
traffic officers of the trunk and central
freight lines, has been extended to cover
steel rails.
Orders for between 100000 and T00,-
600 tone of steel rails for delivery in
1904 have already been placed with the
rail manufacturers by various railroad
companies of the United States.
Railroad earnings show a most graft
flying tendency, and this is the best pos
sible evidence that the depression in
Wall street is not shared by legitimate
business outside Of the circles of "haut
finance"
Recent developments in the republic
of Mexico and the dominion of Canafa
very clearly mark the tendency toward
closer relation between the government
and the railways Of those political and
geographical sections.
The troubles Of the western roads over
the division of the immigrant business
have been settled and in consequences
the Rock Island win return to the West
ern Passenger Association and rejoin the
Western Immigrant Bureau.
General Manager Hanrahan, Of the
Illinois Central says the building Of an
isthmian canal will immensely increase
the export business Of his road and that
it would begin a new era Of Industrial
activity in the Gulf States.
1t is probably no exaggeratiOn 10 say
that the gross income OF the roads for
Tho year 1898 viii be SlJ0,000,000 great
or than during 1902. and the net pr0ba-
blv oue-third Of that or SJ0,000000,
which means an extra ] per cent Oh the
outstanding capital.
Tie Union Pacific is making plans for
the colonization OF more than 100000
acres Of land in western Kansas and Ne
braska. in eastern Colorado and in Wy
ou.ing The general plan is said TO be
similar 10 the one adopted by James J.
Hill so successfully in the far Northwest.
The Union Pacihc's total land grant
originally amounted to 1S.j47,s44 acres.
The company began the sale Of these
lands In 1866. and there are still remain
in. about 100000 acres The sales
have amounted this year 70 72.92S acres,
which have netted the company SOS
500
The New York Central Railroad will
spend S20,O0OOO0 in the next five years
in hauling its locomotives from the Grand
Central station to fifty miles north and
east OF this point BY that time every
locomotive entering tho city will do it by
applied energy. Both a third rail and
the overhead trolley viii be used.
The Southern Pacifc two years work
in STRENGTHENING the line from Ogden
Utah. 10 Reno. New. has resulted IN a
saving OF 47.37 miles in actual distance,
IN equivalent OF seventy-iy miles IN
overcoming difficult grades. and pracu-
eal saving Of about two>hours in running
time for the stretch Of coz miles be-
tween the two s.ations-