The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-30

1t is apparent that the southern and
southwestern states are still the scenes
of greatest activity. the states west
of the Mississippi river have added
2446 miles and the states south of the
Ohio and east of the Mississippi 1,O21
miles, making a total of 3,467 miles
The states in which no new mileage is
reported are: New Hampshire, YER
mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Delaware and Nebraska
The longest new road completed
Angeles & Salt Lake, from Caliente,
New, to Daggett, Cal, 29S II miles, AZ
miles of which were built in 1908.
The Minneapolis, St. Paul &c Sault Ste.
Marie laid 2O7 miles of track from
Ottertail, Mimi, to Emerson, Man, on
the Canadian border thus completing
the extension from Glenwood, Mimi,
to a connection with the Canadian Pa
cific at Emerson: The St Louis,
Brownsville & Mexico completed it's
main line to Brownsville, Tex, 11S
miles from last years end of track,
and built a branch from Harlingen
Junction to point opposite san
Miguel, Mex, ST miles. The Louisville
& Nashville has completed with the
exception of a tunneD its Knoxville,
La Toilette & Jellico line from Sax
ton, KY, to Knoxville, Tenn, ~ miles
of which 26 miles were built in 1908.
Branches of this line aggregating 26
miles were built, and the Louisville &
Nashville proper also constructed 63
Virginia. This makes a total of 142
miles built by the L. & N. system. The
Midland Valley was extended from
Bokesha to Tulsa, I. T., 124 II miles, of
which 20 miles were completed in 1898
by the Muskogee Southern. The Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas completed its
Texas & Oklahoma line from Coalgate,
I. T., to Oklahoma City, Okla, by lay
ing 81 miles of tracks, and also built
80 miles of new line from Georgetown
to Granger, Tex. The st. Louis & San
Francisco system completed numerous
extensions in various states, and in
Guiding the st. Louis, Brownsville &
Mexico, which is generally understood
to be Frisco line, laid 366 miles of
track in Louisiana, Missouri, Okla
homa, Illinois, Arkansas and Texas.
New lines constructed by other COM
panies may be enumerated as follows:
Missouri Pacific, 1856 miles in Louisiana,
Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri and Ar
kansas; Great Northern, 13S miles in
Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana
and 81 miles in Canada; Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific. 1161z miles in Mis-
souri, and Arkansas; Mobile, Jackson
& Kansas City, 1857 miles in Missis-
sippi; Norfolk & Western, 100 miles in
Virginia and West Virginia; Seaboard
Aair Line, "a miles in Alabama and
Georgia; Atchison, Topeka & Santa F'e,
so miles in Texas, New Mexico, CalifOr-
mia and Arizona; Chesa peake & Ohio,
So miles in Kentucky.
The Denver, Northwestern & Pacific,
the mysterious road under construction
from Denver to Salt Lake City, Utah,
was extended from Coal Creek to Ar
rowhead, Col, SO miles. The Tonopah
road, 81 miles long, was completed to
the new mining camp in Nevada and
the Unitah railway was constructed
from Mack, Col, to Gilsonite mines at
Dragon, Utah, 55 miles.
Wit hthe exception of the 60-nlile link
(of which ten miles were completely to
connect the Western Maryland and the
West Virginia, Central & Pittsburg,
Carnegie & Western into Pittsburg, no
work has been done during the past
year on the various roads necessary to
complete the Atlantic seaboard lire of
the Wabash system, and there are no
indications that work is to be resum-
ed soon on these lines. There are per-