The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-18

reported under contract, a little over
6S Der cent. Of which. or 5,TSe miles,
We're completed during the year, and
this percentage would have been con-
slderably larger but for the upheayal
IL Wall street. which caused a decided
slump in railway building during the
last half of the year. How much of
the mileage under contract will be
be predicted. We believe, however, that
the percentage will be larger than that
of 1908.
Although important extensions will
be made in all sections of the country,
the southern and southwestern states
will contribute the larger part of the
new mileage for 1904, over 10 per cent.
or 1850 miles. of the lines under con-
tract being located in those regions. In
the eight southwestern states and ter
ritories there are 2.256 miles reported
under contract, of which 1858 miles are
in Texas. SIG miles in Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory. 1862 miles in Mis-
souri,. 331 miles in Arkansas, 169 miles
in New Mexico, lis miles in Kansas,
and % miles in Colorado In the
south Atlantic group. where 1,426 miles
are under contract. 621 miles are with
in the borders of West Virginia. 307
miles are in North Carolina. 204 miles
in Georgia, 1874 miles in Florida and ia
miles in Virginia, and of the 69S miles
under contract in the gulf and Mis-
siSsippi valley states, 2S3 miles are
located in Mississippi. 1913 miles in
Tennessee, 121 miles in Alabama, S6
Kentucky. III the middle. central,
northern and northwestern groups
there are 2e3 miles under contract in
Pennsylvania, 204 miles in Illinois. 143
miles in Ohio and Ill miles each in
Minnesota and Indiana. while in the
Pacific states, California has 80 miles,
Nevada 213 miles and Arizona 81 miles
under contract.
The Missouri Pacific, which completed
PAL miles of new road last year, is push
ing work on it's Memphis, Helena &
Louisiana and White River lines in Ar
kansas and Missouri and on a number
of other shorter extensions, and alto
gether has 800 miles in Louisiana, Ar
kansas, Kansas and Missouri on which
work is well advanced. The Kansas
City Mexico & Orient has 743 miles I'M
der construction in Kansas. Oklahoma
and Texas, with a good percentage of
the grading completed; the San Pedro,
Los Angeles * Salt Lake is now laying
track on the 260 miles necessary to com
plete the gap between Calientes, New,
and Daggett, Cal, and the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific is pushing to
completion its line between St Louis
and Kansas City so as to have it ready
for Worlds fair traffic About 10 miles
of this line remained to be completed
on December 81, but the grading is now
finished and track is being laid rapidly
The st. Louis & San Francisco has 1856
miles under contract in Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and
Louisiana, most of which will be COM
pleted by July l. and the Wabash will
resume work in the spring on the vari-
Gus links in Ohio, West Virginia and
Maryland which are necessary to COM
plete its line to the Atlantic seaboard.
These various lines of the Wabash. to-
gether with the PittsburG, Carnegie &
Western, which is now well along to-
ward completion, aggregate 273 miles.
Complementary it may be stated