New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-15
ALL EXPECT PROSPERITY
Railroad officials Cite Opinions IN
The Manufacturers Record.

Baltimore Sept. "a tspeeiaD.-"The Manufactur-
ers Record" publishes this week dispatches from
railroad executives in different parts of the coun-
Try telling of the general prosperity prevailing In
many lines. and giving reasons why prosperity
should continue
Vice President " w Finley of the Southern
Railway sees in the peculiarly equitable distribu-
ton of great natural resources throughout vast
extent OF country the tendency TO curtal the size
Of farms while extending the improved area, and
the rise of a multitude OF thriving cities in trade
and industry the reasons for the South being the
coming populous section of the country.
President Ramsey of the Wabash Railroad. who
has Just returned from abroad reports friendly
feeling there for American methods and machinery.
and SAYS:
Industrial conditions ~ home seem to be excel
lent, and promise 10 continue for time TO
come. as all branches seem TO be full of orders.
Engines. cars. rails and all sorts of railroad sup
plies will be required in large quantities take
care of traffic and increased safety in operation.
vice-President j T Harahan of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad favorable conditions throughout
the entire Mississippi Valley. He SAYS:
lndsr,s b s'yK prevails in the M tn
70 he ending of the Russo-Jspanese war and the
s8sni 6y the Russian nation Of discrinna tory
and agricultural machinery. very favorable con-
s With the sbon 5s Ws a sas
dsciory conditio9s as 70 supply and demand for
both skilled and unskilled labor at good wages.
WIN requirements for manufactured products ne
ceSsltaung mills working overtime, and with the
pulse OF trade beating steadily and in a healthy
manner | consider the outlook, whole, ex-
tremely bright for a continuance of the present
satisfactory business conditions
President A. E Stillweil Of the Kansas City.
Mexico and Orient Railway. has never seen the
West as prosperous IL is now, and this prosperity
is enjoyed also by Mexico
Some unprecedented commercial disaster would be
required to impair seriously within two years
the present wealth OF business confidence, in the
opinion of President J. 4. Edison Of the Kansas
City Southern Railway, who finds IN existing con-
dtions guarantee Of prosperity for at least four
five years. President r L. Wincheu of the Rock
Island system is assured Of some twelve fifteen
months Of good business
Crops along the line OF the seaboard Air Line
Railway have been above the average the saw
mills and cotton manufacturers all working 10
their full capacity, and President J. NJ Barr says:
Taking the situation as q whole it is most en-
couraging The industrial development is all that
could be desired and business prospects in all
branches are most fatterng. Unless something
unforeseen happens, IL is my belief that the next
twelve months Will he record breaking period in
the South.
President Henry Ct Davis Of the Coal and Coke
Railway, just completing its lines of about
hundred miles through the centre Of West Viz
ginia, says:
The industrial and commercial conditions of the
whole country for the future appear bright,
ana nowhere more South than in west Virginia.