Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16

The annual report of the Great North
I'm Railroad Company shows an Increase
Of nearly $1,000, 900 La gross earnings. the
total being $46.259,550.
Executive and managing officers Of the
large railway systems are encouraging Q
new railroad correspondents school that
has just been established. as they believe
that it viii result in a more plentiful
supply Of COED railroad labor.
During the last summer the Grand
Trunk railway carried 120,ooo passengers
ON special trains. Tbs is fAe largest
business ever handled n an three
moaths md equals the record nade dur
ing the worlds fair in Chicago.
+, The aaaual report 81 tie Baltimore
snd Ohio Railroad Company sssws Fess
earnings Of $50, sos, 71s, an Increase Of
nearly $l0,o0O,OO0 ovee tie preceding
The net earnings we're $29.166,.
7D9. An records were broker in the
carriage Of freight. which sotaled $685.
re- .
The decrease Of s7s5.794 IN passenger
earnings during the last Rscal year Of
- nlineis Central railroad is shown
b. to annual report Just issued. but
Arom other sources earnings increase was
Sol ,0B6,4O5, or a TEAL increase OF 81
127, S55. The expenses were only $34.-
3O2,4U in the last thirteen years. Ten
million dsaiars has been used in substi-
tuting new engines and cars for old ones.
The first heavy train ran over the New
York Central by electricity drawn by one
Of the new 1OO-ton electric locomotives,
rolled into the Grand Central station af.
ter making a seven-mile. trip from High
Bridge on the same schedule as the regu-
lar slum train. President Wilgus and a
party Of officials were on board. The
train consisted of eight Pullman cars. The
locomotive is almost noiseless, due to the
fact hat the motors are attached directly
70 the shaft. The maximum speed can be
attained In one-third the distance required
BY a steam locomotive.
In his annual report President Delano
Of the Wabash says that competition
among railroads in the future will be In
supplying facilities for passenger and
freight trafic, rather than competition
IN rates. This is true, particularly in
view Of the rate law, which VIII result IN
fixed. stable and universal rates. Tho
gross earnings for the year were $685.
e15,37S. which is an increase OF $31e,-
37S notwithstanding the falling 81 ct
S294,170 in passenger earnings Repair
Ing expenses were $1S,OTS,SST, OF a de-
crease Of $2,425.557. The surplus fer
the year was S509,33c.
Seven years ago the present terminal
Of the New York Contra and the New
Have. systems at Forty-second street,
New Ysrk, was completed at a cost Il
S2,50O,0Oo. It was regarded as a mag
ni6cent moaument to the commercial
greatness of the metropolis, adequate fer
AS needs For many decades. Engineers
RANKED it among the best equipped raii-
soad stations Of the world. And yet, after
only seven years use, this great structure
must be torn down to make way tr oEe
Of far vaster proportions Nevelsin the
history Of the city has its growth madt
necessary the sacrifice of q building &C
large or 50 costly.
d.. 81. Hartman mas been so faveraSfy
impressed with the recent experiments
with the gasoline motor car on Union
Pacific lines that he has ordered the cree.
ton Of shops exclusively for their COR
utruction. These cars are now IN active
use On Union Pacific tracks, several o<
them having been turned out by the regu-
lar Omaha shops in the hast few months
They are made entirely of steel and are
s. feet long, being similar in shape to
pn inverted racing yacht, the roof round
ed off and the front end tapering off to 4
sharp point. Thus wind resistance II
reduced TIC q minimum. The car is driven
m q 100 horsepower, six-cyfinder gaso-
Fine engine. with a primary battery TO
START on ani n magnetic for regular ruAr
Sc.