, 1906-11-10
THE PROSPERITY WAVE.

Never In the history of the world has
any nation or people enjoyed the ire
mendous wave of prosperity now enjoy.
ed by the people of the United States.
There appears to be sue a volume OF
IL and so continuous In its nature that
it is n positive detriment in somc cases.
For instance, IL u railroad desires new
equipment Or a new line wishes TO rush
things, a rush cannot be made, for the
simple reason that orders for material,
cars, ETC., must be placed more than
a year ia advance.
Superintendent w. l.. Park of the
Union Pacific talked entertainingly OF
the Union Pacific condition and out
look while In Denver the other day
saying that n large mount of double
rae would be constructed during 1907
trac kwould be constructed during 1907
The road. he said, had all the business
t could handle. I'VE nave just put in
sixty-fye miles of double-traok between
Lane and Valley in Nebraska, and lif-
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Lookout, Hanna and Rock Springs. We
will put in 200 miles of double track
next year, in Nebraska between Wat
sons Ranch and Omaha, and between
Wamsutter and Rawlins in Wyoming.
We have just completed laying 800
miles of %90-pound rails between Oma.
ha and Green River"
Another railroad man, In an inter,
view in Denver, also ~corroborates all
that has been said in relation to the
wonderful business conditions. George
w. Martin, general agent of the Rock
Island n Frisco systems, has return,
ed from a three-weeks' trip to st. Louis.
Kansas City and Chicago. Business
was booming everywhere | went" he
said. '"All the roads have far more
business than they can handle, They
haven cars enough to carry the
freight that is waiting to be shipped,
n what is more they can't get them.
That seem to be a point which the
shippers do not understand. We have
business men in here every day who
say If you haven't got cars enough to
handle your business, why don't you
buy some?' We would be glad to buy
new cars If We could get them, but
there isn't a car foundry in the country
that isn't two years behind with its or
ders. They are running night and day,
every n of them, and there are a
large number of plants in the country,
but nevertheless 1t is impossible for
a railroad to get IN order for cars de
liyered inside of a year and a half.
The trouble is that the products of
this country are increasing too fast for
the a companies, n the utmost ca
pacity of their shops is insufficient to
supply the demands of the railroads"
From the foregoing Wyoming people
can gather the reasons why railroad
construction in this state la not been
pushed with more apparent vigor. The
vigor has really been behind railroad
managers, but they have been unable
to obtain material and men to do the
work. The coming year, however, will
unquestiouably see much work don't up
on the Burlington n the Northwest
ern lines, in the way of extension
work, and upon the Union Pacific in
doubling.tracking.
The recent election will prove an in
centive to all name of work through
out the nation. The republican star
is still in the ascendancy and lends
confidence to investors. A republican
house and senate viii support a re-
publican president for two years to
come, at least, and the outlook for the
presidential election in 1908 is exceed
ingly bright.
President Roosevelt is said to be con