Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-27
--------N vi
Under Contract Ii


From the totals it will be seen that
already there are over 1900 miles of
new railroad under contract or actually
under construction. while the live pro-
Jccts aggregate S4S3 miles. A year ago
our reports showed 1900 miles under
contract, 5000 miles, or thirds, of
which were completed ready for oper-
alton in 1905. OF course the remaining
miles now shown to be under contract.
1t should not be assumed that all the
lnilcage for which contracts have been
let Will be completed during the current
year. for such a result would be a ply
steal impossibility Some of the new
lines are of such length as to require
three or four years to complete them.
While there are many important lines
under construction in the Southern and
Southwestern States, which for many
years past have furnished a larger
percentage of the new mileage than
any other group Of States, the centre of
interest for the next few years will be
in the West ana extreme Northwest.
where so MANY important extensions
are being built In the interests Of the
large W"etern systems. These include
the Chicago, Milwaukee e. st. Paul eX-
tension from Evarts, N. D., to Tacoma
and Seattle. Wash. approximately 1900
miles, of which 1000 miles already are
under contract; the Western Pacific. on
which work is well advanced from Salt
Lake City to San Francisco, 937 miles;
the Denver. Northwestern & Pacific.
from sulphur Springs, Co.. to Salt Lake
CITY Vyt1h A-O
extensions being built by the Hill and
Hartman systems. The Hill lines, en-
hracinS the Great Northern, the North
ern Pacific and the Burlington, have 7Sf
miles under contract in North Dakota,
Nebraska. Montana. Idaho and Wash
ington, and the Hartman lines en-
hraciny the Southern Pacific, the Union
Pacific, the Oregon Short Line ana Ore
gon Railroad & Navigation Company,
have Sis miles actually under construc-
ton in Texas, Nebraska, Idaho, Mon
tana, California and Washington. with
many other Important extensions sur
Veyed or under survey. some of which
will be placed under contract this
spring.
In addition to its line to the coast,
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul will
complete its extension from PrcSho to
Rapid City, s. D., 115 miles this year
as we'll as the extension from Madison
to Sioux Fails, S. D., 3S miles, making
"a total of 1113 miles being built by the
St Paul system. Tha Chicago & North
western has 403 miles under construc-
ton and partially graded in Illinois,
Wisconsin. South Dakota and Wyom-
irg; the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
has over 700 miles to build to complete
its line between Kansas City and the
Mexican border: and the Santa Fe sys-
tom has 211 miles under way i'm Indian
Territory. Texas. New Mexico and
Arizona.
The following are some of tho other
companies which have important cx-
tensions Under contract: Missouri Pa
c'hc, 23O miles in Arkansas, Louisiana,
Illinois and Missouri; the Missouri.
Oklahoma & Gulf, 308 miles in the In
"ian' and Oklahoma territories and
Kansas and Texas; the Rock Island
system 134 miles in Iowa. Indian Terri
tory and Arkansas; the Southern Rail-
way, 255 miles in North Carolina Tenn
.CSSoe, Alabama, Indiana and MiSsissjp-
n; the Atlantic & Birmingham 20S
miles in Georgia and Alab;l ma; the Ilii-
nois Central. 40 miles in Mlseippi. Ala
tama, Indiana, Illinois. Kentucky and
Tennessee: the Wisconsin Central, $50
miles in Wisconsin,; the Florida East
Coast. 12S miles in Florida stiie Tri ni-
ty e BrazOs Valley, 227 miles in Texas:
the Colorado, Southern New OrleanS
IL Pacific $50 miles in louisiana; the
spokane international, 1i0 miles ,inj
Washington and idaho. .:
The so-called Yoakum- Hawley syn-
cicate. which now controls the Trinity
& Brazos Valley, the Beaumont Sour
Lake & Western, the Orange & North
western, the Colorado, Southern New
Orleans & Pacific, and other small
roads, has $50 miles of line under con-
struction in Texas and Louisiana, with
several hundred miles additional pro-
jected.
over two-thirds of the $4,000 miles