The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-02

complete Its extension from Casper to
Lander. which will be finished To the
latter point in August
In Montana some 700 miles Of line
are under construction. but no track
has yet been laid. The only other
Western State in which no new track
has been put down this year Is Iowa
Busy Time in Nevada.
The 227 miles OF new line In Nevada
have been built by three companies,
namely, the Las Vegas e Tonopah the
Nevada Northern and tho Virginia 81
Truckee, and there is stlll larger mile
age under construction.
In addition TO the 260 miles of track
laid In Texas there arc over 900 miles
under construction, good percentage
of which viii be completed this year,
and In Louisiana. where 14S miles have
been completed since January |. work
Is being pushed on 900 miles of addl-
tlonal extensions, with tracklaying dust
starting on several OF them.
The Western Pacific has just begun
tracklaylng on Its 924-mile line from
Salt Lake City to San Francisco. Tho
present work Is west from Salt Lake
CITY and an official report from tho
chlef engineer states that tracklaying
VIII begin In California in August Tho
work OF grading on this line is being
pushed with much vigor In Utah, Ne
Vada and California.
Grading is In progress In North Da-
kota, Montana and Washington on tho
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul extern
SION from EVarts, S. D, to Tacoma and
seattle, but there Is much heavy work
on this line and It is not anticipated
that much track Will be laid during
the current year.
The systems enumerated below
which have many new lines under con-
strGctlon, have laid track since Janu-
airy L as follows: Chicago & North
western. 127 miles; Hartman system,
including the Southern Pacific. the Un-
Ion Pacific, the Oregon Railroad & Nav
tgatlon company and the oregon Short
Line, 12O miles Santa Fe system. 81
miles; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy,
W miles; Great Northern, 63 miles.
deWater-Deepwater system, 66 miles;
Rock Island system, 40 miles; Illinois
Central AZ miles; Wisconsin Central,
IS miles; Buffalo & Susquehanna. 3S
miles; Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
81 miles.
Few Railway Insolyencies.
The number OF railways in the hands
OF receivers continues to decrease tho
few that have been added to the list
In recent years being more than Offset
by the number of recelverships that
were. ended by foreclosure or by friend
- iSOL buillSdllOn without SAFE In Cne
first six months OF this year only flve
short roads, with a total OF 1874 miles
OF lines, were placed In charge of the
courts; while five roads, with l75 miles,
were restored to their owners by sale,
and another. having thirty-four miles
was found solvent and re-
turned to the original company No
receivership mas been established this
year as result of financial difficulties
OF recent origin, and no new InsolVen-
cles are In sight or apprehended at the
present time, although for the future
everything depends on the reasonable
OF the rate making and
taxing power by State and national au-
thorlties. 1t would be easy TO bankrupt
all railways by materially reducing
their income and increasing their taxes
and wage schedules, but this would be
So urprofltable to the public that II
scarcely can be contemplated.