Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-04
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RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT.

RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT.
According to statistics printed by
the Railway Age, the railroads of the |
oountry have sought in the past year |
to increase their equipment that they
might in a measure keep pace with
the growth Of traffic. In the twelve
months just passed there have been
orders placed for 3,400 passenger cars,
$3.50 locomotives and $4,000 freight
cars Besides THAT there have been
5000 miles of new ailway built.
These figures show a total of nearly
three-quarters of "a billion dollars
which has been expended to take care
care of the increase.
The total mileage built is greater
than any other year since 1888 and
the extensive plans for new mileage
in the northwest promise to make the
coming year the greatest in history for
railroad building
The most interesting figures, how
ever, are those which show the mar
velous struggle of the railroads, es-
pecially in the west, to handle the ex-
cess of freight. A year ago, there
were orders placed for 341 ,315 freight
cars i'm talis country Canada and
Mexico, and 302,S76 of these cars
were ordered placed from American
companies.
In 1905 there were orders placed for
310,805 freight cars, of which 25S, 1886
We're placed with American com.
panies.
But the orders that have already
been placed for cars next year insure
the building of more cars during 1907
than in any previous year Every one
of the contract companies has orders
0 in for cars which will strain their ca
B paeity up to September 1. That will
mean THAT the contract companies,
which have a capacity of about 200,.
600 cars a year, Will turn out as many
as 10000 by September /. According
to THAT figure, there should be an out
put next year of fully 350, 900 cars from
the contract companies and the pri-
waite shops. @@5#
A remarkable feature of THE new
orders that have been coming in lies
in THE fact THAT most of the tremen-
dous expansion is for cars of steel and
with steel under-frames. About Al per
cent of all the cars ordered last year
were for those of this class. This
class of cars is essential in tunnels and
subWays, where no other form of con
egtruction is fthought of. The Pullman
company has about completed the
first absolutely freproof steel car
for a sleeper, and many of the indi-
yiduad railway companies have erected
steel sleepers of their own during the
last year. 3
There has been a decrease of 623
locomotives ordered during 1906 over
the engines ordered the year before,
But those ordered nave been of a
much higher type in power and size
Almost the last order which abs been
received was for an engine of 19x24
cylinders and weight on four drivers
of los, 900 pounds.
The coming year will introduce
many large electric locomotives fou
use ON the eastern lines. The resud
may mean a great reduction in the
number of orders placed for steam 10
comotives.
Three great railways are n1akin.
great plans for extension in the north
west, the Great Northern, Norther,
Pacific and the st. Paul road. Thest
companies have ordered am increase o
stock amounting to over 1922 ,000
Most of this money will go into in
creasing the equipment and into build
ing new hines. The SIT. Paul roap
especially will expend great sums d
building new lines Through its Wester!
extensions. The other two roads vii
devote most of the amounts put asid
for building, into putting double TRACK
age ON their main divisions.
DR. - -------- s: Il
The season for campaign misreprt
sentation ought to be over and tina
for malicious misrepr ougt
not ITO exist. For THAT reason TIL
rtlrnor IN the Valley City TiInes-Ret
ord that the general fund OF the stat
is overdraWn and THAT a flood of u,
paid BILLS will be left ior the d1pcon
ing adnindstr atdon ITO pay, are to /
condemned as untraithf1l and unius
Notwitlsta nding the fact that the pre-