Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-09
PROSPERITY sTRAWs


Age-Gazette are straws which show
how the trade winds Of prosperity are
blowing:
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis and
Western, which recently ordered IS
locomotives, has issued inquiries for
five 10-wheel locomotives.
The Pennsylvania Lines West, re
ported in the Railway Age-Gazette Of
Nov. II last as being in the market for
so locomotives, has ordered As super
heater Consolidation locomotives from
the American Locomotive company
and Is Of the same type from the Lima
Locomotive corporation.
The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern has
ordered IS superheater Mikado loco
comotives from the American Loco
motive company.
The Arthur Iron and Mining com
pany has ordered switching locomo-
tive corporation.
The Southern is in the market for
number OF locomotives.
The Kansas City Southern is in
curing for prices on 200 gondola car
bodies
The Southern Railway is reported
to be in the market for large mum
Der of cars.
The Canadian Pacific will build ESQ
refrigerator cars in its own shops at
Montreal.
The Erie has ordered 13-all-steel
suburban coaches from the Pressed
Steel Car company.
The Long Island has issued inquiT-
les for 6 parlor cars, 10 baggage cars
and Is trailer coaches.
The Chicago & Alton has ordered
$50 complete gondola car bodies from
the Haskell & Barker Car company
! The Minneapolis, ST Paul & Sault
Ste Marie railway has ordered 200
50-ton ore cars from the American
Car e. Foundry company.
/ The Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern has ordered two dining cars from
the Pullman company and 500 hopper
cars from the American Car & Foun-
dry company
The Monongahela Connecting is in
curing for prices on SIS 120-ton bot
tom gondola cars, 10 100-ton fiat cars
and 25 to so 40-ton coke cars,
The Nashville, Chattanooga & ST
Louis will build 500 Acton box cars
in its own shops III addition to the 500
reported In the Railway Age Gazette
of Oct. 15
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas is in
quiriug for prices on 500 general serv-
ice cars in addition to the 1000 COM
posite gondola cars reported in the
Railway Age Gazette Of Nov Il.
The Montour railroad reported il
an uneonhrmed item in the issue OF
Nov IL as having ordered 500 stee1
car bodies from the Standard Steel
Car company ordered but 400 steel car
bodies from that company.
The Western Maryland was report.
ed in an unconfrmed item in last
weeks issue as having increased its
order for hopper cars recently given
the Pullman company from 1000 tc
5000 This item has since been con
tirmed
The Interhorough Rapid Transit
reported in the Railway Age Gazette
Of Nov, ~. as being in the market fol
81 ail-steel subway cars, has ordered
234 motor car bodies and n trailer
car bodies from the Pullman com.
pany
The Cincinnati. Indianapolis &
Western, reported in last weeks ISSUE
as having ordered $50 freight cars
from the Haskell & Barker Car com
pany. ordered 45e Acton box cars, 81
40-ten stock cars; 30 Acton fat cars;
so 50-ton gondoia cars; 50 Seton hop
per cars and 20 caboose cars from that
company
There Is only one answer when the
railroads OF the country show such
buying propensities as those outlined
Iahoye-itenas cleaned from single
Issue Of the eountry's leading railway
That