Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1884 — Railway Construction. [ARTICLE]

Railway Construction.

Advance sheets of The Railway Age show the following record of railway construction during the year 1883: We complete this week our detailed statement, by roads, of the new track laid in the United States daring the year 1883. The compilation of these statistics Involves a great amount of correspondence, and it is impossible t» make a complete report at the end of the year. These final figures, however, do not differ very greatly from those given in our issue of Dec, 27, iBB3. At that time we stated the total mileage for the year, so far as reported, at 6,608 miles. This we have since increased by 61 miles, our record now showing the amount of new track laid during 1883 to have been 6,870 miles. The following is our summary, by States: States. Miles.) States. Miles. New England State?— Kentucky 127.6 Maine 41.2) Pacitle Belt— Vermont 22.0 California 231.0 Massachusetts..... 18.0 Oregon 196.3 Connecticut 3.0 Arizona j.. 156.0 Eastern M. States— 1dah0....... 282.0 New York.. 1..... ..399.2 Washington Ty... ,isi.o New Jersey ; 7.5 Missouri Belc-f Pennsylvania 303.6 Minnesota.. 167.5 Middle W. StatesOhio 849.0 Arkansas .198.5 Indiana 180.3 Louisiana 238.1 Michigan, 421.3 Kansas Belt— Illinois 174.7 Dakota.-.rr.-.r-.T»~ ,4i0.8 Wisconsin 218.8 Nebraska <7.199.2 Southern States— Kansas 144.0 Virginia 98.1 Indian Territory... 12,0 North Carolina.... 52.0 Texas 68.5 South Carolina.... 40.5| Colorado Belt— Georgia... 65.5 Colorado 88.8 Florida 245.2 Montana 413.0 Alabama 181.0 New Mexico 81.0 Mississippi 261.1 Utah 160.0 Tennessee 40.0 Work on the Washington monument has been resumed.