Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1914 — United States, as Usual, Leads. [ARTICLE]

United States, as Usual, Leads.

Statistics issued by the bureau of railway news and statistics shows that the United States led in the matter of total amount of railroad construction during the year 1911, when the total amount of new railroads constructed In tie world was 17,161 miles, of which s,3Sfil miles were built in the United States. - J -