Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1900 — THE RAILROADS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE RAILROADS

Work Is being pushed upon the Rock Island extension from Kingfisher to Guthrie. A new station, to cost $30,000, will be built by the Chicago and Northwestern road at Beloit, Wls. It is said that the proposed electric railway between Aurora aud Chicago via Wheaton will be built this year. Western roads are trying to reach an agreement to contribute no cash toward the promotion of "street fairs" and aim-' liar enterprises. A plan is on foot looking to the consolidation of all the elevated railroads of Chicago with nn aggregate stock of more than $51,900,000. The Burlington road will run summer excursions between Colorado and Chicago similar to those recently announced by the Rock Island. St. Louis traveling salesmen are trying to induce the railroads to interchangeable excess baggage tickets, to be sold at a discount. The "Soo” line ran its first “homeseeker#’ excursion” on May 1 from the Northwest to New York, Boston and several Cities in eastern Canada. After several months of great inconvenience and marked financial looses the Chicago terminal lines have succeeded In lifting the blockade of freight cars In the local yards and have smothered the freight car famine out of existence. The Union Pacific has announced It# Intention of re-establishing the feeding-in-transit rule for stock, for which no additional freight charges will be made. The Northern Pacific Inaugurated It# double daily train service to the Pacific coast from St. Paul, Minneapoll# and Duluth to Helenn. Butte, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. An order was recently issued by the Southern Railway, applicable to South Carolina and Georgia, prohibiting the use of cigarette* by employes and forbidding the future employment of cigarette smokers.