Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1901 — THE RAILROADS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE RAILROADS

New life will be infused into the Burlington road by the election of Mr. Harris to the presidency. Ten now coaches, live baggage cars and two diners will lie received by the. Nickel Plate road during tlie present month. Oil all through tickets via Buffalo next summer a stay-over ticket of ten days will be allowed by depositing tickets and paying a fee of sl. A rate of one fnro for the round trip will be made by the Western roads for the meeting of the Elks’ grand lodge in Milwaukee in July. Western roads will make a rate of a fare and a third for the round trip for tin* automobile exposition to be held in Chicago March 23-30. A bill has been introduced in the Missouri Legislature compelling railroad companies to furnish separate ears for white and colored persons.

Surveyors have ix-cti put on the road to locate a route for the proposed Kansas City, Mexico and Orient road, westward from Minnca, State of Chihuahua, Mex. A largo amount of money is to l«? expended by the Nickel Plate during the coming year in building new steel bridges and other betterments preparatory to the use of heavier locomotives. The chnlriueu of the seven passenger associations of the country met in Chicago to organize a protective bureau against manipulations of tickets. No definite plans were agreed upon. Western roads have again agreed to pool nil government soldier travel. Bids for the movement of troops will hereafter be made only by the chairman of the Western Passenger Association of Chicago. (Shipments of dead freight front Chicago proper to the Fast last week increased slightly over the traffic of tho preceding week. Grain iHst week amounted to 2.295,0t53 bushels, dressed beef to 21,082.220 pounds and Dour to 110,209,-194 barrels. A bill has been introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature to prJTK’t railroads front tramps, it provides thnt riding on, tinder or between cars without paying fare and with intent to avoid payment shall be it misdemeanor subject to fino and imprisonment. An unusually fast run has been scored by the Erie road. A train departed from Hnbiimuten, X. V., one hour and sixteen miuutcs late and arrived in Chicago on time. One stretch of 12f miles was covered in 130 minutes, including five stops, one of eight minutes. Extensive Improvements are being planned by the Burlington company in connection with the enlargement of the terminal facilities of the Fnion passenger station. Chicago. The Burlington la buying til the property it can get along the right of way between Van Boren sad Sixteenth streets.