Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1902 — THE RAILROADS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE RAILROADS.

The Baldwin locomotive works is building twelve locomotives for Australia. Every' railroad in Utah, according to reports, is engaged in a rate war on west-bound business. Coal traffic over the Indianapolis and Vincennes is now the heaviest at any time in the road’s history. The Santa Fe Railroad is the first to inaugurate a system that prevents the tipping of dining car waiters. A new passenger train will be established between Milwaukee and Menusha, Wig., by the Wisconsin Central line. During the year ending Dec. 111, 11101, 177,450 trains arrived and departed from the Grand Central station, New York. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul management has adopted a rule to use Indian names only for gleeping and parter cars. Gross earnings of the Chicago Great Western Railway (Maple Leaf route) for the fourth week of -January show an increase of 11,433.40 over the corresponding week of last year. There were 5.057 miles of railways built in this country iu the past year. Texas has a long lend, having built 583 miles, Oklahoma earning next with 428 miles, and New Mexico third with 275 ini)es. General Superintendent Alshton of the Northwestern hag discovered a curiosity in the shape ,of one of The first timetables ever issued by tbe Northwestern. It bears the date of April 15, 1800. Tbe road then extended from Clinton to Cedar Rapids, a distance of 81.3 miles. There wag only one freight and,oun paa•eager train a day each way.