Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1902 — THE RAILROADS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE RAILROADS

The Northwestern management has improved the tourist sleeper service between Chicago and Portland. The Southern Railway Company has acquired trackage from Savannah and Jesup into Jacksonville, Fla., and is now running its own trains into the latter ,citjr. • The Burlington road has been notified that the government will construct a new overland stage road from Cody, Wyo., to the eastern outlet of Yellowstone Park. The Southern Pacific's statement for May shoW» that for the eleven month* 110,950,000, or practically the whole surplus after charges, has been devoted to improvements. Officials of the Burlington road i»y that Nebraska ia in the midst of the greatest winter wheat harvest in ita historj, and that estimates of the crops of both wheat and corn have been entirely too low. Along the Burlington lines for several years an enormous work ha* been going on and million* of dollars have been expended in reducing grades, taking out curves, building double track and putting in new steel bridges. Official announcement has been mads by the Northwestern management of the completion of the company’s double track from Chicago to the Missouri river at Omaha. The completion of ths work at an expense of nearly |R>,OOO,OOO will increase by fully 80 per cent the tonnage capacity of the road between the points named.