Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1898 — Railways Are Busy. [ARTICLE]

Railways Are Busy.

Chicago, May 11. —Freight business on the western lines is rushing. East and west of the Missouri the roads have more business in sight than they can readily handle, nod the indications are that the volume of shipments will show a still larger increase in a few weeks. East-bound business is made up chiefly of corn and cattle, and west-bound the lines are carrying large quantities of general merchandise.