Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1901 — THE RAILROADS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE RAILROADS

A union station to cost $25,000 is to be erected in Henderson, Tenn. Between Rochester and Buffalo sixtytwo passenger trains run daily. Crop reports from points along the western railway systems continue pessimistic. The Chicago and Western Indiana will elevate its tracks 'in Chicago. Cost, $6,000,000. , The Pullman company will rebuild its Wilmington, Del., plant, at a cost of $250,000. Officers of the Burlington railroad are considering a plan for the pensioning of their company's employes. Officers of all the big western roads are now busy watching the crop reports that are being sent in almost hourly. Earnings of the passenger department Of the Chicago Great Western are show-, ing wonderful increases tompared with last year. Arrangements have been made by the Grand Trunk to establish a through sleeping car line from Chicago to Portland, Me. Rumors are again rife of ( a merging of the Groat Western and Wisconsin Central with either the Harriman or the Morgan-Hill combination. Vice-President Brown of the Lake Shore is now making a thorough inspection of every mile of that systi m for file purpose of familiarizing himself with the road. Rates on cotton fabrics from Chicago and this district to all Southern points were advanced July 1. The merchandise has been advanced from fifth to fourth class. The management of the Union Pacific Railroad Company is sending our invitations to join a private excursion to view the recent wonderful engineering work on the lines of-ihis system in Wyoming. Trains on all branch lines of the Lackawanna system will hereafter lie operated by telephone Instead of telegrapfT If the experiment is a success the new system will be extended over all of the Imckawanna lines. So heavy is west-bound passenger travel now that the Pullman company is being severely taxed to furnish stiff! lent cars. The Northwestern. Burlington, Rock Island and other roads have been short on first-class sleepers out of Chicago for several days. Passenger travel on the roads west bound from Chicago has attained such proportions that several of the lines are now refusing busitoesk. One rtrttd the other day absolutely declined to sell tickets to three large parties bound for the Rocky Mountain districts. J. A. Fillmore, who has resigned the position of manager of the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific Railway after almost a lifetime of meritorious service, will l>e paid SI,OOO a month by the company till the end of the year and a pension of SSOO a month thereafter as long «s he lives, <