Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1904 — THE RAILROADS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE RAILROADS.

Petroleum shipments from the coast of Texas during August amounted to 1,104,151 barrels. Additional reports ore received nbnost every week of the adoption of electric motive power by steam railroads for part of their service. Mississippi authorities have granted a new charter to the Natchez and Gulf railroad, which is planned to extend from Natchez to Gulfport. The telegraph block system has been put in use on the Cleveland and Pittsburg, between Cleveland, Ohio, and Alliance, fifty-seven miles. A machine shop containing thirteen acres under one roof has been planned by the Louisville and Nashville for construction at Iyouisville. It will cost $2,500,000. Journals of the lumber trade express considerable satisfaction and encouragement at the number of orders placed by railroad companies within the last few weeks for lumber. A construction company has been formed in New York to build the recently incorporated Mobile and Western Alabama railroad, for which surveys have already been made. The gross enrniugs of the railroads of Alnbnina for the year ended June 30, 1004, were $23.222,820.72* compared to $27,015,057.99 for the previous twelve months, the increase being $007,210.72. Rules affecting every railroad system In the United States were discussed by the American Railway Association nt its fall meeting in Philadelphia. Out of a membership of 273 line*, operating 217,372 miles of railway, 90 lines were represented by 130 delegates. Nearly $500,000 was spent by the Ix>ubrrille and Nashville daring 1904 for equipment. Of this, $213,302 went for freight cars; $105,972 for locomotive*,and the balance for passenger car equipment, steam wrecking care, and machinery passenger cars, and 2,944 freight care bonght.