Show Railway Activity This Year NEW YORK Feb 21The Enoinccring News this week will say that the work of railway extension the coming season promises pro-mises more activity than any season since 1SS7 In the United States there are 5OS9 miles in process of construction 7041 miles surveyed and 2 831 miles projected making a total of 14910 miles In Canada the figures are Construction 714 surveys 438 projected Tilt total 2118 The principal enterprises under way are in the south and southwest on the coal roads of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and Ohio and in Montana and Washingtoa Almost all the lines in prospect are rather short and generally gen-erally furthered to develop comparatively local interests There are practically no parallels |