Show Railroad Building Cacago 28The Railway Age publishes pub-lishes today a table fchowmg the number num-ber of miles of main track laid during the year 1S82 was 10821 on BIG lines in 44 states and territories Full returns will probably make the grand total 11 000 miles which is l50u mote than was constructed in 1881 the banner railroad building year up to that time The number num-ber oi miles constructed in the states mentioned was as follows Iowa 853 Texas 817 New York 1752 Colorado 500 Dakota 480 Pennsylvania 464 Minnesota 444 Of the 316 roads noted 140 are still uncompleted The capital invested during the year is estimated at 5270000000 exclusive of the sum spent in preparation of road beds on which track is not laid Building In the far west was as follows California 290 j Arizona 192 Utah 175 |