Salt Lake Times | 1890-09-05 | Page 4 | Railway Briefs

RAILWAY BRIEFS. The deliveries of steel rails to June 1, 1800, were 508,000 tons, and sales 1,080,-000 1,080,-000 tons. A car service association has begun business in Louisville. Every railroad in the city is a member. The tise of natural gas as a fuel in Ohio and adjoining states has seriously affected the local traffic of the railways. The Car Service association of Cleveland Cleve-land has reduced the average detention of cars by shippers and consignees to 1.87 days. The Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton railroad the Ontario and Western's new branch to the coal fields runs from Hancock Han-cock Junction, N. Y., to Scranton, Pa., a distance of C4.37 miles. For several years the number of people killed at railroad crossings in Chicago has averaged 250 a year. The roads aro now obliged to fence their lines and erect gates at all crossings. The Railroad Gazette in a recent issue presents a tabulated statement of new railroad construction for the first sin months of 1800. It shows 2,206 miles ot track laid in that time, and 5,703 miles of road projected. . Tho hill introduced into congress by Representative Gifford, provides that homogeneous steel ties be placed on all railroads within five years, which will keep the track in line and prevent the spreadiug of the rails.