Salt Lake Times | 1890-07-08 | Page 4 | Local News

The new railroad track built iu the United States during this year, up to July 1, wan 1900 miles. During the same period last year there were 1080 miles built. Tho total mileage constructed con-structed during 18S0 was 5300. The new mileage this year will reach COOO. The southern states, east of the Mississippi, Missis-sippi, lead in new construction, having built 54 per cent of the entire mileage this year. During the year 1889 they built 30 per cent. According to the Railway Gazette, the southwestern states and territories have this year built 10 per cent of the total road built. The northwestern states, in which for a number of years the greatest activity has prevailed, have built but 10 per cent of the total mileage for the half of 1890. Georgia leads all the states in the amount of road built so far this year, with 188 milea. Tho chief characteristic charac-teristic is still has it has been for mauy months, short extensions of old lines. The entire amount built so far has been by ninety-six companies averaging less thau twenty miles each, but five of those have built over lifty miles. The strugglo to occupy new territory is chiefly in the stato of Washington.