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Show RAILWAY BRIEFS. The government of India has heavily subsidized a company to build a railway from Simla to Kalka. It is said that over 15,000,000 tons of freight wero hauled in 1880 by the New York Central. Nearly 4,000,000 tons were coal and coke. In Finland a railroad is building from Viborg to the falls of Ymatra in order to accommodate the ever increasing number of tourists. One of the most remarkable feats of railroad engineering was the change of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad from a narrow to a standard gangs. The business of the Transcaspian railway rail-way has reached a valne of 120,000 rubles (about $65,000) per week, chiefly from cotton, which is now largely cultivated culti-vated in Central Asia. The "relief fund" of the Pennsylvania railroad is no small affair. In 1889 it is said that the employes contributed $?77,-401 $?77,-401 and the company $70,100, making a total of 1447,621. Of this $343,589 was paid out. It is said that the Union Pacific has appropriated $20,000 for the establishment establish-ment of railroad men's olub buildings in the Rocky mountains. There are already several flourishing organizations of the kind in the same region. The Pennsylvania railroad is experimenting experi-menting with a shaking grate on its freight engines, and the result is said to be satisfactory. An engine equipped with a grate ran over five days without clogging, and the fire continued brisk. No blower was needed. "Steve" Navin, the baggage master of a Peekskill local, who has been connected with the New York Central longer than any man, except Superintendent of Motive Mo-tive Power William Buchanan, has been referred to by President Depew in addresses ad-dresses oftener than any one else on the road. |