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Show IIMiVaI, III IMUMIIlV. lAAprui.il ol the lailln thll week of thertllwnrw.il Iroin thla oily lathe uitgeallun from llrailatreeta that there taenia In be every proepeot tbat the year 1MM will be roar kid by a tangible lucrrate In the ami unt of railroad can almctlon lo Lead, ed lo tut-.11. til g mileage uf lha Unllid Hialte. f r Ibe latt two yiara the allect of hard tlmee upon tl.H branch of Itnluitry wat eery marked; In IH'.'S let! than l.bnil nillea i f new track waa bul l, ai d lu lri" the anicunlwaa only 1 .ti.Vi mlln; Hi Ihh.1 Ihe am-reale footed up only It tl'ii mlltt, agalnat over 4,imk rallaa In Uul and I Mi.'. retpectlTely. There hat been a tleady deoraiae eince lb87, whan 11!,7.'4 mllea of new track waa Milll. Dlaoiiating thll branob of the general gen-eral outlook uf the country, Iba ItalN Way Age taya Ihla dvereeeo ll tl not mean that Ihe d-uianJ for rallwaya It nearly auppllrd and that conetrucllon will ouollnua to decietae, for there la mom and will be need fur far greater than Ihe entire preaeilt mileage ol the n iuntry. If we had aa many mllea at Uieat llillain In our ratio of railway mileage to tiiare mile of territory, Inalrad of IHI.MIII wb would have a tuial of nearly iilil.iimi inlla.; n all the ouuulry were aa w-l' tuiiplii-d aa Illl. nolt wo would have oJ.noo mllea, and f Mataauliutatla were lakra ee the bane there would he 77J.UUO mllea ol 1 1 nee. The Age makee a Hat of ruada upon which oioMruotliio hat heeu onin-ineni-ed or whluh glee promlte uf eariy cnmmiini-emenl. There era batweeo .111,000 and 411,1)01) mllea unoomplaled ur projected; and of 2i6 lioea lying In 47 italea nud terrlturlea there la proepeel of buiidlng Ihla year 10,141 mllra. Thla la prrlty Wall dliirlbuieu neer the entire country, Ulali being aiilgned 45 mlki, Nevada an, ldeho 8, aud Ariiiia Oil. It will be ietn thai even Una Hat dole nul laulude all that li lu prutpeot lu Utau befure thll year oluei-a. It li arguid, and with good reatun, that Ihla revival In Ihe railroad build-lug build-lug Imiuilry Indlcalea a great relief from the prriiurenf hard llmea whloh have prevailed. Wllh Iba revival lu :hal Hue there muat ba a parallel advance ad-vance lu other brauoliet; auu the aitu-atlou aitu-atlou ol Utah la auoh at to give every etiuiauce that Hie will be lu the front rauk uf the prutrliy atleuulug theae encoureglug devil ipmenti. |
