| Show Harriman Tells He Spent That n E 11 Mil M of what good lie he has hils done lIh the of or stocks slacks and bonds he hUll has lu gained ot oC the Union railroads Is Itt tho them themo of un all Interview with pub It by II William K 1 Curtis ton lOll correspondent orre of or the Chicago Hoc Hee ord Herald In the lh Kven Ing In Th rh says In port part The Napoleon of or 1111 me pleasantly anil nuked what hilt ho Ill could do Ilu for Cor me 1 replied that tho I newspapers were werl keeping 1 the public thoroughly Informed of oC oil nil the th wicked things ho hI was doing and J hurl hud thought It II might he hi Interesting to henr whItt good lor If any an he had done Mr Ir evidently him no nenia of oC humor Ho Ill did not crack a 11 smile but looked at me sternly and rill II Inquired whether I 1 expected him to ilLicit uch with a 1 newspaper man You ou might be he willing to 10 answer n 1 few I Very well ho ald UTO awny Anti And 1 What hlll good you done with tho proceed of or the In bond and you have floated you ob obtained I control of o the tho Union PM 11 und 1111 Southern railway I and amI rebuilt two IWO of lit the biggest rail railroads roads in II the Ih world altogether about miles of ot replied Mr 11 When I 1 commenced to rear reorganize Ih Union In ther th was nn In reason why h any lut UIO of or n II dozen 1 I men mn Rhoid not nol hl done Iono It II but hul nobody else ell to 10 hn tho nerve road was 1111 practically 1 u wreck wr I I U It had been Ih live yours tn 11 tho of a 8 ro roc c and tha t linos were ero no bad har that It nut II lit enough to 10 pay ax n 1 made muLI a II now roOd of or jt II to lo promote economy con convenience of lit and to 10 the 1111 and the public I It 11 In III close with the the Inn n Short Line Oregon Hallway and company compall the he Pacific Mall Steam Steamship ship lift line and 01 Ill and of ot less r Import I 1 them nil 1111 opened up lp a 1111 t ar n of vat al III III contributing by Ii build building ing In mile of nf new III road lOad and have 1111 mil additional under con on or I 1 hav i une n have hlo reduced grade cut out cut curve r the with heavy Iten nice III eel 1111 the Ihl wooden i with el 11 and ry r hll double trucked a II considerable I Ih l IS the hea leal hu provided additional terminals rind facilities for fill handling built eight nf 1 the finest l steamships on nn the tho ocean have the nept of lit nation on the Pacific hL bought or III built t 1418 locomotives S 1030 passenger cars carM and freight cars carsIn In thene continued 11 Mr oIl I 1 have spent to promote promo Ie the th material development of or the laloR and llUll communities by h the transportation lines lineR men mell mentioned They nerve Ire the people plying between the Ihl lt river and the Ollir tho Iho o all und u II of or Mexico Tin water lIler Ihl s furnish between Now York Now New Havana and be b 11 ll San SlIn Francisco and the west const of If o Central South America III and between II 0 t Son o 18 1111 n and the Ihl Philippines Ph I 11 How miles ot oC rond rone have you your control A little tittle lean than In the Pacific und u II more In III Inthe the Ih Southern Pacific To 10 develop th to 10 the th lIlon and 11 1 t in provide pr I prompt transportation for Cor the tho rapidly population wo WA have built Ir of new nO rail way WAI hu VI about miles morn mOl under construction Mr Ir culled Mr William Muhl Hie of ot the two y from rom the Ill next room 1001 to 10 give ho the details tI In these Improvements I there herc I wore Will expended from I tn I th t h clone of tho Ih year y lIr 1 for tor In Inline line reduction rt of 1011 Improve I In n und 1111 in iI other lift 1111 and additions to 10 Ihl ron terminal IO U fr rf steamships 1 nud for the 1 Inn of nf nl linen nn l lurch of oC terminal proper property er ertl ty tl a II total expenditure nf ot One hundred to III of or nil o o of or tidings 8 were built lo In f mn and freight IH ware On the of ot n II In tho th Bout Sont hern Par I fir any In III the r 1901 the new lIew wan confronted with a II con which d prompt Ion t 11 had c In keeping th Southern Pacific 1111 roin om out nf or tb nf nt dur during ing the Ih nix ye am of hll 11 ton dOli h HIP panli of lit IW n but hUI In d li K Ji there IhlI II tho hi of o Hie Ih property but HUh In proportion tn In Us tn to III nn n It tt roadway anil Kni in nf lit I I terminal Its III ond aa L j l facilities adequate for 01 thc tho during those years of at business depression lon were ern wholly holl Inadequate Ie for forthe forth the th movement of the th great which the era of ot expansion upon which tho Iho country had been entered OS devel developing To 10 provide for 01 this need 11 to open up 1111 the undeveloped country adjoining he the lines and to bring the Ihu properly NO orl up tn In the tho highest t of ot nc for prompt econom I AI movement ot oC Its It II large QUI out outlays lays Iy wen WI necessary alY Since July t 1 1801 1901 to the end lit the year 1905 there lias been expended an aggregate lI gh of or Jl There wert built or UI acquired acquire dur during ing hi this period un aggregate of or in I leu and 1 construction Is 18 progressing I on 1111 about 1700 1710 miles of or projected lines II II el elI I Thero were nillo added add SO miles of nf sec second ec ond truck OIHI j SO O miles of or sidings and there Ihen were cr rI locomotives passenger cars carH OO G freight rl ht cars and 1111 eight hum With lIh nil Increase of or HZ miles or orA orIL A IL fraction over 01 Iho per cent over 01 tho mileage operated In the year 1111 1501 there ther carried passengers rR ono mile In III against lI 6 In III 1901 |
