| Show AND ji HAITi George Gould Is making a tour ot of the tho theIron Iron Mountain lines An advance of 10 per cent has ha been horses from made on range Oregon Time The Santa Fe road will present Its trainmen with n it clean record as a Christmas Christians present The Boston Anaconda Pacific road has hots been granted tight right of way nt at Butto Dutte for a seven miles spur Twenty thousand on western lands Is the number the northwestern lines are figuring on lion han handling tIling In time the spring The question of granting winter ex CX excursion rates for Utah and Colorado will Viii be considered December 4 by the Western Passenger association The Illinois Central will extend Its lines to St Paul and take nn an active and In getting the business from roam the territory covered by time the great grett lines entering that city from the west veat Union Pacific brakemen object to be being belag lag ing responsible for accidents to cars when long bug trains of empties ON am being inn lun with only two to look after them They hold that thu longer time the trains tho tue greater time the num number hem ber of men who should bd be detailed to look book after them With the transfer of VT V 8 S Martin from the tho RIo nio Grande Grando lines to time tho Evansville Terra Haute road It Is believed that the tho of general su superintendent of the Illo Itlo Grande lines will bo be abolished and that General Genral Manager J II I Herbert will perform the duties of the position In addition to lila hla own The Pennsylvania railroad Is about to begin nn an experiment with ties of Mora Mont Montwood wood Imported from British The timber la Is exceedingly hard and It ItIs itIs Is claimed for ties made of this ma material that they wilt will lust last fifty years yearn The cost of these ties Is sold said to be 1 and time the delivering price about In order to diminish the number of accidents on French railways caused by time the excessive hours worked by the employee M Baudin minister of pub lie works has l issued a decree forbid forbidding forbiddIng ding those responsible for the on the railway ailway systems of Prance France to work men more than 12 hours out of the It has for a long while been a favor favorite favorIto Ito ite way ot of Influencing the tho ticket busi basi business ness by some roads to give passes to ticket agents In order to secure bust busi business bustness ness It now appears that this thin practice tice Is to be ended as under the agi agree ce ment between the tho executive officers of oi the western roads agents are to bs be prohibited from asking for transportation tion for themselves or members of their over roads other than on which they are employed A move has been set on foot to sub submit submit mit a petition to time tho French govern government mont ment fur for legislation requiring railways to supply separate coaches for children suffering from whooping cough says nays the tho Railway Review To effect a cure of this disease It necessary sary to have a change of climate and there Is much travel among so affected As time tho disease Is conta contagious the public feel tnt UtU such eases cases should be he Isolated by time the use of separ selmar separate ate coaches V V Time The Alamogordo Lumber company affiliated with time the El Pano North Northeastern Northeastern eastern railway is putting In a two retort plant for treating ties and tim timber her ber by time the process says nays the tho El Paso Herald This company has hns a large quantity of mountain pine amid spruce timber In sight In the tho Sacra Sacramento monte mento mountains In New Mexico The rho Rocky Mountain Timber company con connected with time the Colorado Fuel Iron company Is building near Trinidad Trinidada Colo a works for preserve preserving ing tics an timber by the process proceso V Time The management of the tho Union Pacific railroad has arranged for a course of five lectures on AM Aid to the In Injured says the Denver papers to be delivered by the chief surgeon of time tha road and amid the resident surgeons of time the Union d depot pot Denver for tha benefit of the trainmen making h In that city of obe men to given givena a manual explaining methods of help ing the Injured and he Is also alia expected to practice e Attendance V fc V at the tho lectures IN l but nt at tIme tho close of lImo tho course examinations will willbe be held and anil cloy dov OTie of ot Montana Montans alden with Gov Van Bandl of Minnesota In lilt hta opposition to t the Northern Pacific com COIn bine anti nays the tho combination IA It Plainly In violation of the constitution nun laws of Montana and that time the mn ma chInoy of the tho law will bo be brought Into operation to prevent It us ate hit fur ns us Mon tana Is concerned Tho American ImaM adopted for use tiRe on railroads In iii tho ho United Canada und Mexico a cur of following dimensions vie viz Thirty feet long eight feet six indict Inched wide vIde and eight feet high Inside mucus incus moment making a of six feet time the cur car having a capacity of 2448 cubit festi aide open I nit to bo be six feet wide V When Jim H was wu shown tho fa tot reply of tIme the governor of Mop Mon tana to time of Minnesota rein roha to it conference of governors to take action looking towards preventing tho proposed northern railway combi combination nation ho lie said i When tim tho get Bet through telegraphing to each other oIlier they will find that time the Northern Se So Securities company in is entirely Its rights and Li p not no violating any law of time the states of Montana or Minnesota There Is law in Idaho Idimo against such stich railroad combinations as Its tIme tho Northern company propone In tact fact time the state iota has ono one specifically Allowing It as tOme tho last legislature passed u a law authorizing any railway corporation to consolidate with any other road and to lease purchase or ot operate other lines hues This lilt law was wad nt itt time tho request of time tho Short Una to enable It to guarantee time the bonds of lines linen ot or proposed lines that would bo be to Its system Wee Ike the Idaho Northern and the tha Idaho Midland earnings of all railroads In the tho United States reporting for time tho first Imf of November me ume nn an In increase crease of 93 92 per cent over last year null per pum cent over 1899 1890 Traffic ls ts remarkably heavy und rind profitable It was heavy and profitable beyond any ammy anything thing before known last year but on Trunk lines Control Central Western roads earnings exceed last year by b 5 per cent centon centon on Southern and Southwestern roads 8 S per ver and amid on per cent Granger Oranger roads report an Increase of per cent over last year but a it small loss compared with 1839 The rIme grain traffic this yen has bits been much reduced With time tho exception of grangers earnings are ure very much larger than In 1899 1890 on all of roads Through Is it heavy but the tho local movement on which rules rates are aro higher and moro more profit profitable profitable able exceed nil other records Time Tho Safety Car Heating Lighting company has lma received orders ewers from the Mexican Central Railroad company to caulp 2 cars with the system Of df lighting anti and It Is expected that nil all the tho bettor class of this timis cart cars carswill will bo be equipped with that lint system as fast an they are put Into the shops for general repairs Work Is Ia now In pro grips gIes on tIme the manufacturing plant In the City of Mexico A plant will be erected soon nt at Moncton N H B to supply teas gas to the Railway Hallway of Canada About CO 50 per cent of tIme the serviceable passenger cars In the tho United Suites States tire are now equipped with time the light and the percentage Is being rapidly Increased each year This method of ear car lighting has riot not beep been pushed so vigorously In either Canada or Mexico ns us In the tho United as the system In those coun countries countries tries has been under the tho control of the tho American company only a comparative comparatively ly short time |
