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Show 1 New Western Railroads, I) At tlio opjl&clng if this ear tlio j Noithwost nnd the 1'aclflo States to ll gother had nbout J5.000 miles ot rail- I way. To-day projects are under way I, which lnvolvo tho conatiuctlon t 1 somo 30,000 miles ot lallway In this forrltory ot a costftif about $200,000,- 00C An addition of about 20 por couL SB (JB to tho railroad mllcago of tho North- I i z 03t means an hnmunso Impetus to business ot alt sorts In this torrltory, and an lnore.iso In tho gonoral pros- polity ot tho country. Moat of tho proposed railroad building Is logltl-i logltl-i mato, although thoro Is somo which Is purely speculative. Tho Northwest, i great ns It Is, Is still very largely un- doulopod. |