yardmaster in the Montrose yards of the Michigan Central, and was then promoted to trainmaster for the division east of St. Thomas, with headquarters at Niagara Falls. In 1911 he was appointed trainmaster of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo, with headquarters at Hamilton, which position he held until his recent promotion to superintendent of the same road. S. R. Payne, general superintendent of the Western district of the New York Central & Hudson River, at Syracuse, N. Y., has been appointed assistant to the general manager, with headquarters at Rochester, and will perform such duties as may be assigned to him. T. W. Evans, superintendent of the Buffalo division, at Buffalo, succeeds Mr. Payne. H. E. Brown, acting superintendent at Rochester, succeeds Mr. Evans. L. S. Emery, acting assistant superintendent, at Syracuse, has been appointed assistant superintendent of the Western division, with headquarters at Syracuse, and C. E. Olp, chief signalman has been appointed trainmaster, with headquarters at Syracuse. H. E. Brown, who has been appointed superintendent of the Buffalo division of the New York Central & Hudson River with headquarters at Buffalo, N. Y., was born on April 1, 1867, at Cooperstown, N. Y., and was educated in the common schools. He began railway work on March 1, 1888, with the Fitchburg Railroad, now a part of the Boston & Maine, and until December, 1890, was an operator and train despatcher on that road. From December 22, 1890, to October 1, 1912, he was consecutively train despatcher, chief train despatcher, trainmaster and assistant superintendent of the New York Central & Hudson River, and now becomes superintendent of the Buffalo division of the same road, as above noted. H. F. Reddig, trainmaster of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific at Haileyville, Okla., has been appointed acting superintendent of the Indiana Territory division, with headquarters at Haileyville, succeeding D. Coughlin, who has been appointed superintendent of the Missouri division, with headquarters at Trenton, Mo., in place of M. J. Kennelly. Mr. Coughlin has been with the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific since March, 1906, when he was made trainmaster of the Kansas division. He was promoted to the superintendency of the Indiana Territory division on December 15, 1909, and is now transferred to the Missouri division as superintendent. Previous to his connection with the Rock Island, Mr. Coughlin was with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe successively as agent, train despatcher, chief despatcher and trainmaster. G. S. Waid, superintendent of the El Paso division of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio, at El Paso, Tex., has been appointed assistant general manager of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio, the Texas & New Orleans; the Houston & Texas Central; the Houston East & West Texas, and the Houston & Shreveport, with headquarters at Houston, Tex., succeeding G. Radetzki, resigned. R. M. Hoover, superintendent of the First division of the Houston & Texas Central, at Ennis, succeeds Mr. Waid. D. S. Gallagher, superintendent of transportation of the Houston East & West Texas, and the Houston & Shreveport, succeeds Mr. Hoover, and his former position has been abolished. R. T. Walker, trainmaster of the Houston East & West Texas Railway and the Houston & Shreveport at Houston, Tex., has been appointed superintendent of both these companies, succeeding to the duties of Mr. Gallagher. H. R. Laughlin, who has been on the staff of the general manager of the Baltimore & Ohio with headquarters at Baltimore, Md., since October 1, 1911, has been appointed superintendent of the new Sandy Valley & Elkhorn division with headquarters at Jenkins, Ky. On October 1, the B. & O. took over the Sandy Valley & Elkhorn Railroad, a new line to the coal mines of the Consolidated Coal Company, in the Elkhorn district of eastern Kentucky, and formed the new division, which will be operated under the supervision of W. C. Loree, general manager of the B. & O. Southwestern, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. Mr. Laughlin entered the service of the B. & O. in February, 1884, as a telegraph operator at Oakland, Md. Three years later he was promoted to train despatcher at Grafton, W. Va., and became division operator of the Wheeling division at Wheeling, in July, 1900. He was made trainmaster of the Monongah division at Grafton, in October, 1902, and was promoted in May, 1910, to superintendent. In October, 1911, he was appointed on the staff of the general manager with head quarters at Baltimore, which position he held at the time of his recent appointment as above noted. Edwin C. Keenan, whose appointment as general superintendent of telegraph of the New York Central Lines west of Buffalo, jointly representing the railways and the Western Union Telegraph Company, with headquarters at Chicago, has been announced in these columns, was born April 20, 1868, at Toledo, Ohio. He entered telegraph service August 3, 1885, as a railway telegrapher, and filled positions at various small stations and in the despatcher's office at Detroit, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio. In 1892 he became clerk in the engineering department of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern at Toledo and was transferred to the general offices of the engineering department at Cleveland in 1900, remaining there until 1901, when he became chief clerk in the engineering department of the Lake Erie & Western at Indianapolis, Ind. He returned to the engineering department of the Lake Shore at Cleveland as chief clerk in 1905 and early in 1910 was advanced to superintendent of telegraph of that road, which position he held until his recent appointment as general superintendent of telegraph, as above noted. Mr. Keenan succeeded W. W. Ryder, who has been made manager of the railway department of the Western Union Telegraph Company, with office at New York City. H. O. Halsted, heretofore superintendent of transportation of the Pere Marquette, has been appointed superintendent of the Detroit division, with headquarters at Detroit, Mich. This division, which has just been created, comprises the line Detroit to Grand Rapids, including Detroit terminals and DetroitWindsor ferry operation. Mr. Halsted was born February 5, 1863, at Milwaukee, Wis. He was educated in the public schools, and began railway work with the Union Pacific in 1884. He remained with that road until 1893, filling the positions of clerk, operator, train despatcher, trainmaster and assistant superintendent. He then became train despatcher of the Flint & Pere Marquette. He later was made agent at Port Huron, Mich., and subsequently was superintendent of the Duluth, Mississippi River & Northern during 1895 and 1896. He then returned to the Pere Marquette as agent at Toledo, Ohio, and on May 1, 1902, was promoted to chief train despatcher at Grand Rapids, Mich. From August, 1903, to November of that year he was trainmaster of the Chicago division and was made superintendent at Plymouth, Mich., on the latter date. He was appointed superintendent of terminals at Chicago on March 1, 1905, became superintendent of transportation, with headquarters at Detroit, Mich., on December 1, 1910, and is now made superintendent of the Detroit division, as above noted. Traffic Officers. A. L. Gilbert, local agent of the Wabash at Ft. Wayne, Ind., has been appointed commercial agent, with headquarters at Ft. Wayne. Albert E. Lingham has been appointed traffic agent for the Texas & Pacific and International & Great Northern, with headquarters at Liverpool, Eng. A. T. Cleveland has been appointed traveling freight and passenger agent of the Sunset-Central lines of the Southern Pacific, with office at Beaumont, Tex. H. Hamilton has been appointed soliciting freight agent of the St. Louis Southwestern, with headquarters at Houston, Tex., to succeed W. V. McMasters, resigned. C. H. Reeder, who recently resigned as trainmaster of the Missouri Pacific at Little Rock, Ark., has been appointed manager of the Railway Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce at Little Rock. T. T. Webster has been appointed chief of tariff bureau of the Michigan Central and Detroit & Charlevoix, with headquarters at Detroit, Mich., succeeding J. L. O'Brien, resigned. Effective October 1. K. J. Edmondson, assistant general freight and passenger agent of the Guayaquil & Quito, has been appointed general freight and passenger agent, with headquarters at Quito, Ecuador, succeeding C. W. H. Taylor, resigned. C. R. Alvarez, soliciting freight agent of the Seaboard Air Line at Tampa, Fla., has been appointed contracting freight agent with office at Jacksonville, succeeding R. H. Dozier, re e tra he 319 signed to accept service with another company, and J. D. Mills T. J. Cumming has been appointed traveling freight agent of the Georgia Southern & Florida, with headquarters at Cordele, Ga., succeeding P. O. Lee, assigned to other duties. H. C. Montague has been appointed soliciting freight agent, with headquarters at Tampa, Fla. George E. Marsters has been appointed New England passenger agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, with headquarters at Boston, Mass. The office of A. L. Crow, district passenger agent, formerly located at Chattanooga, Tenn., hereafter will be at Nashville, Tenn. Effective October 1. The New England passenger agency of the Chicago & Alton at Boston, Mass., has been abolished and Frank Bowman, eastern passenger agent, with headquarters at New York, will have jurisdiction over that territory. W. H. Doll has been appointed traveling passenger agent, with office at New York. Effective October 1. Charles Rudolph, assistant general passenger agent of the Mobile & Ohio, has been appointed general passenger agent, with office at St. Louis, Mo., succeeding John M. Beall, resigned to accept service elsewhere. H. H. Rauth has been appointed assistant general passenger agent, with office at St. Louis, Mo., succeeding Mr. Rudolph. The following appointments are announced on the Toledo, St. Louis & Western: J. A. Fitzpatrick, general agent, with office at Pittsburgh, Pa., effective September 18; W. J. Klingman, commercial agent, with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio, effective October 1; J. S. Henney, contracting agent at Cleveland, effective September 21. Charles Shackell, commercial agent of the Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern, with office at Des Moines, Ia., has been appointed assistant general freight agent, with headquarters at Boone, Ia. F. M. Steele, commercial agent of the Chicago Great Western at Des Moines, succeeds Mr. Shackell as commercial agent at Des Moines. F. S. Fisher, traveling freight and passenger agent of the Texas Central at Waco, Tex., has been appointed commercial agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas of Texas, at Waco, Tex., succeeding O. C. Thomas, who has been transferred to Wichita Falls, Tex., as commercial agent, in place of H. D. Snepp, assigned to other duties. W. D. Morgan has been appointed commercial agent at Ft. Worth, Tex., to succeed J. W. White, transferred. H. C. Watson, division freight agent of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh, at Pittsburgh, Pa., has been promoted to assistant - general freight agent, with office at Pittsburgh. G. A. Bowman, division freight agent at Buffalo, N. Y., has been promoted to assistant general freight agent, with office at Buffalo. C. L. Bishop, chief of the tariff bureau at Rochester, has been promoted to assistant general freight agent, with office at Rochester, and the headquarters of William J. Sheridan, traveling freight agent, at Rochester, are now at Toronto, Ont. F. A. Eisiminger has been appointed commercial agent of the Toledo, St. Louis & Western, with headquarters at Kansas. City, Mo. E. C. Ferguson has been appointed traveling freight agent, with office at Kansas City. Effective October 15. The jurisdiction of E. M. Davis, division freight agent, with headquarters at Frankfort, Ind., has been extended to include all points east of Edwardsville, Ill., to Maumee, Ohio, inclusive. J. P. Grant has been appointed traveling freight agent, with office at Detroit, Mich. Effective October 1. J. B. Payne, commercial agent of the Texas & Pacific at Chicago, has been appointed chief clerk to N. M. Leach, who is traffic manager of the Texas & Pacific and assistant to president of the International & Great Northern, with headquarters at New Orleans, La. T. B. Moss, commercial agent of the Texas & Pacific at Birmingham, Ala., has been appointed commercial agent with headquarters at Pittsburgh, Pa., succeeding James Stuart, who has been transferred to Chicago in place of Mr. Payne. Anson Pratt succeeds Mr. Moss as commercial agent at Birmingham. Lee Francis has been appointed traveling passenger agent, with office at Ft. Worth, Tex., succeeding J. A. Chilton, who has been appointed district passenger and ticket agent, with headquarters at El Paso, Tex., in place of A. S. Wagner, resigned to engage in other business. Engineering and Rolling Stock Officers. John R. Reeves has been appointed traveling engineer of the Guayaquil & Quito, Ecuador, succeeding F. B. Wilmot, resigned. J. F. Hill, shop superintendent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie at Brewster, Ohio, has been appointed master mechanic, with headquarters at Brewster, succeeding J. E. O'Hearne, resigned. Robert C. Falconer, division engineer of the Erie at Jersey City, N. J., has been appointed principal assistant engineer of lines east of Salamanca, N. Y. He will also have charge of the drafting room and cement testing bureau, with headquarters at New York. The headquarters of W. L. Kellogg, superintendent of motive power of the Pere Marquette, have been removed from Detroit, Mich., to Wyoming. W. A. Chamberlin has been appointed master mechanic, with office at Saginaw, Mich., in place of F. C. Pickard, resigned. Effective October 1. H. M. Hutton has been appointed master mechanic of the Monongah division of the Baltimore & Ohio, with headquarters at Grafton, W. Va., succeeding B. H. Hawkins, resigned. P. Coniff has been appointed assistant superintendent of shops at Mount Clare, Baltimore, Md., and J. W. Adams has been appointed general foreman at Mount Clare. J. F. Deimling, chief engineer of the Pere Marquette, has been appointed engineer of construction of the Michigan Central, with headquarters at Detroit, Mich. A. L. Sarvey has been appointed assistant chief engineer of the latter road, with office at Detroit, succeeding F. B. Marble, resigned. E. M. Walker succeeds Mr. Sarvey as grade separation engineer, with office at Detroit. Effective October 1. A. M. Darlow, whose appointment as superintendent of motive power of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad and the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railway has been announced in these columns, began railway work as an apprentice on the Vandalia Railroad. He subsequently went to Cornell University and graduated in the class of 1906. He was then appointed special apprentice and shop draftsman on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and in 1910 was made roundhouse foreman of the Chicago terminal of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, at Dalton, Ill. The following year he was transferred as roundhouse foreman to Danville, and in May, 1911, he was appointed mechanical engineer of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad and the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railway, becoming mechanical engineer and general storekeeper of these companies in April, 1912, which position he held at the time of his recent appointment as superintendent of motive power in charge of the mechanical and store departments. A. M. Darlow. Special Officers. S. P. Porter, who has been appointed executive agent of the Grand Trunk Pacific, with headquarters at Regina, Sask., was born in 1870, at Somersetshire, Eng., and came to Canada in 1886. He began railway work in 1889, with the Canadian Pacific, as trainman. From 1901 to 1907, he was homestead inspector for the Dominion government, and in 1908 he was deputy minister of railways, telegraphs and telephones for Saskatchewan, which position he resigned some months ago. OBITUARY. James Stephen Norris, general manager of the Maryland & Pennsylvania, died on October 4 at St. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore, Md. 708 Equipment and Supplies. LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING. THE CENTRAL OF PERU is inquiring for 6 locomotives. THE SANTA FE, PRESCOTT & PHOENIX is inquiring for 3 locomotives. THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY, Pittsburgh, Pa., is inquiring for 1 locomotive. THE LOUISIANA & PINE BLUFF has ordered 1 Mogul locomotive from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD has ordered 6 Pacific locomotives from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. THE SUSQUEHANNA & NEW YORK has ordered 1 consolidation locomotive from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. THE DETROIT IRON & STEEL COMPANY has ordered 1 fourwheel saddle tank locomotive from the American Locomotive Company. The dimensions of the cylinders will be 16 in. x 24 in.; the diameter of the driving wheels will be 46 in., and the total weight in working order will be 89,000 lbs. THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE has ordered six Pacific type passenger locomotives from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. They will be equipped with superheaters. The diameter of the cylinders will be 26 in. x 26 in., the diameter of the driving wheels will be 67 in., and the total weight in working order will be 262,000 lbs. THE PITTSBURGH STEEL COMPANY, Monessen, Pa., mentioned in the Railway Age Gazette of October 4, as being in the market for 1 locomotive, has ordered 1 six-wheel switching locomotive from the American Locomotive Company. The dimensions of the cylinders will be 21 in. x 26 in.; the diameter of the driving wheels will be 52 in., and the total weight in working order will be 154,000 lbs. CAR BUILDING. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC is in the market for 500 miscellaneous cars. THE GRAND TRUNK is in the market for about 100 passenger cars. THE MERCHANTS DESPATCH is in the market for 1,000 refrigerator cars. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC has ordered 60 sleeping cars from the Pullman Company. THE MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS has ordered 3 dining cars from the Pullman Company. THE WELLS-FARGO & COMPANY EXPRESS has ordered 30 express cars from the American Car & Foundry Company. THE BALTIMORE & OHIO has ordered 500 steel underframes from the Pressed Steel Car Company, and 500 steel underframes from the Ralston Steel Car Company. THE SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES & SALT LAKE, mentioned in the Railway Age Gazette of September 20, as figuring on 350 box cars, has ordered this equipment from the Pullman Co. IRON AND STEEL. THE ERIE RAILROAD has ordered between 33,000 and 34,000 tons of rails. THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL is in the market for 8,000 tons of rail. THE DULUTH & IRON RANGE has ordered 2,500 tons of rails from the Illinois Steel Company. MACHINERY AND TOOLS. THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL will soon issue a long list of requirements for machine tools. THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC is in the market for a number of machine tools. THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL is in the market for a large number of machine tools. Supply Trade News. William Horace Corbin, vice-president of The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, N. J., died on Wednesday, September 25. S. F. Bowser & Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., announce that E. H. Briggs has been added to their sales staff in the railroad department. He will cover the southwest territory. E. G. Buckwell, secretary and manager of sales of the Cleveland Twist Drill Company, Cleveland, Ohio, sailed on the Carmania on October 5 for a business trip abroad of about two months' duration. The Titanium Alloy Manufacturing Company, because of the rapidly increasing demand for its products, has found it necessary to remove its general sales department to the works at Niagara Falls, N. Y., and has created a district office at Pittsburgh, Pa. W. D. Matthews, a director of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, has been elected a vice-president of the Canadian General Electric Company, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of H. P. Dwight, president of the Great North Western Telegraph Company. William Wharton, Jr. & Company, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., announce the merger of its interests and the Taylor Iron & Steel Company, of High Bridge, N. J. It will continue under the name of Wm. Wharton, Jr. & Company, Inc., while the Taylor Iron & Steel Company will hereafter be known as the Taylor-Wharton Iron & Steel Company. R. T. McCormick has resigned as a director and the manager of sales of The Petroleum Iron Works Company, Sharon, Pa., and has accepted a position of sales manager with the Knox Pressed and Welded Steel Company, Farmers' Bank building, Pittsburgh, Pa. This company makes a specialty of heavy steel plate construction. Kern Dodge, the well-known engineer of Philadelphia, has returned from a year's travel abroad, and announces the opening of an office in the Morris building, Philadelphia, Pa., where he will devote himself henceforth to the engineering and financing of public service properties. Mr. Dodge was one of the founders, and for many years one of the partners of the wellknown engineering firm, Dodge & Day. His new offices are in the suite with the banking firm of William A. Read & Co. TRADE PUBLICATIONS. LOCOMOTIVE CRANES.-The Ohio Locomotive Crane Company, Bucyrus, Ohio, has just issued its catalog No. 6 describing its cranes. The catalog is handsomely illustrated with a great number of good photographs, and contains in addition pen and ink drawings of cranes, with dimensions, etc. The parts are described and illustrated. The booklet as a whole is very attractively gotten up. MALLET ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVES.-In Record No. 72 from the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., is found an excellent discussion of the advantages of the articulated type of locomotive in general, as well of the detail parts as designed by this company. Phantom views make the arrangement of piping and steam passages easily understood, and locomotives both with and without reheaters and feed water heaters are shown in this manner. Drawings and photographs of some of the more important details are also included. Several pages are devoted to instructions in the proper method of handling articulated locomotives. It is stated that if the wheels of the forward group slip frequently while those of the rear group do not, it is an indication that steam is leaking past the high pressure valves and that these should be examined for blows. Other similar instructions for break downs or troubles peculiar to this type are clearly explained. The latter half of the book is given up to descriptions, illustrations and dimensions of many different designs of articulated locomotives built by the Baldwin Works. Railway Construction. New Incorporations, Surveys, Etc. ALEXANDER & EASTERN.-According to press reports surveys have been made for an extension along Back Fork to Elk river, W. Va., 12 miles. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE.-The report of this company for the year ended June 30, 1912, shows that the Dodge City & Cimarron Valley, which was organized to construct a line extending from Dodge City, Kan., in a southwesterly direction, has been finished on about 60 miles. An additional 60 miles will be constructed during the present fiscal year. The Galveston Causeway, having a total length of 10,642 ft., connecting Galveston Island with the Texas main land, was formally opened for traffic in May, 1912. The Northwestern Pacific in northern California owned by the Santa Fe, and the Southern Pacific is building a link connecting certain of these properties between Willetts and Shively, Cal., 105.67 miles. Construction has been finished on 39.52 miles, and work is now being pushed on the remaining 66.15 miles. When this work is completed the Northwestern Pacific will have a continuous line from Sausalito on San Francisco Bay to Eureka and Trinidad in Northern California, which with its branch lines will make a total of 511.67 miles. The Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway, 30 miles long, constructed by private parties to develop certain iron ore properties north of Longview, Tex., is now being operated by the Santa Fe. In West Texas the entire line between Coleman and Lubbock has been finished and was opened for traffic on December 1, 1911; the line from Lometa to Eden was completed during the year and opened for traffic January 1, 1912. The extension of the Coleman-Lubbock line from the latter point to Texico, N. M., 89 miles, it is expected will be completed and opened for traffic by the close of the present fiscal year. The construction of this extension will complete the new through line between the Pacific coast and the Gulf of Mexico via Belen and Texico. The mileage of second track in operation on June 30, 1912, was 801.90 miles as compared with 687.58 miles at the close of the preceding fiscal year, being an increase of 114.32 miles. Second track work is now in progress as follows: Missouri division, Floyd to Sibley, Mo., 3.63 miles; lines west to Albuquerque, Rito to Daguna, N. M., 9.16 miles; Baca to Perea, N. M., 27.49 miles; Crookton to Seligman, Ariz., 10.36 miles; Seligman to Yampai, Ariz., 22.77 miles; Topock, Ariz., to Needles, Cal., 11.75 miles, and Keenbrook to Highland Junction, Cal., 12.62 miles, a total of 97.78 miles. The second track work on the Missouri division is being carried on in connection with the reconstruction of the bridge over the Missouri river at Sibley, which it is expected will be completed by the close of the current fiscal year. All the work in progress on the lines west of Albuquerque will be completed by January 1 next, making a total on that date of 896.05 miles of second track in operation. BALTIMORE & OHIO.-The Elkhorn & Sandy Valley, running from Shelby, Ky., where it connects with the Chesapeake & Ohio, south to Jenkins. 32 miles, with 8 miles of sidings, through a coal section belonging to the Consolidated Coal Company, in Letcher, Pine and Knott counties, has been finished. It is laid with 90-lb. rails, has 44 steel and concrete bridges and has a maximum grade of only 11⁄2 per cent. On October 1 the line was taken over by the Baltimore & Ohio. BRITISH COLUMBIA ROADS.-Application has been made to the British Columbia legislature for incorporation by a company which proposes to build from the Nechaco river, near Fort George, southeasterly to the Fraser river, along the valley of that river to Six Mile creek, thence easterly and southeasterly to Willow river, then northeasterly to Bear river, and then southeasterly to Barkerville, B. C. Burns & Walkem, Vancouver, B. C., are solicitors for the applicants. CANADIAN NORTHERN.-The general route maps for the Canadian Northern Ontario line, to have a total of 17 miles on Montreal Island, have been approved. These lines will form part of the through line between Montreal and Hawksbury, which is now under construction. It is understood that contracts will be let soon for building the section from Toronto, Ont., to Hamilton, and that grading work will be finished during 1912 from Poplar Plains road, North Toronto, to the west side of the Humber river at Lambton. CANADIAN NORTHERN PACIFIC.-An act has been passed by the Dominion parliament granting aid to this company for the construction of the line from the mouth of the Fraser river, B. C., northeast to Yellow Head Pass, 525 miles. Surveys are now being made for a branch from near Kamloops to the Okanagan valley. It is understood that the company has arranged with the city officials of Vancouver, B. C., to put up a passenger terminal and locate its freight yard at that place; also to put up a freight terminal at Port Mann, together with repair shops, roundhouses, etc. The Vancouver city terminal is to be reached by a tunnel. It is expected that the improvements in Vancouver will be completed in three years. (July 28, p. 198.) CANADIAN PACIFIC.-An officer writes that contracts have been let for the extension of the Esquimalt & Nanaimo along the east coast of Vancouver Island, 45 miles, from Parksville, B. C., near Nanoose bay to Comax as follows: To Cullerton Brothers, Spokane, Wash., for 15 miles; to C. Hoard, Victoria, B. C., for 10 miles, and contracts for work on 20 miles are to be let at once. There will be seven steel bridges varying in length from 60 ft. each to 80 ft., and 10 large trestles which will later be filled. Surveys are completed for the double-tracking between Calgary, Alberta and the Pacific coast, and work will be commenced at 12 points on the route within six months. The construction will be pushed to completion, and it is expected that the work will be completed about the time that the Panama Canal is opened for traffic. The second track will have easier grades than the present main line. CHEAT HAVEN & BRUCETON.-An officer writes that a contract has been given to the West Virginia Power and Development Company, to build a 20-mile line from Cheat Haven, Pa., and work is now under way. The work involves putting up a large number of trestles and making side cut excavations. The line Frank is being built to carry lumber, coal and merchandise. Cunningham, 812 House building, Pittsburgh, Pa., may be addressed. CINCINNATI, NASHVILLE & SOUTHERN.-Incorporated in Tennessee with $25,000 capital, to build from Algood, Putnam county, Tenn., northeast to Livingston in Overton county, about 20 miles. The incorporators include C. R. Young, A. Handley and W. H. Thompson. DALLAS SOUTHERN TRACTION.-See Southern Traction. DOMINION ATLANTIC.-Plans of the revised location for the line across Gaspereaux river just east of Horton Landing, Nova Scotia, and plans for the substructure of the proposed bridge over the same river have been approved by the Board of Railway Commissioners of Canada. A subsidy has also been granted for the construction of a line not to exceed 15 miles long from Centreville, N. S., west to Weston. ERIE, LONDON & TILLSONBURG.-See Grand Trunk. FLEMINGTON, HINESVILLE & WESTERN.-An officer is quoted as saying that this company has completed five miles from McIntosh, Ga., via Flemington to Hinesville, and that the line is to be extended to Glenville, 20 miles. J. D. Way, Hinesville, is president and general manager. (August 16, p. 329.) FLORIDA INTERURBAN RAILWAY & TUNNEL COMPANY.-Application has been made in Florida for a charter, it is said, by this company, with a capital of $2,000,000. The plans call for building from Jacksonville, Fla., east to Pablo Beach, thence south to St. Augustine, about 45 miles, including branches There is to be a double track tunnel about one-third of a mile long between Jacksonville and South Jacksonville, under the St. Johns river. It is expected that construction work will be started about the first of next year. M. W. Bates, president; William R. Letcher, secretary, Jacksonville. GRAND TRUNK.-This company has bought the charter and rights of the Erie, London & Tillsonburg and construction work has been started from a point a short distance north of Port Burwell, Ont. GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC.-According to press reports Patrick Welch, of Foley, Welch & Stewart, has resigned from the vice-presidency of the Pacific & Great Eastern, and has been given a contract to build the line from North Vancouver, B. C., to the Grand Trunk Pacific main line. Mr. Welch will have his headquarters at Lilloet, and will begin the work at once. GREAT NORTHERN.-A contract is said to have been given to Guthrie McDougall & Company for building about 42 miles between Coalmont, B. C., and Coquahalla Summit on the Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern. (September 13, p. 491.) HA HA BAY RAILWAY.-The Department of Railways of Canada has entered into a contract with this company for building the following lines: From a junction with the Quebec & Lake St. John Railway in Jonquiers township, to St. Mathias, Quebec, not exceeding 20 miles; from La Crosse Junction to the Saguenay river, northerly through Chicoutimi, not exceeding five miles; from La Terriere Junction, southerly via La Terriere village to Lake Kenogami, not exceeding 10 miles; from the existing line near Bagotville, easterly to St. Alexis, not exceeding 3 miles. HUDSON BAY RAILWAY.-The Canadian government has given a contract to J. D. MacArthur, Winnipeg, Man., for building the last section of the Hudson Bay Railway from Split Lake Junction, Keewatin, to Port Nelson on Hudson Bay. (August 30, p. 409.) INTERPROVINCIAL & JAMES BAY.-The route maps for this line projected from the terminus of the Kipawa branch of the Canadian Pacific at Kipawa, Quebec, northerly for 54 miles have been approved. LONDON & PORT STANLEY.-Negotiations are under way to lease this line to the Lake Erie Coal Company, the latter company agreeing to spend $400,000 on the electrification of the line for a 25-year lease. It is proposed to put up some new freight sheds and a station at Port Stanley, Ont. About 22 acres of land has been bought at that place for an extension of the freight yard. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD.-This company has decided to proceed immediately with the development of the Westchester Northern, which has been projected for some time. The cost of building the line will be between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000. The plans call for a line from the White Plains, N. Y., terminal of the New York, Westchester & Boston northerly through Harrison, North Castle, Bedford, Pound Ridge and Lewisboro in Westchester county, and through Greenwich, Ridgefield and Danbury in Connecticut to a connection with the New York, New Haven & Hartford in Danbury. The completion of the Westchester Northern will add greatly to the New Haven system's facilities. It will make it practicable to interchange traffic to and from the Berkshire district with the New York, Westchester & Boston, shortening the express schedule to the Berkshire district by about 35 minutes. NORTH YAKIMA & VALLEY.-This company asked for bids recently, it is said, to build a three mile extension in Yakima county, Wash. PACIFIC & GREAT EASTERN.-See Grand Trunk Pacific. PIEDMONT & NORTHERN LINES (ELECTRIC).-An officer writes that 23 miles are now in operation from Charlotte, N. C., to Gastonia, for both freight and passenger service, also from Greenwood, S. C., to Anderson, 42 miles. From Belton, S. C., to Greenville, 27 miles, the grading and bridging are completed, with the track laid on over 20 miles. From Greenville to Spartanburg, on another division, 30 miles is under contract, and is being rapidly pushed to completion. The maximum grades will be 1 per cent. compensated for curve resistance. The least radius of curvature will be 955.4 ft. The bridges are heavy, Cooper's E-55. All openings are covered with concrete culverts or steel structures and 80-lb. rail is being used. (August 16, p. 329). QUEBEC & SAGUENAY.-A contract under the act granting subsidies to railways has been entered between this company and the Department of Railways and Canals of Canada, to build 62.8 miles from St. Joachim, Quebec, northeasterly. O. B. Daoust is president, Quebec. ST. LOUIS, BROWNSVILLE & MEXICO.-See St. Louis & San Francisco. ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO.-An officer writes regarding the work to be carried out on the St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico that the company intends to build at once about 30 miles of additional side tracks and spurs. SOUTHERN RAILWAY.-The report of this company for the year ended June 30, 1912, shows that construction of the doubletrack line north of Atlanta, between Crosskeys and Gainesville, Ga., has progressed during the year. A substantial part of it has been placed in service. It is expected that this work will be completed by January 1, 1913. With the completion of this work between Crosskeys and Gainesville, the company will have in operation on its main line between Washington and Atlanta 288.35 miles of double-track. Construction of the double-track, and revision of grades and alinement on the main line south of Franklin Junction, Va., were completed and placed in operation during the year. The lap-sidings between Atlanta and Macon, Ga., Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn., and two of the three projected between Morristown, Tenn., and Asheville, N. C., were completed and placed in operation during the year. The system of lap-sidings has been extended to the line between Macon and Jesup, Ga., and there were in course of construction at the close of the year ten such sidings, the aggregate length of which will be approximately 18,714 feet. Construction of an additional track between Constitution and Roseland, Ga., a distance of 2.82 miles, was begun during the year, and, when completed, there will be about 7 miles of double-track between Atlanta and Constitution, Ga. On the Knoxville River front extension it is expected that the track will be ready for operation by January 1, 1913. A new double-track connection with the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific at Citico Junction, Tenn., equipped with interlocking signals, is in course of construction. When completed, this track will afford more prompt and direct movement of passenger trains in and out of the union passenger station at Chattanooga, Tenn. It is expected that this connection will be finished during 1912. A belt line is in course of construction at High Point, N. C. SOUTHERN TRACTION.-According to press reports this company has bought the rights and property of the Dallas Southern Traction, building a line for the Stone & Webster Management Association, Boston, Mass., between Dallas, Tex., and Waxahachie, 30 miles. It is understood that this is to form a section of a line now under construction from Dallas to Waco and to Corsicana. J. F. Strickland, of Dallas, president of the Southern Traction, is quoted as saying that about 75 miles of the roadbed has been finished and satisfactory progress is being made building the necessary bridges and trestles. A contract has recently been given for 14 steel bridges to be put up on the line. (September 20, p. 559.) TEXAS MIDLAND.-Negotiations are under way, it is said, for the purchase of the Texas State Railroad operating from Palestine, Tex., east to Rusk, 32 miles. It is proposed to extend the Texas Midland from Ennis southeast to Palestine, about 75 miles, and to extend the Texas State from Rusk southeast. The Texas Midland is now in operation from Paris southwest to Ennis, 124 miles. TEXAS ROADS (Electric).-Plans are being made to build an interurban line from Longview, Tex., northeast via Marshall to Caddo lake, thence southeast to Shreveport, La., about 65 miles. A branch may be built to Jefferson, Tex., which is about 20 miles north of Marshall. Financial arrangements are said to be made to carry out the surveys and to start the work. C. T. Morgan, R. G. Brca and W. K. Eckman, all of Longview, are interested. TEXAS STATE.-See Texas Midland. TRINITY VALLEY TRACTION.-An officer is quoted as saying that financial arrangements have been made to build from Dallas, Tex., south via Waxahachie, Hubbard, Marlin, Cameron and Taylor, to Austin, about 235 miles. It is expected that construction work will be started before January, 1913. J. B. Watkins. is president, Dallas. VANCOUVER, VICTORIA & EASTERN.-See Great Northern. WESTCHESTER NORTHERN.-See New York, New Haven & Hartford. |