Railway Ties

Ohio has a trolley line which has introduced sleeping cars on its long runs. The railroad companies in the northwest which handle ore are increasing their stock facilities. The New York Central Twentieth Century express recently made the 147 mile run from Syracuse to Albany in 129 minutes. So great is the need of locomotives on the Virginia roads that the Norfolk and Western has arranged to erect a two hundred and fifty thousand dollar locomotive shop to build its own engines. Chicago is watching with interest the building of the new union station for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and Rock Island railroads. The train shed is to be 580 feet long and 220 feet wide.