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Cropy prosperity and railroads spark wider economic activity
The piece notes rising crop values near 4.7 billion dollars and a surge in farm trade. Railroads expand capacity with 2000 coal cars, 125 locomotives, and 10 000 freight cars, plus track doubling from various lines. Industrial plants and steel works expansion follow, signaling robust national production and freight growth.
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American Railways Association
United States
Canada
Reading Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading
Herian & Hollingsworth Corporation
Wilmington
Aitchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Ailay
Chicago
San Francisco
Atlantic Coast Line