Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-02-16
Railroad Items.

The United States have 36,S96 miles Of
railroad completed and now in working or
der. This is an increase Of road brought
into use during the year Of ,535 miles, ex-
elusive Of some 200 miles of city railroad
added to the length reported a year ago
The State Of Pennsylvania owns 1850 miles
of track. Ohio ranks second with 3,40l
miles, followed by Illinois with $3.50 miles.
and New York 3,025 miles of road now in
working order. Distributed into geograph.
ical regions. the New England and six
Southern interior States own each one
quarter; the twelve Northern interior
States two ffths; the two Pacific States one
seventh; and the FIVE Southern Atlantic
States one seventh of the total length given
above. In cost per mile the highest priced
roads are the through lines of New Jersey,
the Hudson River, the Baltimore and Ohio.
and the Reading Railroads, in their order.
The total cost o! all the roads in the coun
try amount o 81 sos, 464 ,0S5, at an average
cost per mile af $40,72 From length Of
only three IN lies 1928, the railroads OF the
country have steadily increased, until no "
the United States are traversrd bya longer
track than is found in all other parts of
the world together, and sufficient to girdle
the whole earth at the equator with dou-
BILE track line.
The organization of new Pacific Rail
road Company composed of Southern capi.
talists AMI prominent men is announced
The route proposed is from some conven
lent point on the Gulf of Mexico, by an air
line route ,268 miles long to the Pacific
Ocean. The aid of Congress in constructing
tie road is relied on, rs the company claim
that if the annual expense of the govern
ment for military purposes along the line
Of their proposed route were TO be capital
lied and the bonds thus created loaned TO
he company us the road progresses, the
road would be completed without mourning
otherwise be expended for years TO come in
furnishing military protection to the region
through which the road is to pass.
memorial has been presented 10 Con-
gress praying for charter to build rail
road from Galveston to Kansas. The prof.
ect is to build double track, to be owned
either by the State or by a corporation
and has this popularity, that like the Ca
nails, the track is to be left open for free
competition to all individuals and trans
poriation companies. The rolling stock
will be owned and run by these parties,
they paying q certain toll to the owners of
the track. by this arrangement the capac-
iiy of the road, il is claimed, may be in
creased tenfold and the cost of transportn-
tion reduced one-halE
The estimates Of the cost Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad prepared Dreyet Drig-G
Simpson are as follows: For constructing
2O4 miles Of road, $3.50, OOO, O00 for rolling
stock and fixtures at SIl ECO per mile, S23,.
600, 900; for steamers on Missouri and Co.
lumbia Rivers, 100000; for engineering
and contingencies, 1000, 900; for tunnel
ing, beyond the estimate average per mile,
Sll,07S000. These and other items make
total of 500, 60o,340 or n average per
mile of SlO1,040.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company
have received from the United States A., 900
acres Of land. This area was granted by
a patent prepared at the General Land or.
fee, which is preinced by . beautiful map
of the United States, handsomely colored,
exhibiting all the States and territories
with great disiinctness, as also the line Of
the Pacific Railroad from the Mississippi
to the Pacific 0cean.-Seienhfc american,