Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-04
RAILROAD NEWS.

RAILROAD NEWS.
tbst rhsy Ei-s interested IN the extension
ofthe Tsnnsssss system Of roads into thai
STATE sre deeply interested In the re-
election Of Mayor Johnson.
Another New Road
3rouud viii be broken on the Cincin-
nsti sui Terre Hsute railway, st Lock
port, Indians. this morning.
President Elected.
W. B, Tusll, OF Terre Hautes Indiana,
hss been elected presldent OF the Soosh-
west. m Railroad company.
oosf of English and Russian Reads
Tba Rn ssisns own seven thousand miles
NJ -silrosds. which cost $500 900 900. The
Railroads OF Raglsnd cost the enormous
sum Of 8. 500, COS, coo.
Aid Voted.
Lewis county, Kentucky, sfter spirited
csmpsien on Saturday, voted one hun
dreF thousand dollars 70 the Kentucky
and Grsss Eastern railway, BY maj ority
OF shout two hundred.
Denver and saft Lake.
Articles Of Incorporation of the Denver
znd Salt Bske railroad were filed Tor re-
,oord in Dsuver on Saturday, November
qsth- The proposed route is alon the
south Plstte 70 Middle Park, and thence
bv the nsost fessibls route TO Salt Lake.
ChieaEo and Alton.
Tbs engine, Major Motion. OF the Chi
cs7o. Alton srid ST. Louis railroad, ran 755
miles the ether day, consuming only 81
tons Of Illinois cosl. Over iour hundred
stoppsaes were made, though most OF the
time it was run a. great speed, passing and
repassing the regular express.
DuriuK tbs conhsgrstion In Chicago
swts steam IRE engines were sent from
bloomington, Illinois. In two hours and
fortz minutes from the time they started
An y spscial train over the Chicago, Alton
and 81. Louis railroad, thoy were throw
ing water on the hre. Tbs train made the
run, one hundred and tWsnty-slx miles,
in two hours snd ten minutes, and the run
from bloomington to Joliet, eighty-nine
miles, vss made > eighty minutes.
Another Bridge Al ~. LSuis-
Ttis understood that the Ohio and Mis-
sissiDui and Baltimore snd Ohio roads
will iOin with the Missouri Paoinc and
Atlantic and Pacific In the construction
offs bridge 81 Souih s.. Louis, and large
passenger and freight depots VIII soon be
built on the present site of the MISSOURI
and Pacific 6epots, several additional
squares OF ground having been acquired
Cor that purpose.
Caange or Omeers-
Colonel Thomss MeKissock, for many
zeArs General superintendent Of the Mis-
souri Pacific railroad, has resigned, and
A. A. Taimsdge, superintendent OF the
Atlantic aud Pscific will hereafter have
charge Of both rOsds, under the eonsolida-
tion spoken OF 8 day or two sgo In the
APPEAL. Mr. Parsell, superintendent OF
the eastern division Of the Missouri Pa
cihc road, also resigned and J. +. Rsd-
znouc. assistant superintendent OF the
Atlantic snd Pacific, viii take his place.
L. P Farmer viii hereafter be general
passenger agent Of b-ta roads. Still other
changes viii sOon be made.
MosiAe and Ohio Railroad.
r. +. Wilson & Co., bankers Of New
Yorh city, have tsie kr2phe1 70 Comp
troller Pennebsker that they have paid
into the State depository in New York
for the Mobile and Ohio railroad, the
amount Of its Indebtedness to the State.
al -7s5. 25S In addition to the above this
firn hsgs heretofore paid in for the East
Tennessee and GsoEgis, and fer the East
Tennis ssse and Virginia railroads. ", llo,
-750; aud for the Nashville and Decatur
road 81 COS $50, making total amount OF
p. SOC SIS.
Ths Jackson Tribune Of Saturday, says:
ave are grstihed 70 learn that Colonel L.
J, Fleming has again taken the position
of general supeFintendent OF this rosd-a
rosition be 6lled with signal ability tor .
great many years. He is, unquestions-
bly, one Of the most experienced railroad
msn in the Uaibed States"
Denver and RfO GrGnde.
The Denver tribune has az elaborate
article on the Dsaver and Rio Grsnde
railway. In q comparison between this
and the Pennsylvania Central, full
Rauged road, this following differences are
nsdsi Weight OF az ordinary train on the
foil gauge, 1881 tons; on the narrow
range % to8s; weight of engine and ten
der on the fall gauge, 62H tons; weight
sf the same on tbs narrow gauge, 20 tons I;
this full gauge uses q rail which weighs
66 pounds psr yard, the other rail weigh
ing 20 pounds psr yard. The cost Of the
kansas Pacific, with equipments, was
about s23 500 per mile; the cost Of tie Bio
C7rsnde is SIS 900 psr mile, and the earn
Tags for ths hrst year are estimstec at
1921 900 and ths net earnings at S145 900.
THIS Rio Grsnde road viii ultimately be
extended so miles fUrt Der, to the line Of old
Mexico, 81 Ei Psso, and In due time viii
stretch stin further south, TIL It reaches
the city OF MOntsE1ma, 10S0 miles still
farther toSsrd the Equator.
New 4 Rail.
I.stters patent have been taken out for
q neey rail for railroads, which promises
10 do sway with the continual rattle and
far ~ rsisroad travel Il Is 3 continuous
II rail. for sThich the inventor and those
Who have examined it claim tmportant
advantages over any rail now 10 use. Inc
rail Is in two sections, the upper section
tapping over the lower, and fastened there
by horizontal bolts. Between the sections
IL indis-rubbsr packing, hye-etRnts OF an
inok In thickness. Is Is thought the Ose
OF this rail viii prove Important IN riany
rssDscts, snd be much cheaper n the end
than those now In use. The upper section
rsaoda nithar ~ frOr rtFn seal RuC
when WORE ont can be laid without dis
enrbInQ the QDdsr section. A great
exDepss viii thus be nsyed in relsytnR
ahe track. The india-rnb6sr packing viii
.rive eiys ths car an easy and alnost
aoisaless motion, and pravent the sharp
SoncnsSions which frequently result In the
breaking Of ths sxles- The saving 10
,roIIina stock wall be an item "a very great
fmoortsucs aud will commend the use Of
the imorovsEnent 90 all companies that
atudy economy ss we'll IS safety
RatIroa6 Progress In 0hio-
The annual rspOrf OF Hon. Isaac r.
SSherSOod, secretary OF state OF ONO, de-
Velops some interesting railroad fscts.
The following important railroad Anes
were chartered during the wsr; Ine
fSauthern Ohio railroad company. CON-
Enepcing At che mouth Of Symmes Creek
and passing through Lawrence, 6Sllial
Jackson, Pike, Highland, CLINTON w ar
rem, 9roone ana 1toi..1 - - -. - -
Dayton; capital, s, CO., ,5yg Zoe Dayton
aad Mineral Region railroad company
commencing at Dayton and pessina
Through Montgomery, Greene, Clarke,
Madison, Fsyetts, Franklin. fickaNay
Fairfield, Perry tby way OF elomersetl
Morgan, Euskingun, Noble, Guernsey
Monroe ard Belmont counties 70 beiialfs
capital, & SOC 600. The Wheeling ana
Toledo rsilrcsd c0mPsny, commeneln lnl
81 Bridgeport, aad Das1Iig through b9L
mont, HaniscA, fus,Sdrawes. Stark
Holmes, Wayne, AshlAnd, Hichlsnd