The Hickman courier., 1872-11-09
RAILROADS.

The Wacco Tap will intersect with
the Texas and Pacific Railroad at
Fort Worth.
The longest tunnel on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad-oyer a
mile in lengths completed
OVER two hundred men are en-
ployed on the North Carolina Rail
road, which will connect the rail
roads at Greensboro.
THE Port Royal Railroad has been
comp leted from Augusta to the Sa-
vannah River. An excursion party
passed over the road on Tuesday
last.
The contract for building fifty
miles on the Texas Pacific Railroad,
west from Longview, has been given
TO Col. VIM. J. Budd. He viii set
1000 men at work at once.
For the first time in the history OF
the Nashville & Chattanooga Rail
road, it is now shipping more
freight North and South Tney are
carrying wheat from Middle Tennes-
see and coal from the Sewanee mines
to St. Louis.
The bark Wentworth, from Car
diff, Wales, freighted with nine
hundred tons of railroad iron for
the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad, is reported at Hog Island,
in James River, below City Point, on
its way up TO that destination.-Pe-
terSburq Lader.
HoTsToN & TEXAS CENTRAL 1t Is
said that this com pany will shortly
commence the construction of the
Northeast Branch. This branch will
begin at a point on the main line in
Navarro county and run through
Kaufman, Hunt, Hopkins and Delta
counties, 10 Paris, in Lamar conutv.
a distance of about one hundred and
twenty miles.
MEMPHIS & LITTLE RocK.-The in
clined plane on the Memphis side of
the river having been completed, the
first train of cars from Little Rock
was transferred across the Missis-
sippi by ferry-boat, October Z.
Hereafter all trains viii start from,
and run to the new depot on Wash
ington street, Mem phis.
THE Flyton, Corinth and Tennes-
see Company proposes to build a
road from Pfttsburg Landing, south
west, about 16O miles to Birming-
ham, Alabama. Tne line, which
lAs been surveyed, passes thrtugh
country rich in coal lands, but as
yet almost entirely undeyeloped.
A WRITER of repute has calculated
that, upon the average, every 500
miles OF railway adds $4,000, 600
yearly TO the national wealth, which
is enough to pay the interest OF the
national debt. II we call the addi-
ton, however, but half of this
writer's estimate, or $50, coo. 900 per
annum, the result would he satisfac
tory enough to all reasonable peo-
pie.
RML-oAD CoNDUcroR's CONVENTION.
The Railroad Conductors Life In
surance Association recent Y had n
grand and imposing convention at
Louisville. The report of their pro-
ceedings show a prosperous and
healthy condition in financial affairs.
Tne Grand Secretary reports the re-
ceipts at STAT ,321, Al, aud an expen-
difure of $I3S,10415. The different
roads and divisions represented,
number 2l4 The members were
sustained in most hospitable man
n@ by the city, and had .. good
time, generally. The following is
the list of officers elected for the en-
suing year:
President-James Marshall, of the
Hudson River railroad.
First Vice PRESIDENT. CT. Cor
mick, of the Illinois Central.
Second Vice President-M. Spain
Jay, of the Memphis and Charleston.
qSecretary and Joseph
3. Culbertson.
Executive Committee-Jos W.
Moore, Edward Morell and Isaac y.
Horner.
To deliver tho next annual address
j F. Redmond, of the Southern
Pacific.