The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-18

fixed for the completion OF TINS ROAD 10 Dem
ton. The breaking down of the Hickory
creek bridge on Tuesday evening will i'd
journ the time in all probability. AT all
events we may expect the road to be open
for business early in December, and get our
Christmas turkeys, venison, wild ducks and
quail from Denton county.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.-Track is
reported laid down the Rio Grande some 25
miles south of the late terminus at San
Marcial, l25 miles south of Albuquerque,
and 1927 miles from Atchison. Work is
progressing steadily toward the junction
with the Southern Pacific.
Rio Grande g. I'll Paso-Ths company
has fled articles of incorporation in Texas
10 build railroad from the New Mexico
line southwark to El Paso. The incorporators
are all connected with the Atchison, Topeka
g. Santa Be, and the company is to build the
short section Of that road which will be in
Texas.
Missouri, Kansas g. Texss-The st. Louis
Globe-Democrat reports that orders have
been given to send large portion OF tho
Kansas Pacific business over this road from
Junction City, Kansas, and also TO take freight
from the Atchlson, Topeka u Santa Fe vt
Emporia on the same line, the object being
to send business from both roads around by
the Missouri, Nnsas S Texas, so as to avoid
Kansas City and escape the division required
by the existing pool at that place.
International & Crest Northern-Ths
al, A
70 San Antonio is nearly finished, and the
workmen are being transferred to the line
beyond San Antonio, where ground has al
ready been broken. II is reported two lines
are to be built, one running directly to the
Rio Grande, near Eagle Pass, and thence
down the river, while the other will leave the
first line at q point not yet determined and
run TO Fort Clark and thence upthe Rio
GraDde towards FL Paso.
Louisville & Nashville.-Ths company
intends to mako extensive improvements in
Nashville, Tenn. A new depot will be built
TO serve all the lines entering Nashville; also
building for general offices and extensive
new shops. The shops will include freight
repair shop 200 feet diameter; csr.erecting
shop 80 by 200 feet paint shop so by 200
feet; foundry 70 by 200 feet; smith shop ~
by 200 feet: locomotive erecting and machine
shop each 80 by 200 feet. There will also be
awhoel foundry aud several other buildings,
round-hou.e for locomotives, a storehouse
and Office buildings,
New Orleans PAcGc.-Work is now pro-
crossing for fifty five miles out OF Shreve-
port, Ls,ra twenty miles more are to be
let before reaching the grade alre dy finish.
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company has agreed to have the road in run.
ming order to Lecomte, one hundred and
forty miles from Shreveport, by August
LIST, next. BY that time it is expected that
. the extension of Morgsu's Louisiana & Tex.
As road will bo finished to Lecomto and 9
connection can DO made for New Orleans \,
once The company, however, will not rely
on the Morgan road, but will 20 on with il.
own line to New Orleans.
Denver 4 Rio Grande.-This company i.
now, pushing work on no less than six
branches or extensions ut once. The San
juan line is now nearly completed to the
Chama Summit, 80 miles west of Animss
Col, and will soon BIO in the San Juan val
ley, where work can BIO pushed toward Du-
range aud Siverton. The Mexico line ID ex
pected to be running in December to SAINTS
Cruz, % miles from Santa Fe, which is to
be the terminus, and % miles beyond Ca
liente. The Silver Cliff line is nearly al
graded from Canon City to Silver Clif, snG
the prospects is that track-laying will be fin
ished this year, On the Eagle River linz
from Malta through Tennessee pass to Eagl,
river, track Is laid from Malta west II mile
and Red Cliff is to be reached in two months
or go. From Red Cliifto Eagle River will
be built next year. The Leadville, Ten
mile & Breckenridge line is TO hav
its terminus at Frisco, insteA,
of Breckenridge, as at hrst in
tended. This line is 10 DO dono this ysa
from Lsaivlle north to Kokomo. On tn,
Gunnison line the bridge over tho Arksnss
at Salda is done, and track laid three mile
from the main line at Salida. This line vii
cross the Marshall pass with grades of q
feet to the mile, aud run down Marshall an
Tumichi creeks TO Gunnson. Tic Who'll
line, with u branch from Poncha to MAYS
vile, is under contract to be finished by Jun
next.
Price of Rails. Iron rails are more active
and sales of several thousand tons are re
ported at from $40 TO SOL per ton at mill
according to section No decline is expecte
at present. New York quotations are "a
TO $4S. Old iron rails arc stronger. Sinai
sales are reported in Philadelphia at 1874 4
to $28 so, but holders are looking for bette
prices and ask 1877 to S28 per ton A sale
reported in New York of rails to arrive A
about 500 per ton landed. Pl,tsburg QUO
tations for spikes are S2 65 to 81 70 per l0
pounds; track-bolts, $3 90 for square and s
for hexagon heads; splice bars, 81 25 per 10
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