The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-26
Railway Notes.

The Railroad Gazette OF the 18th contains
information OF the laying of track on new
railroads as sollows: Louisiana Western,
eEtsuded eastward to Lacasine Bayou, La,
ga miles Track also laid from the Sabine
sxossing, In, eastward II miles. Warwick
Valley, completed by laying track from Vor-
unn N. j., north by east TO Warwick. N. Y,
I ~ miles. Northern Pacific, track on the
Pead d Oreille division is laid from Aims
wr,th, Or, eastward twenty miles, an extern
SION, of 10 miles. Oakdale, track laid from
Cbskdslo Furnace, Tenn, west miles Gauge
three feet. Cleveland, Tu,csrawas Valley Il
Wheeling, extended from Uhrichsville, o.,
sslth by east 48 miles. Southern Pacific, OK.
tended southeast to Tucson, Arizona, 70
milo. This Is q total Of 1863 miles of new rail-
ws,d, making 1888 miles thus far in $780,
sgaihst 204 miles reported at the correspond
my time last year.
Work is to be pushed on the
Texas division of the Little Rock, Mis-
sissppi River 81 Texas from its present ter
n1intis at Monticello, Arkansas, to Texarkana,
Nlsont lao miles. The company has ordered
1890 tons of rails and the necessary fasten-
iaGe also two locomotives and a number of
freight cars, and has asked for bids for six
nrnre locomotives and six passenger cars. In
steel rails prices are little easier, and sales
me reported at $50 to $3.50 per ton at mill,
with SB5 rs an extreme quotation. A sale of
rails TO be rolled In Pittsburgh from German
bloOms is reported at 1888 per ton. Iron rails
src also a little easier, and some sales OF heavy
sntions at 500 per ton are reported. Quota
lions are $65. to $40 por ton at mill. Old
ir.a rails are quiet, with sales reported at
S4i 30 SAP SO per ton in Philadelphia, The
rnsl|Set is uncertain, however, and prices may
change Railroad spikes remain unchanged,
alsA Pittsburgh prices are A cents per
rlUnd, seller 30 days
Secretary Templeton, who is
" citizen of Fort Worth, was
in Che city yesterday. He stated that the
peaple Of the Fort were in dead earnea,
nhcat building road from their city to
Gainesville and an intersection with the
n, X 81 T., and were now raising money fol
untrurpose. Colonel Fairfax says "Jay
Gould said to me, Let Fort Worth grade
end tie the road and ! will iron it,"
A. train of cars two blocks in length passed
Through tho city yesterday for the Texas &
PaeMc Extension company.
w. r. Morley, advance engineer Of thu
Aehmou, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, ha
been ordered to proceed to Guyamas a
QtNs, 70 take charge OF the construction
tie above-mentioned railroad through Mex
inA This item is very important, shown.
Tat Che A., Il. & S. +. has no idea o
stopping at I'll Psso, but push directly acros
Mexico to the Pacific ocean. tH
The earnings of the Missouri, Kansas 1
Texas railway for the second week in March
1870 were $40, GIG; same time in 1879, S64,
sSS; increase, Sl5,353.
The earnings Of the Union Pacific railroad
for tho tirst sixteen days in March, 1880, wer
$3.50, 1893; for the same time In 1879, $685.,
iS7. an increase Of $256,356.53.
The smallest railroad in the world is tn
twc-feot ten-inch gauge built by George Il
Nanseeld, from North Billerica, Massachus
cts, 10 Bedford. 1t Is eight miles and hal
long aud has eleven bridges, ono over 10
feetlong. The rails weigh 20 pounds 10 III
yanl; the engines weigh eight tons, the cal
four tons and half each, and run at the ra,
of 80 miles an hour.
Il Is reported that the Louisville &c Nasl
vile railroad company propose 10 increa,
the capital from $9,O00000 TO $4,000, OO
ossuing the $11 ,00O0 900 increase to presel
stockholders at so per cent. With the So
$4,000 cash thus obtained, the outstaniir
dsbentures will be bought up, and then I p
ceat dividends will be paid on the increase
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