The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-05
Uu,TED STATES RAILWAYS
Hubbard's MiIiion-Shaii we Get Into
Mexico - Marrow Gauges-Faets
About Old and New Roads.

t| GTlNIus l. uc hlSb oulDAltllo VI lItlSul were
made yesterday. The merchants Of that
5 section will hereafter be regular patrons of
WI Dallas. A number of representatives from
Al Dallas houses went over on the excursion
Y train yesterday morning.
The great Trunk lines running through the
western territories are rapidly bringing out
tap and branch roads In y few years u traveller
b can reach almost any point out there with
q the same ease he can 60 anywhere in the old
a States. The mines magnetic these roads, as
n it were, but they must eventually rely upon
agriculture for dividends.
Two hundred and ffly-hree miles of rail
road have been laid in England and Wales
b during the lust ten years, at u cost of nearly
81 Sl6,000,000; exclusive of the outlay on
engines, horses and cars. One company ex-
pended Sl,600,000 on the construction of
twenty and quarter miles, while another
expended over $3,000,000 on thirty-two
81 miles.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas reports
earnings as folio VS.:
1879 1850. Inc.
Il Third week of May 5 1885, 90 575 Sl4,OS0
4 Jan, to May 81. ..... Hl,41l | ,jS6 G)t 6i5l3O
The following shows the gross earnings of
the Louisville IL Nashville Railroad COM
pany;
u Third week In May 8 1873 800 $ 81, 7Oj s $685.
Jan. o. May a3...... 1881 800 ,952..I7 Sir, iS
"They," id Mr.. Dodge, referring to our
& Transcontinental railway lines, twill also de-
velop the mining resources of the interior of
our continent by the cheap transit of men,
machinery and food, 80 venture to predict
that in less than twenty years, the annual
product of our gold and silver mines will
A reach S300,000,000." And the General did
not allude to the possibilities in old Mexico,
4 where are things ''yet uninterrupted in prose
or rhyme" ,..... ,.......-
4 The securing of one million dollars from
Colonel Vaudeville, of ST. Louis, by the st.
4 Louis IL Texas Narrow Gauge was a master
3 stroke. AS was stated in the Railroad col
n umn yesterday morning, this assures the
completion OF the line from Its present ter
minus at Tyler to Waco. To Ex-Governor
4 Hubbard praise is due for this important
step in the commerce, the development and
the enrichment of Texas. If you want to
see people with more happiness than they
can comfortably hold, go along the surveyed
\ line. s a a.
An exchange says "Broad and narrow
gauge roads are disappearing. Within few
1 weeks portion of the narrow-gauge Indian
spolis, Delphi " Chicago road, now operated,
!. will be widened to the standard-gauge. The
! New York, Ohio 81 Pennsylvania, formerly
the Atlantic IL Great Western, will be mar
rowed to standard-cauge, and several South
f. ern roads have narrowed their gauge to that
of the standard within the last few months,
AM others contemplate doing it; md now
Canada has but 225 broad-gauge roads, and
no narrow-gauge, We believe. 1t seems to
have been demonstrated that unless it be in
mountainous countries, standard-gsuge roads
are preferable in every respect" And yet
the narrow-gauge often just suits the ability
Of \ people to pay for it, It is best in that
case to build them, and then in the course of
time, when the company bscomes able, they
can be easily converted into the standard.
gauge.
Boston Transcript; There have been ru-
mors Of late of II Forthcoming rupture be-
tween the Denver Il Rio Grande Railroad
company and the AtchisOn Topeka ~ Santa
Fe Railroad company in Colorado. A com.
pany, apparently independent, organizes at
Santa Fe to build u narrow-gauge road north
in competition with the Denver & Rio
Grande, while the movements have been afoot
in Colorado to organize companies Mt Lead
vile and Denver to build narrow-gauges in
competition with the Denver & Rio Graude.
An these movements are annorentlv indie
npndent Int none of thpm can have life
without mia, With ey;st,n0 svSlans This is
ths onlv nrosant founds,ion for e renorts If ~
rnntnrc fnr tha ;n;nnct,on AGAINST the Atch.
isons coal road in Colorado has been with
drawn, and everything in this quarter ami
cably adjusted. AS far ss private advices
Coiorodo connnrnn,;se will he kant in the
Iotter md snirit Of tbe acreerent
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Don Juan y. y. I'tl, Oh Tue ol'y Oh meA-
lco' ana VINO wheh Thirteen y ar: OF Hge WIS Ms
captured IN tue MIer eApeui.ion, ms 'ne
spared ana afterwards "'opeeu anu r'''seu W
Sehera' santa Anna was IN 'his ONCE 10"
DAYS since ana talked AZ ienS'h upon Tue
matter oil hmencahs building rallro"us III
MeX!eo' lie saiu IL was true great many
MeHicah' were opposed 10 thehl per Sc, anu
Tor the reason they Knew THESE roaGs wo .H
oe quicKiy iolioWe! oy sWsrms oi settlers
from horth OF the MO uTan 10 ana 'hey, us III
lexis, would thro" OH Mexican rug anu
annex inc country 10 inc Ghlteu 9ta.es;
barking tnem was tlo vera NruI ,"'li o.''
company Gaiehy coinp1sea OF hngllsh' sGsu-
ated by sel'interes'' lhs' foaa now NOUS u
monopoly whicn II wou'u NOT surrei G VOL
u n! iew u"ys N.Y. wueli o .,o,. ~
rum WAS ABOUT 10 oosalh cnnl'e ~ W
nu''u from NV Guy 10 'ne a'o
Hranue' inc vera 0ruh eonipS y.
stepped III ana asked LOT o anu no ootal'ieu w
putting up forfeit OF SZOUUUO upon specl-