The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-03
UNITED STATES RAILWAYS.
Progress OF the Texas Trunk Mum.
Der of Miles ON All the ROads-HOw
the New Lines are Going Ahead
All over the Countrywide.

Gulf, Colorado Il Santa Fe.-Work on
this road, north of BRENNAN, Texas is pro-
crossing steadily, and track.laying from
Brennan toward Caldwell has been begun.
Chattanooga Western.-This company has
been organized to build narrow-gauge
from Chattanooga Tenn, westward around
the bend of the Tennessee to tn Alabama
line. The distance is about thirty five miles.
The object of the road is to reach sew raj
deposits iron and coal now inaccessible.
Kansas Central This road is now COM
plet to Garrison, Kan, a new town, which
is forty-four miles westward from the point
which the track hid reached at the begin
ming of the ye r. and l45 miles from Leaven-
worth. The road is controlled in the Mis-
souri, Pacific interest. Regular trains will
run to the new terminus shortly.
Prices of Rails-Steel rails are still unset
tied, with quotations S62.50 to sos per ton
at mill, though some large sales are said to
have been made at $50 for fall delivery.
Foreign steel rails are offered at $50 per ton
at tide-water. Iron rails are also unsettled.
A number of sales are reported at S48 to $50
per ton at mill for heavy sections. BUYERS
are saidto be generally holding back for lower
prices Old iron rails are quoted at S25 to
S27 per ton in Philadelphia, but the market
is uncertain.
A Locomotive with Bell 1870 years DID,
Major U. L. Boyce has purchased at a cost
Of one hundred dollars, bell, formerly the
property of Lord Fairfax, Of Greenway
Court. 1t was brought from England, where
it was cast in 1850 that date being stamped
upon it--and weighs eighty pounds This
bell was pr sentsd to the Meade Memorial
church Of the village, and was sold for the
benefit of said church to Major Boyce, who,
we understand, intends presenting it to the
engine Fairfax" ofthe Shenandoah Valley
Observation-Disclosures (Va.) News.
South Pacific Coast.--This road has now
been completed through to Santa Cruz, Cal
itornia, track having been laid on the gap of
two miles b tween the late southern terminus
at the big tunnel and FELTON,, the end of the
old Santa Cruz ~ FELTON, road, now owned
by this company and made part of Its line.
The whole distance from the bay terminus
at Alameda to Santa Cruz is 70 miles, and
from San Francisco to Santa Cruz Gncluding
the long ferry across the bay) it is 81 miles.
the Santa Cruz railroad to Sequel and Aptos,
beyond Santa Cruz.
St. Louis Republican, 30th The con-
struction of the Texas & ST. Louis railroad
is now assured, the contract having been
signed with Ii. N. Mandervile for the con-
struction of that road to Corsicana by Sep.
TENDER l. This W II be in time for this
years crop of cotton. This connection opens
up a new field to st. Louis tina has hitherto
been controlled by the Galveston market
The road will be completed to Waco, dis
lance of fifty miles from Corscsna, by the
end of the year. The contract already
closed with Col. Vaudeville is over 81 ,00O,-
900, and the money is already on hand. The
road will when completed to Waco, take in
the entire cotton belt of Texas, and it will
add, it is estimated, S20,0O0,0O0 annually to
the trade of st. Louis.
Denver Il Rio Grande.-The Colorado
Springs Gazette says Of the progress of this
road: 1.-THE New Mexican extension leaves
the Rio Grand river at Alamosa, and the
part completed runs in a straight line to
Conejo., distance of about thirty miles.
The direction is n little west of south. The
part of the San Luis valley through which
it passes is desolate and barren. The only
relief to this waste is the 400 miles of moan
tain range, fencing in the valley, which may
be taken in at glance. AT the southern part
of the valley, serving as q boundary, is San
Antonio mountain, which is huge, round and
fiat, About ten miles down the river is tho
Mormon settlement, which has a recent addi-
ton of about 500 members. The station of
the road at this point is called San Antonio,
and is about one-halfa mile from Coneios.
This is the point where the San Juan extern.
sion branches, and rs it will be the junction
of two long lines, is likely always to be a
considerable town.
St. Louis S San Francisco The track of
the Kansas division is now laid to Wichita,
Kansas, twenty-one miles westward from the
late terminus at Augusta, 2lS miles from the
main line at PIERCE City, Missouri, and 507
miles from st, Louis. AT Wichita connec.
ton is made with branch of the Atchison
Topeka IL Santa Fe. which reaches the main
line of that road at Newton. From st. Louis
to Newton by the line just completed the
distance is 533 miles, against SIS by way of
Atchison, or Asa by Kansas City. This COM
pany is now receiving sealed proposals for IN
equipment loan of $1,000000, to bear inter-
est NJ per cent. The bonds are to have -
years to run, and sinking fund payment of
s per cent is TO begin with June, 1882, TO be
used in retiring the bonds at not over 105
The bonds are to be issued ut the rate of 30
per cent Of the actual cash cost of equip.
ment to be purchased for the use OF the COM
pany. One.half $3.50, 000-will be ready
for delivery by June 1, the balance at the
option of the company during the current
year.
This weeks Railroad Gazette contains in
formation of the laying of track on new rail-
roads as follows. Cheraw IL Salisbury
Completed from Cheraw South Carolina,
northward to Bennett, North Carolina, %
miles. Dayton & Northumberland
from Coalton, Ohio, east by south to Wells
ton, miles; gauge, feet. South Pacific
Coast.-EXtendet south to Felton, California,
, miles, closing the gap and completing the
road gauge 3 feet. st. Louis IL San Fran
cisco.-The track Of th Kansas division is
extended from Augusta, Kansas, westward to
Wichita, p miles. Kansas Central. Ex-
tended westward to Garrison, Kansas A
miles gauge 8 feet. Burlington Il Mis-
souri, River In Nebraska. Track of the
Republican Valley line extended from
Arapahoe, Nebraska, westward to Indianola,
80 miles, branch of the same line is fin
ished from Red Cloud to Spring Valley, %
miles. Union Pacihc--A branch has been
completed from Grand Island Nebraska,
northward 10 St Paul, 30 miles. This is a
total of 1872 miles of new railro d, making
Low miles thus far this year, against $40
miles reported at the same time in 1879. 1856