The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-08
EMITTED STATES RAILWAYS.


N lies.
The DELAY in the completion of the Texas
g. New Orleans railroad is getting to be ex-
ceedingly vexatious But as we have
patently waited for quarter of century
for that road we can get along without it
few weeks longer
New Orleans s. Northeast rn--Reports
continue to circulate that the building of
This road is soon to be begun by parties in
terested in the Alabama Great Southern.
The line 1888 miles long, from Meridian,
Miss, to New Orleans.
Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern.--The
track on the Southern Kansas branch is now
laid to Hunnewell, Kan, close to the Indian
territory line and Is miles southwest from
line late terminus at Wellington. The Hun
newell is, we believe, to be the terminus of
the road for time.
St Louis e. San Francisco.
have been let for the construction of the new
st. Louis, Arkansas q Texas branch from
Pierce City, Mo-, to Washburne, distance
of 80 miles. Washburne is miles north of
the Arkansas line. The branch is intended
to run to Fayetteville, Ark, and will open
up country said to be very fertile.
The Texas & Pacific has been completed
% miles beyond Weatherford. Thisputs the
road between 80 and So miles west of Dallas
and across the Palo Pinto county line. 1t is
now fully under way and will rapidly press
forward to FL Paso. The track will be
finished at least 200 miles west of Dallas by
the LIST of next January.
Southern Pacific. The tr cklayers on the
Arizona division have crossed the San Pedro,
48 miles east of Tucson, and are working
steadily toward the new Mexican line. The
town At that point is to be called Shakespeare.
Regular trains are running to Benson, east of
Tucson, 294 miles east Of Yuma, and 1,026
miles from San Francisco.
Iron Mountain & Helena--Work is pro-
crossing steadily on this road, and its compile.
ton from Helena, Ark, TO Forrest City on
the Memphis Il Little Rock load, distance
of AZ miles, is promised by September 10.
Contracts have been let for some 20 miles
north of Forrest City, and the engineers are
now surveying for the final location to the
junction with the ST. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern road, which will probably be
near Corning.
Prices of Rails.-In steel rails considerable
business is reported. Early in the week one
u
ket is now irmer, and quotations are $50 to
S62.50 per ton at mill. For iron rails the
market is dull, with quotations S45 to SIT
per ton at mill. There are many small sales
reported, but few large lots. For old iron
rails the market is very weak and unsettled.
In Philadelphia sales have been made from
1913 to S24.50 per ton, but there is tendency
to lower prices.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.-A letter
from Baugh's station, n. NJ, June 18th,
says: The track Saturday night, 10Th, was
laid SO miles south of Albuquerque. tits in
tended to reach Socorro early in July, they
say by the 4th, but | think time will hardly
do it. The first 100 miles west from Albu-
querQuo, on the Atlantic & Pacific, is nearly
all graded, and the iron will be laid over this
before October 1. This has been an unusu-
ally dry season, and immense fires are raging
in the mountains near here, great deal of
valuable timber and ties already cut have
been burned. There has been no rain in this
vicinity for more than year, and more
barren or desolate looking country it would
be hard to find. There is much mineral all
through here-gold, silver and copper--but
no water to get it out. There has been lots
of water some day in this country Judging
from the looks, but it has not been of late
years. This makes the end of the track $50
miles from Atchison.
Rio Grande, Mexico & Pacifc.-This
company has filed articles Of incorporation in
New York. Its object, as stated in the
charter, is to build a road from San Marcial
in the Rio Grande valley to Ell Paso, and
from the Rio Grande valley, atsColorado,
across the territory to a junction with the
line now being constructed from Guaymas in
northerly direction. The road is to have q
branch running northwesterly into Arizona
by way of Silver City, and also one from
Florids Pass westward to the west line OF
the territory, between the thirty.second and
thirty.third parallels. The charter also pro.
vides for line tapping the main line of the
New Mexico & Southern Pacific railroad,
and running through Abo Pass to the White
Oak mining district. In all there are pro-
vided for in the charter SS3 miles of rail
road. The capital stock of the company is
fixed at $20000,000, and of this SS33,000, has
already been subscribed. Santa Fe is
named in the charter as eplace of principal
business. 1t is organized in the interest OF
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and it:
officers are all connected with the company
Record of New Railroad Construction
The last number of the Railroad Gazette
contains information of the laying Of track
on new railroads as follows: Wilmington &
Northern A branch has been completed
from DUPONT, Del, to the Jessup II Moore
paper mills, mile. Kansas City, Lawrence
& Southern.-The track of the Southern
Kansas branch is extended from Wellington
Kansas, southwest to Hunnewell, Is miles
Denver & Rio Grande.-The track Of the
Leadville extension has been extended from
South Arkansas Col, to Turkey Creek, IS
miles Gauge feet Minneapolis u st.
Louis.-Extended south by west to
Livermore, Ia, miles, completing the road
Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette The first
track is laid from Marquette, Mich, east by
south, 16 miles. Wisconsin Il Minnesota
The first track is laid from Chippewa Falls
Wis, eastward to Cadotte Falls II miles
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.- Extended
from Albuquerque, N. NJ, southwark to
Baugh's, 55 miles. Old Orchard Beach,
Completed from Old Orchard Beach, Me-
along the beach to the mouth of the Saco
river, 8 miles. Gauge, feet. This is O
total of l31 miles of new railroad, making
1889 miles thus far this year, against 16l
miles reported at the same time in 1879, 6Ot
miles in 1878, 6l8 miles in 1877, 673 miles in
1876, 40l miles in 1876, 637 miles in 1874