The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-29
THE Iron HORSE.
Tho work OF Banding the COntineu,,

for at least three years With oil they vii
probably need
Justice Harlan, of the United States su
memo court hiss decided the case Of Ro,
,gainst the Pennsylvania Central that
road is liab or injury to passenger in
sleeping ca. The defendant plead that III,
Pulman ca, company was a separate and
smother corporation. Tho judge rspli,d
DThatif the car composed part of IA,
train in which the plaintiff and other pss,sp.
GERS wero to DO transported on tho Journey
and The plsintiif wss injured in that vitl.r,
sry fault Of his Own, aud by reason either ~
me detective construction of tha car or h, ~,
come negligence on the part of those bavir..
charge Of the cAr, than the defendant ia lishl Il
The undertaking of tbs railroad comnsNr
was to csrry the defendant in error OVER Il,
line. in consideration Of certain sum. II h.
elected 10 ride in Grst-cass-car, with TIA
privilege nevertheless, expressly giysD ia
ig published notices, Of riding in q slesnirr
or constituting 6 part Of the carriers train
for On additional sum paid TO the conpspy
owning such car"
The Railroad Gazette Of The 2ith contains
Information Of the laying of track on nav
railroads Ms follows Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis 60 0maha.-The North wilson,
sin Division has sssn EXTENDED from CbAnd-
ler WiscoRson, north by esst to C.bsl. 40
miles. East Lire Il Red Rivsr.-ErtssSsd
from Black Jsek Glove, TsxH, ys,t TO
Graan7ile, IS miles. Southern Pacific
Extended esgt 10 Dam'sg r.r MEXICO 70
miles. Toledo, Dep.o. y Burlington
Extended from Marion, Indiana, west to
Groatewl, Is Milsa. Gauge, fest. Long
yRlley-Complatsd from Lfmoka, Pann.yI.
vapa, north to tho Long Valley cssl mines
7miles. Richmond IS Allegheny. Extsndsl
southo'3. TO Buchanan, Virginia, g miles
This is total of 1l8 miles Of new railroad
mAkyg 2,9o7 miles thus fer this year, agsiutt
S6l3 miles reported I'll the same timsiu 1879
1858 aailss in 1878, 2,019 miles IN 1877. 2278
mil5l in 1878, 1888 Wiles in 1875, 1874 mica
in 1874, $500 miles in 1873 AID 7,l6O miles
in 1872.
In iteei rails business is active. Quotations
csntnue tt %57 so to $50 per ton Al mill, &C.
COrdng 10 time OF delivery. A fale of 5000
tons English steel rails il reported, at about
S62 per ton, delivered ia New Orleans. Iron
rails arc moro qaiet, wish 8 faicsamoupt of
business reported, csitly in small lots. Gao.
ta!ion5 arc from $40 per ton at mill for s.
ID. rails, up to $50 TO S5s for light rails. Old
iron rails arc still unsettled, with Gales re,
ported at S26 to sos psr ton in Philadelphia.
Bdyers are generally holding out for lover
prics5. Railroad spikes ere quoted at $265
psr 100 lbs; ish.platea, So 10 TO 81 80; track
bolts, 1915 TO $4.25, according 10 pattern.
Il is said that if tb@curves between New
York ard Phindslphii were abolished and
the track mSde rs straight as An srro trsiss
can DO run bstwtsn tho two cities in enc hour
with perfect safety. This distance by air lus
hS0.9 miles. Length rev of existing rail
1874, There are 81 curve.
tiI 139 mileI from Jefferson to Green
vile, over which the East Lipe and Red
Bivsr cars ara now regularly running
Track laying on the Northern Pacific has
been suspended until spring. The ground is
frozen As hSrd rs rams horn.
The Southern Pacific hS becn opened 10
DSming station, 500 miles from Ban Fran
Cisco. II is within 45 miles of I'll PSso,
which point it will .reach in January. A
stage line runs from San hsrcial, tho ter
minus OF present Of the Atchison, Topeka d
Santa Fo, and Deming. rs miles
Of Mexican railroads, The El Noticioso,
printed in The City of Mexico, Dec. 10th,
@ys; "The work of track-lfying on thu
Centrsl contiEuss with great sctiVity. TIE
construction train reached Gyttitlsn on
Thursday afternoon last, and every effort
is being msds to roach Huehuetoos by tho
mddls of December. 1.-THE 7ays list of last
week, ss shown 10 US, records 4 364 Keen un-
der the actual employ of the company; $50
are located at Buansvista; 6l0 at the end Of
tho track; 3,448 at Huehuetocs; S74 az Ell
Salto, aside frOis number Of engineers aud
besSes not upon tha raya list. The rSya Of
last week amounted to sl3,709. Does ths
look az if the Central woro dimish-
ing their Forest The Sullivan com.
pAny are pushing thsir work; 5000
men are new under their oHploy, and ~
fast IS supplies are received this number will
ssincreGIsd. A gsodly number Of engineers
have been arriving and are all ready located
q various points on lhs road. "Kilomster
No. Is has been completed on the railroad
Of tho state Of Hidslgo."
A dispatch WAS published in this paper the
other day about the organization Of eoR-
pAny at Ell PRso, to build road to Texas.
1t was not understood. Tbs Railroad Ga
z'tto tells us this about it: ''This company
has been organized to build a narrow gauge
laflrosd from the Gulf Of Mexico at Corpus
Christi, Texas, by way of the Psces Valley
to Santa Fe, Nav Mexico, and thence by the
Chsms and San Jusa valleys to Salt Lake,
Unb, pretty sxtsnsiYe project ltS frat
work will DO to build about rs miles Of road,
from SantaFs To q connection with the New
Mexico division Of the Dssvsr d Mo Grsnds.'
Jay Gould has not bten idle although not
heard from in several days. A Jefferson
City, Missouri, di,psSch says "Ar1nga-
msnts were concluded to-day between jay
Could and the stockholders Of the jefferson
CITY, Lebanon & Southwestern railway
company, whereby Mr.. Gould acquires all
the rights and franchises Of said rohd, which
Includes IS miles of graded rosd-bsd and the
right of way through the county, and in sd-
ftlon $40. 900 in bonds of the city OF Jetfer-
son, $1,000 in bonds of Cole county, thsroun
house Snd contiguous properly, and $4,000
in cash private subscriptions. Tho bends
are in escrow, to bs delivered when the road
Is completed to point 40 miles from this
city. "Mr. Gould's agreement Is 70 con
slruct and equip 40 miles of railroad from
this place in q westerly direction before jan
uary l, 1882, and to conple.o 20 miles OF Iss
same before July l, 1881. Iae
contracts were signed to-day by A; a.
Tslmsgs on the part Of Mr.. Gould, and ). III.
CLARK, president, and S. w. Cox, secretary
Ofths Jefferson City, Lebanon g. South vest
ern railroad The Comfy court made ths
necessary orders, and the city council ps'. sea