The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-30
RAESROAD NOTES

The TICKET war Which has preyailal az
Chicago SO long thssstens to become nerm,.
nent. Tickets which once ssld for sll sn,o
Kansas City are now issued for So. Brokers
are loaded with them, The other dsv ana
man purchased Sl5OOOO worth over tbo
Chicsgo & Alton. Esough Of these ticket,
ara in the hands Of brokers to load two train,
Of passengers per day for three years. Thu
Chicago press insist the roads engaged in 'tho
war" are all mskingmORey out oft ansb,yo
fully demonstrated that they can carry p1..
sengers at present rata and make great
deal more money thsa at former prices, Six
times the number of people travel
or SlS against S14 50.
1t viii in tho sud prove a valuable lss,o,
10 railroad mansgers Gll over tho worlS in |
that it will show them that they can bsttSr
afford to haul two passengers for So Tia,
eAe for 81. The rates in To1ss are highsr
thSa any point on tho globe-5 cents ser
mile. Tho result is nobody travel. who can |
in any shape or form get around it. Tbev
do their business by letter, rely on drum.
mers, whole communities club together and |
send an agent, resort to anything thew can
rather thsn pay the enormous fare. And
hence passenger coaches are rarely over full, |
and engines pull two sRd three at the ssms
expense they would one. The at.
teAtion Of Texas railroad directors
is earnestly called to the Chicago railroad
war and the philosophy it is teaching them.
The Financial ChrOaicle reports the grsu
earnings of the Houston s. Texas Central
railroad, for the first week in Dsccaber Sss.-
5l8, against $95,s15 for the same week in
last year; of the IaternStit nal & Great
Northern, $52, 945, agtjAst sos, 1911 last year
Of the Missouri, Kansas & TexS, $S4QS7,
against $90,771; Of tina I-aa gsuntain &
Southern, $l67 800, sr.9s. 5lol, 9S7. IL
will DO observed that the latter named roads
show each decrease ia earnings The Hou..
ten & Texas Central reports An inursa.s.
But tho Chronicls perhaps has Hn figures
upoL broken bridges, wrecked traiAs, stc.,
and the expense and losses incurred thereby.
The frequent sccidSVts now occurring and
which have occurred during the fall and
wint}r upon Texas rsilrosndS, strongly 3D.
monish their management, thsy must
strengthen their tracks, bridges and rolling
stock, and kesp them in better repair. |. is
patent 30 the travelling public thst thess
roads are literally "suR,hins friends" They
cannot stand Frost nor even hsra shower
of rain without gsttisg all out OF order,
Wrecking lraiGs Rnd killing and manning pas
songcrs. Bat aside from tais view Of the case,
therO is no ecoaomy in Withholding Oxpendi.
lures actually necessary ia keeping track ia
good condition. Tho road always loses more
than il gains. There il deal Of philosophy
in Poor Richards penny-wiss aud pound
foolish story, applicable to every buuinel, in
life, and it would DO veil for every railroad
president in Texas to kssp neatly bound
copy of that book
Northern railroads generally report a
great increase Of gross earnings over
last year. The Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern makes magnificent showing for
the year 1880. This statement (psrtly ssti-
matsd) for the calendar year presented at the
meeting Of the board lest Tuesday, when the
bSlfyesrly dividend Was t., AIRED, showed az
increase of 226 per cent. in gross earnings
Of l6 8 per cent. in expenses, and Of 81 per
cent. in net earnings, the amount of the in
crease in net earnings Doing $l,9730OO. Tho
Michigan Central statement Of earnings and
expenses for 1880, made at the dividend
meeting this week, shows an increase over
1879 of 239 per cent. in poss earnings, oper-
ating and expense earnings alike, and the
amount Of ths increase in net earnings is
$4,000, The surplus over Fixed charges is
S942 per share this year against 1857 last
Pennsylvania railroad earnings in November
lsll lines cast Of Pittsburg and Ere) show an
increase OF liz per cent, over the correspond
ing month last year, but the expenses bong
p per Mt. greater, there is vi increase Of
but 81 per cent. ($47, SD in ne. earnings.
Tho German government hos scooped
all the rail roads Of tina.
country, sad turned private enter
prises of that character oul TO grass The
minister Of public works has just declared
ageaeIal dividend" upon tho operation. lie
says, Sin Consequence Of the acquisition Of
The large number Of private railroads this
year. rs different constructions Of road which
the private companies had projected could
be rFeased with, aud that thu' an eypendi'
ture o: more thsn $2l,0OO,0O0 has been
avoided, while securing SOl tho facilities for
transportation that these constructions would
have given The point is not very clear,
but as the miEiLter is backed By an srmy Of
s million men armed with brSRch-osders,
the people of Germany ses it ia plain as
MONDAY sun. They know better than net
to sec il. The government OF the
United States hasn't got energy and grit
enough to own limo OF horse Gals.
Stafford Fleming, chief engineer of the
Dana y Dgo;no .,,h.,itu Y,rnNOsiiinn tn
nun6ei ;he hours from midnight to mid
night, or from enc to twenty-four o'clock.
lie Gays: "The railroad managers of the
country are the live active mon Of the day,
aud are not as rule those who carry dsad
weight because their fathers did. Yet, in
their time cards, they all carry sn incun'
0rsnca that positively conCusts tho uninitiAt-
ed. Not ono man in fifty can take an
ordinary time-eSrd, and in the multiplicity
OF a. ms and p. ms, dittoingas they do
from both the top and bottom Of the card,
figure out the tiEs from New York to u;
Louis or Chicago without becsm Rg coAIused
and uncertain, and frsm New York
to San Francisco it becomes positive
impessibility with navy more. Not
only this, but ths railroad companies
pay Thousands of dollars every year for the
setting up Of these letters by printers, and for
The cardboard and paper on which they are
printed, besides making their time cards lsrge,
and cumbersome. Il is within the power oil
l companies to get rid of these letters.
They now furnish the standard time to the
Whole country, There is no more reason
why there should be two twslve>mile pests
ons twenty-four mile railroad. Practically
me day commences at midnight, consists OF
Wenty-fOur hours and ends the next night