The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-29
RAILWAY RECORD.
PROGRESS OF THE BUILDERS.
1875 Miles Completed This Year The
Texas Roads = Situation of the
New Lines Leading TO and
Around Us-Facts In Fig
ures Relating TO Fa-
miliar Railroads Old

caplLhl oI tne terrltOry. IL VIII pe aDout lUU
miles long. The location of the road will
soon be completed.
Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas
The grading of the extension of this road to
Little Rock is completed from Pine Blua,
Ark, northwest 10 miles, and track-layiug is
to be begun at once The work is to be
pushed, and the company hopes to have
trains running to Little Rock before winter.
Denver & Rio Grande.-This company's
line into New Mexico has been completed
and opened for business to Tres Piedras, N.
NJ, sixty-four miles southwark from the late
terminus at Alamosa, Colorado, 1914 miles
from South Pueblo, and 3l4 miles from
Denver. The new terminus is about sixty
miles from Santa Fe.
Morgans Louisiana & Texas.-This COM
pany has completed new transfer boat
capable of carrying locomotive and Is cars.
1t has also built new fry slips on the levee
at New Orleans, and trains can now be trans
ferred across the river from the railroad ter
minus in Algiers to New Orleans without the
delay formerly required.
Louisville & Nashville.-The Louisville
Courier-Journal announces that this COM
psny has negotiated, through Drexel, Nor
gan & Co., of New York, and Barring Broth
ers Il Co.. of London, for the sale of $780,
100000 of its bonds, having fifty years to
run, at per cent; $l0,0O000O of this
amount is intended to take up and retire all
bonds now outstanding under its several ex
isting mortgages. A general mortgage for
the $200OO,000 is now being recorded in the
several counties through which the road
passes.
Atlantic g. Pacific AT the starting point
of this line at Albuquerque, N. NJ, the
grounds for depots, round houses, machine
shops and other buildings, have been graded
and the buildings are being constructed with
all possible CELEBRITY. The bridge across the
Rio Grande is nearly ready for ties and rails.
The contract is let for grading the road. bed
to Wingate, 40 miles west, and track-laying
is to commence Immediately. The surveying
parties have completed the final location
through New Mexico, and are now at work
in Mohave county in Arizona.
Prices of Rails. Steel rails are firm and
unchanged, prices being say S62.5O per ton
at mill for immediate, and $50 for winter de-
livery. Iron rails are more active, and some
large orders are reported on. the market.
Quotations are $45 per ton at mill for heavy
sections, but buyers are holding out for
lower prices and S42.50 is said to have been
offered, but not taken, though dollar ton
may be conceded on cash order. For old
iron rails sales are reported in Philadelphia
at from $3.50 to S25 per ton. Some hold
ers look for higher prices and ask S27 per
ton, but no sales are reported above S25.
Texas & Pacifc.-Track on this road has
reached to Brazos river crossing, 81 miles
west from Fort Worth, Texas, and 26 miles
beyond Weatherford, to which point trains
now run regularly. A temporary trestle-
bridge has been built across the Brazos, on
which, construction trains cross, and prepare
tons are being made to put up the permanent
bridge, which will have three spans, $50 feet
each, of Warren combination truss, and 382
feet Of pile bridge at the east end. The track
follows the Brazos for six miles, at one point
going through side bill cut in rock and at
another crossing branch on pile-bridge
$50 feet long. The graders are at work sixty
miles beyond the end Of the track
Gulf, Colorado s. Santa Fe.-This compa-
nv is surveying branch from point on its
line in Bell county, Tex, to Cleburne in
johnson county. The survey passes through
the western part Of McLennan county, near
Comanche Spring, and cross the, Bosque river
six miles below the town of Clifton. Thence
it passes up the Bosque valley some eight
miles; thence up the Archibald Branch to
the Bald Knob; thence along the heads of
Cedron creek to the head of Leggit Branch;
thence down the same, crossing SteePs creek
and the track of the Texas Central rsilroad,
% miles east of the town of Morgan; thence
north to the Brazos river, about two miles
hal hol1 opI fhaDno m Nnlan's rivar
to Cleburne.
The Railway Gazette, of the 23rd, contains
information of the laying Of track on new
railroads as follows: Port Huron & North
western: Extended from Carsonville, Mich,
northward to Minden, 10 miles. Gauge 8
feet. Missouri, Iowa & Nebraska: A branch is
completed from Centreville, Ia, northwsrd to
Moravia, 10 mile, Denver & Rio Grande
Extended from Alamoss, Col, southwark to
Tres Piedras, N. NJ, Ga miles. Gauge
: feet. Texas & Pacific Extended westward
to Brszos Crossing, Texas, II miles. Chicago
& Northwestern: This company's Chicago y
Dakotah line is extended from De Smet,
Oak, westward to Huron, 81 miles. This is
total of LAT miles of new railroads, making
1872 miles thus far this year, against 1,0S3
miles reported at the same time in 1879, Sl9
miles in 1878, 73l miles in 1877, 9S2 miles in
1876, 518 miles in 1876, 727 miles in 1874 and
1895 miles in 1873.
New Orleans Paci6c.-The Now Orleans
Picayune of July 18th says; "Telegrams
from President Wheelock state that the con-
tract with the construction company wasa
signed in New York yesterday morning. A
railway from New Orleans to Marshall via
Alexandria is secured beyond doubt. The
terms of the contract were arranged few
weeks since at conference held in this city,
between the directors of the New Orleans
Pacific railway company and Ex-Governor
Brown, James P. Scott and others, repre-
senting Jay Gould and Tom Scott The lat
ter parties were to organize construction
company, which should build and equip the
road from this city to Marshall at certain
sum per mile, to be paid in first mortgage
bonds and stock of the New Orleans ane
Pacific company; the bonds and stock
to be delivered on the completion
of sections of 10 miles. This Construction
Company was subjected to some unexpected
delays in raising the necessary capital in
New York, one Of which the necessity Of ad-
vertising its charter in that city for 30 days to
give it legal existence. But all necessary
preliminaries have been arranged, the capital
to perform the work has been subscribed,
and the final documents signed and delivered.
The company agrees to complete the road
ready for business in,lS months. twill pro-
badly be done earlier. The route is such as
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