The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-12


Holden to Pamela, 81 miles; Atchison to ST.
Joseph. 81; Boonville to Versailles, As, ma.
king 40 miles leased, and 616 worked. The
capital stock of the consolidated company is
$l2,4l9,8OO. The total bonded debt is rs
follows, including that of all the branches
lately conso dated:
Main Line, first mort yage, ........ s., 900, 900
eclnd-mOrtBage. ................,. 1913, 900
lnUu-InDftgdgb ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800 D
Ksai estate mortgage. ................ 500, goo
CarOndel,t Branch Observation-Disclosures. 25O UOO
MISSOURI River railroad bO DIS ... 400 600
Leavenworth Atchisou ~, North
western .......,.......-...,,..,.,.. 10000
~. Loul' " LeNlngtun...,.. ..,.,.,.... $50 OOD
Kansas CITY Eastern ............. ms 600
1t Louis, Kausrs Il AR iona ...,,. 200 900
Lexington Southern. .............. l,05J, 600
Total (s3tt3S per mile. ........ .$l9, 259, Coo
The stock is So, 1888 per mia, making a
total capital account Of S56976 per mile
The company has now no floating debt. The
earnings of the road for the nine months
ending Sept 30 were
Gross earnings. ................. . 81 b37, O0l
ExpeEt es (5j al per cent ........... 2 5li, Ol2
Net earnings. .................... s., O22 gsg
The net earnings for the ne months are
considerably in excess Of tho amount required
TO pay the fixed charges for the entire year
The Railroad Gazette of the 9th contains
information of the laying of track on new
railroads MS follows Atlantic Il Pacific
Extended westward 10 point hfy-two miles
from the Achison, Topeka Il Santa Fe
junction, an extension of q miles. st
Paul, Minneapolis 81 Manitoba. Track is laid
on the Grand Forks, Fargo & Barnesvile
branch from Barnosville, Mimi, north est
to Morehead, % miles. Kansas CITY, TT.
Scott IL Gulf-The Rich Hill branch is COM
pleted from Pleasanton, Kan, east to Rich
Hill, Mo-, "a miles. Columbus e. Hook.
ing Valley.-The Monday Creek branch
is extended from Greendale. O, to 0reville,
miles. Sioux City 81 PAcifc.-1'rack is
laid on the Niobrara branch from Norfolk,
Neb, north to Plainview Is miles. ., Chicago,
ST. Paul, Minneapolis Il Omsha-The Eau
Clair branch is completed from Eau Claire
station to the mills at Eau Claire, Wis,
miles. Northern Pacific -Entended from
Little Missouri, Oak, west, 10 miles. Texas
& st. Louis.-Extended from Tyler, Tex,
west by south to Brownsbor1, 10 miles;
gauge 8 feet. Chicago & NorthWestern.-
The Chicago Il Dakota line is extended west
to Pierre, Oak, 20 miles. Ohio Central
Extended from Fostoria, o., north by west
to Toledo, 80 miles. Detroit, Mackinac a.
Marquette. track from Marquette,
Mich, east is extended miles. The line
from Point st. lgnace westward is extended
10 miles. Milwaukee, Lake Shore &
Western,-Extended from Norrie, Wis, ives,
by north TO .Wausau, IS miles. Track is
also laid on the northern division from
Eland Junction, Wis, north IL miles
This is a total of 226 miles of new railroad,
making GA miles thus far this year, against
1859 miles reported at the same time in 1879,
1,724 miles in 1878, 1924 miles in 1877 |,
9l3 miles in 1876. 1850 miles in 1876, 1924
miles in 1874 3 1870 miles in 1873, and 6l06
miles in 1872.
Prices of Rails.-For steel rails the market
is somewhat hrmer, and quotations are about
$50 per ton 1T mill. Sales of some 10000
tons for 1881 delivery are reported and sew
etal large orders are under negotiation. Iron
rails are firm at about SAG per toa ut Il. ill for
56-lbs. section, and S4S to $50 for light rails.
Makers are not willing to 60 below these
prices, but foreign rails are offered at lower
rates, and some orders are going abroad, es.
pecia.ly from southern roads. Old iron rails
are dull at $25 to $26 per ton, with little
business doing.
Southern Pacifc.-This company's line
eastN lrd into New Mexico progressing very
rapidly. On one day 1920 feet of track
were laid, on another l3,S00 and for several
days over 1000 feet day were laid.
Texas & Pacific. The hol Gers of the fol-
lowing named flrst-mortg &c bonds are mott
fed to present them to the trustees, at their
office. No. 275 south Fourth street, PhiIs.
delphia, for payment ut par value, the same