The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-26
STATES Raj WAYS.
sumber of MHcs OF View Road Built In
Isso-Prices..of Rnils-Progress of
new and Old ROads-May Earn.
ings Facts In Figures, New
and Old Roads and
How They stand,

New York Central & Hudson River.-The
r,o;s.town Line in Buffalo, mile, has been
Nmpeted.
Chicago, Burlington 81 Quincy.-A branch
completed from Abba, Ia, southwark to
Norayis u miles.
mi, ia n total of 2S miles of new railroad,
r.tinp 1913 miles thus far this year, against
ssS miles reported at the same time in 1879
i 40 mile; in 1873, 593 miles in 1877, 6S7
niles in 1876, 81 miles in 1875, so miles in
4 jSTl, and l,27l miles in 1873.
j The Missouri, Kansas Il Texas railway
asrnings increased the second week in June
SlT0O6. Increase since January l, 100000.
Tbs Texas cotton crop promises to be pro-
6rous, which must give this road very
lsTpe business this fall.
CITY of Mexico, June l2.-Work is pro-
. caa1iag rapidly on the Central railroad, An
sgent Of the Palmer Il Sullivan company is
A making survey Of route through Colima
a 18th Pacific, with the understanding that
II Aey receive o concession.
The county of Buckingham, Va, has
4 voted subscription of $4,000 to the capt.
d a stock Of the Richmond & Southwestern
niroad company, u decisive victory for the
4 rad. So much enthusiasm has been aroused
mai it is now quite certain that this road will
4 b built and form an important link Of a
! great through line.
sProf. Marks, of Philadelphia, stated at a
/ Scent meeting of the Franklin institute, that
behsd made some calculations of the maxi
mum speed at which locomotives could be
driven before the centrifugal force on the
tires Oft the driving wheels would become so
great rs TO cause them to burst. These cal
citations, which were approximate only,
showed that the limit of speed was in the
neighborhood of $50 miles per hour
St. Louis IL San Francisco.-Organiza-
tlons have been formed in Missouri aud
Arkansas to huid branch of this road from
APPOINT four miles east of Pierce City, Mo-,
through Barre county in that state, and Ben
ton and Washington counties in Arkansas,
TO Fayetteville. The Missouri corporation is
the ST. Louis, Arkansas Il Texas, and the
Arkansas company the Missouri, Arkansas "
Texas, and the intention is to consolidate the
two with the main line.
Prices of Rails-Steel rails are quoted at
$50 to S65 per ton at mill, with prices fairly
steady and moderate business done. The
mills are fully occupied, and are not pressing
for orders, Iron rails are quoted at SAL to
$50 per ton ut mill for small lots, but it is
said that large orders could be placed at
somewhat lower figures. Sales of English
rails have been made at $40 per ton at tide
water. The market for old iron rails is weak,
Philadelphia prices are S25 30 to S26 50per
ton, with very slow sales.
The United States court at Little Rock, on
the 2lst instant in each case OF the Southern
Express Company VS.. the Iron Mountain,
Memphis & Hot Springs Railroad companies,
made the following order; Ordered that the
defendants, its officers agents, servants and
employees be enjoined and restrained until
the final determination ofthis cause from pre-
venting the plaintiff enjoying the same facili-
ties in the conduct of its express business,
permitted TO any other express company or
exercised by the defendant itself on payment
Of reasonable compensation therefor.
Louisville & Nashville.--It is said that
this company will soon begin work on a
branch from Madisonville, Ky, on the
Evansville, Henderson " Nashville DIVISION
northwest to the Ohio river at point oppo-
site Shawneetown, Iii. The distance is about
As miles through good country, now with
out railroad. In connection with the
Shawneetown branch of the ST. Louis "
Southeastern, it will make line from Nash
vile to St. Louis 295 miles long, or y miles
less than by Henderson and Evansville, and
with shorter river transfer. The branch
WAS projected by the st. Louis " South
eastern, but that company went into bahk-
ruptcy before it could be built.
A statement of tine through travIe on the
Central Pacific railway since its completion
indicates that it reached its climax in 1873,
Is, and has since been slowly but steadily
declining. The arrivals in California then
were 10000, and subsequently they have been
as follows: lS76-17, 6l,4OO; lS71-lo, ~
6O0 lS7s.79, $780, lS79.SO, S4,1W' Inc
departures from California were more nu-
merous in lS76-77 than in any previous year.
but they have also been diminishing since
that period, being 29,S00 in 1S77-6o, 100
in 1888, and 24,700 in 1S19SO During
the seven years since the road was opened,
1880 passengers have passed over Its entire
length.
He Didn't Scare.--A vagrant ass stood be-
side the track of the Sunset. railroad al the
depot few mornings ago, al engine moved
slowly up, it stopped within few feet OF the
ass, the engineer blew one of those terrible
screams, prolonged and esr-piercing, such a
blast as makes sleeping Millerite dream OF
the day of judgment. Did the ASS scream
Not worth cent Did he shake the sloth
from his limbs, erect tail and speed away
like the asses of Bassorah, faster than tne
Bedouin courses run back 10 the chapparal |;
No, he didn't. He turned one ear toward
the engine, Just as deaf man uses ms TN
ear.trumpet, and caught every particle OF
sound. And when the steam-blown whistle
ceased its notes and all the echoes died away,
the animal slaughtered out his neck, opened,
his mouth, and in voice that deafened GIL
the railroad men and caused the freight clerk
to drop his pen, reared: 81 can't cant
can't be beat be beat be beat be beat
Can't be.be-be-be.b be beat "-San Antonio
Herald.
st. Louis Bridge Company. This company
acquired through foreclosure the great bridge
over the Mississippi at st. Louis, built by the
Illinois s. st. Louis bridge company ltaIs9
works under agreement the ST. Louis tunnel
railroad, which forms the approach TO lhe
bridge at the ST. Louis end. Inc report Is
for tho year ending March 81. Under .ne
agreement the net earnings of the orlage
and tunnel are now divided in the proportion
Of three.eighths to the bridge aud one,elgntn
TO the tunnel, up to S450,000, and all over
this amount in the proportion Of nine.tensns
70 the bridge and one.tenth to the tunnel.
All the tables, statements and exhibits treat
1nsthe joint operations of the two companies,
The capital Of the St. Louis bridge company SnE
Consists of first preferred stock S2,49O,Ooe'
second preferred stock, $1,000 600; common
stock, So, 500 900. a total of 81, $50 COO stock.