The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-16
UNITED STATES RAILWAYS,
Progress of the Builders.


Progress OF the Builders.
On the new La Grange branch track OF the
Galveston, Harrisburg Il San Antonio, track
has been laid from Columbus, west by north
to Elliuger, Is miles, where new town is
beiug laid out Work is progressing stesdi-
" toward La Grange.
A dispatch from Mexico, Oct, 81, says that
President Diaz has signed the contract with
the Mexican Central lie Atchison, Topeka
& S nta Fe,l and tho National Mexican Con-
struction Company, the Palmer Sullivan
party but the concessions wlllnot become
valid until ratified by Congress.
TIL Knoxville & Charleston company has
changed its name and will hereafter he
known as the Rockville 81 Augusta. l. is
to be extended to the North Carolina line to
meet the Augusta & Knoxville road, now
under construction to Augusta.
A correspondent writes from Albuquerque
n. NJ, Sept 26; "rhe track is now lad ir m
the junction, y It'll The New Mexico ~ South,
ern Pacific, IIutN, n small lndian village,
ten and half miles west of here, 80 tbs %
mile post; the G aders re 80 miles iu ad-
vance of the track. 1t is expected to lay it
at the rate Of milo day for tho next sixty
days. There has been quite delay on ne
count of the wssh.outs cas-. Of here; bridge
material and ties cauld not be forwarded,
but ~ it is now thought the rainy season is
over there will not b. much difficulty in
pushing the work.
The Railroad Gszette contains informa-
ton Of the laying Of track on new railroads
ss follows: Kansas City, Lawrence Il South
rn-Extepdcd from Wellington, Kan, west
10 Harper 40 miles. St Pau, Minneapolis
IL Manitoba--traCk ms been laid on tho
Grand Forks, Fargo u Barnes, lille loop lice
from Grand f, rks, Oak, south Sig miles.
Also on the Breckenridge Il Maple River
Branch from Breckenridge, Mimi, northwest
into Dakota, n miles. The Browns Valley
Branch is extended from Wheeler, MINI, 70
Grsceville, 49, miles. Northern Pacill,--the
Casselton Branch is extended north TO Elm
River. Oak, II miles. Galveston, Harrisburg
Il San Autonio-iracl, has been laid on the
La Grange Branch from Columbus, Tex,
west by north to El!irgsr, Is miles. Mis-
souri, ill,--The Lexington Southern
Branch is completed from Junction, near
Harrison lille, Mo, south TO Batter, % miles,
Shenandoah Valley extended from Milford.
Va. south by west TO IIuray, II miles. Mich
igan Air Lne-cxterded from Il chester
Mich, westward to Pontiac, Il miles. Chi
cero. Rock Island Il Pacie-TracR has been
laid ON the Avoca, Maced0nit " South
western Branch from Avocs, Iowa,
south to Carson, II II miles. Also
ON tho Keosauqua Branch from MI. Zion,
Iowa, to Keosauqus, 4 IL miles. Western
North Catolina. Ex'endcd from Gudger's
Ford, N. c., west to Ash esvil!e depot, 6 miles.
Sioux City 81 Pscl6c Extended from Oak
dale. Nebraska, northwest TO Neigh, miles.
Atlanta & p ,cihc--rrack laid from lsleta,
n. NJ, west 25 miles. Burlington Il Nilsson.
ri River in Nebraska The RepublicanValley
line is extended from Hardy, Nebraska, east
TO Harbine, 70 miles. Toledo, Delphos &
Observation-Disclosures has been laid on the gap
between Waterville, Ohio and Holgate, %
miles. Also from Warren, Indiana west by
south to Marion, IS miles. Gauge, 3 feet
Savannah, Florida & Western-On this COM
pany's new Wsycross & Jacksonville line
track has been laid from Waycross. Ga
southeast miles, Gauge, feet. Detroit
Butler g. St. Louis The first track is laid
firm RJmulus, Michigan, east by north, II
miles. This is total of 3Sl miles of new
railroad, making 3 98S miles thus far thi;
year, agsins. S2S miles reported at the SAME
time in 1879, 1920 miles in 1873, 1905 miles
in 1871, 1,7l9 milcsiu 1876, sGl miles in 1875
LIPS miles in 1874, 1857 miles in 1878 urd
5OGG miles in 1872