The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-16
OUR IRON BANDS
OF RAILROAD BUILDING.
sea- Miles of New Road Built This
YeRr-COnstructiOn NOtes-Price
RailS-Eacts in Figures-OId
ana New Reads.

II Pacific.
Trains on the Texas g. PRcifc are ruunin
Baird, Callahan county, l73 miles west {
Dallas. The construction company is push
ing for the 200 mile pos, by January lat
1881.
The Wall street Daily News, says: "W.
understand that Mr.. Gould and his friend
were Oh their knees in the Missouri Psoi6t
offices good deal of the time on Saturday
examining maps Of the southwestern system
which it is proposed to consolidate and plsc,
under the presidency of Gen. Grant. Ii viii
not be long, we presume, before we hear Of
Mr.. Gould sitting at q table for hours at =
time signing tho Sl00,0O00OO of bond.
which he proposes 10 unload upon
confding public" Perhaps So
and then perhaps not. We hope not
to receive ticket to that per.
Torrance until ths cars are running to Mex
leo and E Paso.
The Railroad Gazette of the 10th contains
information of the laying # track of nnew
railroads rs follows:
Union Pacihc.-The Summit county
branch has been extended from CoalvillS.
Utah. to Park City, "A mills. Sioux City &
Pacifc.-The north branch, from Norfolk
Junction, Neb, to P,sinviow, is 80 miles
long. II miles moro than h tofore reported.
St. Louis Coal RGilrosd-E1ten3ed from
Carbondale, H.. west TO Harrison 10 miles
PennsylvsniG.-TB LewisburSh " Tyrone
branch has been extended from HSmer's
Mill, Pa. east TO Pennsylvania Furnace, IA
miles The Pittsburgh, Vrgini' & Charles.
ton division 70 extended from Lock Fsur,
Pc. southwest to C.fornis 10 miles DH-
buoue & Dakota-Eytended from Tripoli,
Ia. eastward to Sumner, 81 miles. Chicago,
ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha The
Worthington u Sioux Falls branch
has been extended from Sioux
Falls. Oak, west to Hartford, IA miles, Chi
cspo, Milwaukee & st. Paul. The Albany
branch is completed from BrNadhead, Wis,
north BY west to Albany miles. The
Hastings & Dakota division ]. extended from
Ortonville, MINI, west to Millbsnk juno
tion. Oak Y miles. A new track has been
laid for the Dubuque division from Clinton,
Ia, north to Midland Junction, s mlles.
Fultop County-ExtendoI from Cuba, ILL.,,
north to Fairview, 10 miles. Gauge feet.
81 PAM. Minneapolis & Manjtobs.-Tbs |
Grand Forks, Fargo & GAINESVILLE branch is
extended south ISL miles. The Breckenridge
& Maple River branch Is extended horla-
ward TO Cheyenns river, Disk, 6 miles he
Browo's Valley branch is extended west to
Browns Valley, Mimi. Il miles. This is q !
total Of 1881 miles of new railroad making |
1924 miles thus far this yoar, ssairst 54{5 |
miles rep 1rtei Mt the same time in lSlg,22O' |
miles in 1879, 1877 miles Ia 1871, IN milts |
in 1876. | 237 miles in 1875, 1867 milesin 1874,
1907 miles in 1873 and $3.50 miles in 1877. |
Prices of Rails,-Sleel rails have been very |
active and several large transactions arc ro' |
norted for 1881 delivery. Prices arc littlo |
Grmer. but quotations continue about $50 |
nor TON ST the mill, Some large orders are /
said In hsys been placed as low Ms $3.50. |
IRON rails aro dull, with salo3 OF only small |
lots The only largo orders 70 be placed .
are from southern roads, and it IS thought I.
n-obable that these will @ abroqt. Quota .
lions are Si8 to S53 per ton at mill for light |
rails and Slb to Si7 for j6-lbs section. For |
old iron rails the market is un'ettld, and |
prices range irom'$ 2j % to SIS per ton III
PHILADELPHIA.
Tho nurchasa Of the 81. Louis and Iron |.
Mountain, by Jay Gould was An unezoertCd |
event in Texas. 1t was thought as he already |
had the Missouri Pacific, he would have |
no use for psralol rosd. Bat |
II Is certain the great railroad king looked at
If in n different light. This will give him
connection Mt Shreveport with the Now Or
- psc;fo now building to New Orleans |
the Iron Mountsin trains running via
Marshall and Shreveport to the Crescent Clty. |
Gould now has an absolute monopoly OF al
linns running to Texas from the North. Inc
81. Louis & San Francisco runnnG from ~
Louis through Springfield to Ninits, indian
Territory, is still owned by Boston capital
lists. Ills doing is best TO get into Te1pS
from Pisrce City, by way Of Fort smith,
Arkansas. Thirty.fvo miles have already
been built, and large construction
force is at work upon the aEto lslon. rms
road will either be built to Dallas or sold to
Inv Gould. But this Issue of the BEhALp
may pr.n. dispatch that no Las bought
up Pro5iSitiae the Sale Of Flash Papers. &C.,
The Nav York Central & Hudson river CONF
many han issued an order fJrbiidlag The sole
On & tr,irs or AZ It's stations pf certair pub
lications of the class known us FLASH, or
"sporting' papers. The papers named IN
the order ara tho Police Gazette, tho Ponce
News, the New York Illustrated Times, the
New Varieties, and Harrigsn " Harris New
York Boys. This order Will be ap-
proved BIZ most respectable people. Some
Of the Texas narrow gusge lines arc
thinking of allowing no passenger carrying
this elias, of literature to ride on cars not
loaded with cattle, hogs or guano. There IS
no doubt in law about their right TO classify
freight. -, 5000,
inas Of a late meeting of the Lime Kiln club,
Of Detroit. as related by the truthful re-,
porter Of the Free Press: "Fbe sec.rotary OF
the African Order of Modern. Philosophy,
which holds forth at Kent ono FORWARDED
an official communication asking Brother
Gardeners assistance. The order believed
that when train of cars rounded n curve,
the opter wheels either Sid ahead to keep up
with the isner ones, or else The IstIer Slid
bacl, TO prevent going ahead OF the outer
ONES. Some held 10 ono theory and some to
the other, but all agreed to leave It to tno
decision Of tho president Of the Lime. KIN
club. For half u minute it seemed sa II the
old man was stuck, 40 scratched bis hG'd;
looked up and down the hall and hitChc5
abcu, in his seat. Then he got his cue, wc
rose up and said: ,Dey haven't sent long
'nufF perticklors about dat css'. Dey doan,
Give the name Of de railroad. Day d9sn'
say which way do train am gwine. Dey
doar' snv how many passengers am aboard,
nor rive dc name of dc conductor. When
dew have furnished dis Information shelI
be VERY glad TO furnish my oplnyuh1 p on tne
ora.bnn ot issus,n This shows that Brother