The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-27
United STATES RAILWAYS.
,.orress of the Austin a. San Antonio
old and New ROads-Number OF
Miles Built Chis Year Price of
Rails - Southern Pacific
Facts, statistics and
Heavy Data.

Ia AdVile, huhtlnS porh ~ DunnlsOn
This company has been organized TO build a
nsrrow-gauge road from Leadville by Roar
ing Fork to the Gunnison mining region.
This is total of &C miles of new railroad
making 1880 miles thus far this year, against
662 miles reported ut the same time in 1879,
az miles in 1878, and 365 miles in 1877.
The rental for the half-year amounted to
Sl202 500-S552 500 for interest and $3.50.
600 for guaranteed dividends. Thus the rem
tai exceeded the net earnings by Sl43,400.
Atlantic IL Pacifc.-This road is now
definitely located for SO miles westward from
albuquerque, N. NJ, and the first section of
% miles is graded The rails are now on the
way to Albuquerque.
Savannah, Florida 4 Western. The
hearing in the suit to restrain the Georgia
Railroad Commission from interfering with
rates or other matters in the management of
this road, has been postponed to June 18th,
at Atlanta.
Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas
This company has arranged with the ST.
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern road for
the entry into Little Rock of its extension
fiom inc Bluff, Arkansas, to that city. The
track from the depot to the river front will
be owned and used jointly.
st Louis & San Franciso.-The track of
the Kansas division is now laid to Augusta,
Kansas. % miles beyond the late terminus at
Beaumont, 1877 miles from the main line AZ
Pierce City, and 487 miles from St. Louis.
There are still q miles of track to be laid to
Wich tn, but the company he pes to have this
done early in June.
Chicago Shipments Eastward.-The ship
ments of freight eastward over the lines in
the pool have been decreasing pretty steadily
since navigation opened. For the week end
ing May s, they amounted TO 234S0 tons,
and for the week ending May 10, to 2l,l65
tons, which is but one fourth as much MS the
shipments for one week in March The
| light shipments have been charged to the 80
per cent. rate; but we notice that the lake
shipments are not particularly large.
Richmond & Southwestern.-This com.
psny purposes building narrow-guage road
IRON point on York river to Richmond,
| Va, and thence by way of Lynchburg
through Southwestern Virginia and Ken
branches to Msysville, Cincinnati and Louis
vile. The company claims to have large
amount of stock already subscribed for, and
is now canvassing for local aid in the vari-
GUS counties along the line in Virginia and
Kentucky.
Prices of rails.--Steel rails are still lower;
Quotations are sos to $40 per ton at mill.
land some large orders are reported as placed
lat S65. Iron rails are also lower. The mar
|ket is reported unsettled at S48 to $50 per
ton at mill for heavy sections. Sales have
mot been large; there is a considerable de-
|mand, but buyers are holding back, hoping
flor lower prices Old iron rails are dull and
lower; Philadelphia quotations are $25
Ito $27, with but few sales reported.
The Manhattan railway company, which
leases and works both the New York Eleva-
tied and the Metropolitan Eleyated railroads,
reports its earnings and expenses for the six
months of the fiscal year ending with March,
las follows:
Earninss Expenses eArn'gs
In. Y. Elevated . 81 So! 55S $3.50, al $6lO,l27
|Metrop'tan Elev'td S2',G6s 5O5, $40 4l5,67S
Total ....... 80 25I 2S6 81 ,l9j, l36 slO59, 100
This weeks number of the Railroad Ga
zette contains information of the laying of
track on new railroads as follows:
Southern Paciiic.-Extended eastward to
San Pedro crossing, Arizona, IL miles.
Quincy, Missouri & Pacifc-Extended from
|Greencastle, Missouri, west 10 miles.
Usage Valley IL Southern Kansas.--Com
|pleted from Tiptcn, Mo-, southwark 10 Yer
|sailles, Is miles.
st. Louis & San Francisco. track of
the Kansas Division has been extendei from
Beaumont, Kansas, westw I'd to Augusta, 20
miles.
San Antonio Express: Mr.. 7. H. Banks,
lust returned from trip to Austin, comes
back overaowng with good reports about
the work on the International, and the fine
Selds of grain and cotton along the roads
from San Antonio to Austin. He came
directly along the line of the Inter
national and says it is truly wonderful to
realize what great amount of work has been
dene within the past month, and with what
energy it progresses. In response to inqulr-
les, he was told that there were about fifteen
hundred men now Mt work on the road, and
the force was being increased daily. The
Colorado is to be temporarily bridged, while
the permanent bridge is in the course of con-
|struction, and work has already commenced
on the bridges over the various creeks from
Austin to and including San Marcos river.
| The road will cross the San Marcos near
the old mill Just below the old Austin road
crossing. A force of men is now busily
engaged at this point. There have already
been twenty miles graded, Mr.. Banks says,
Though not in continuous line, but count
|ing the different mile sections where the
work has been completed. One subcon-
tractor for grading eight miles, in little
more than week finished mile and a half,
and progressed we'll along the full distance
|of his contract. The road between San An
tonic and the points where work is going on
are lined with men seeking labor, and they
have no trouble in securing all they want.
A large party which had been at work OH
the Galveston and Santa Fe road arrived at
San Marcos few days ago and have now
four camps from San Marcos this way.
Another large body of graders from the
same road is en- route for the scene of labor,
and will be placed on the New Brauntels
end of the line. Mr. Banks says he
never saw such great display OF energy as
Is witnessed in the prosecution OF THIS work.
lie observed many stone cutters and OTHER la
borers from San Antonio at work on the
bridges and on the grading. The States
man, of Austin, says the farmers can not Sc
cure the help they need to chop out cotton
and do general work about their farms. All
hands are on the railroad. In conversation
with the contractors, Mr.. Banks was told
that it was expected to complete the grading
to San Antonio by the first of October. All
hands are anxious to reach the Alamo city,
and talk as though they expected to be met