The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-30
Y UNITED STATES RAILWAYS.

The Mississippi Valley Express company
has organized with H. o. Kerens rs Presi-
dent, ana headquarters NJ ~ Louis, And
will operate on 400 miles pf railroad.
Among the roads Will b. tbs NJ, l.ouls A
Iron Mountain, the Memphis a Liule
Rock, aud Ie1as lines running 70 Galveston
and Han Antonio II 10 reported lhst the
company will commence operations 10 u
few weeks
Washington, April 90, -Th.lIouse com,
mitlee On Pacific railways L apparently
committed 10 the policy 0f refusing 10 fur
ther extend tho ulne fpF construction Vt tho
Northern Pacific railroad Az hast eight Of
n thirteen members have declared them
selves opposed " extension, A difference
Of opinion exists on ihe question Vt what
shall be- done with The land grant M how
the government shall avail iiself of ils
rights II "a here that the committee Is likely
10 stick and the result Is doubtful,
The statement 0f lha business Of all the
lines " the Pennsylvania railroad easl Vt
Pittsburg aud kfe, for lhe month II March,
shows an Increase N not earnings Of sh2l,-
OLA over March, 1879, The nrl earnings Of
these Inns forth first three months of the
present year show M increase Of sO2HHN7,
10 COMPARED with those Of the correspond
ing period Of Int year All the lines west Of
Pilt'butg snd Erie show surplus over LA
blltos for the same three months Of 500.
1875, al increase OF ss20l8o over tho cor,
responding period Of last yoar
The Southern Pacific Work has been
resumed on the branch from Caslletnn, Da-
kota, northward through the Red River Val,
10y, The twenty miles graded last fall will
be- ironed nj once, and wor, has bron begun
on the grading " thirty miles more The
BFmhrok Tribune rays that the oompAny'a
engineers have under consideration The quos-
lion of building tunnel under the Missouri
from BIsmmck 10 MnndAn, u connect the
Dakota and Missouri divisions A bridge VI
that point would have to be very high, and
would b. difficult and expensive to buiC An
examination Is now being mRde IA 10 the
praclicabiitv ofa tunnel II would have to
be about l2,6O0 feet long.
Georgia.-At n meeting Of tho board In
August" Ga, last week, the following sum.
mary W., submitted for the year ending
March 81;
Net ,arnings transportation Depart
N'ire Mugs Banking ntp,rimcnt, n 'iSI 66
Dividends ON stock and interest. 1907 M
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ,..,.,s,O7O0 ~
Loss Interest on boud. taxes, rents,
attorneys fees aud incldentals, l3lai "A
Net earn inPSu, ,-""..",.,., S.1i Oli ~
This net result shows an increase Of Sii,,
1873 %, or 1873 per cent over The previ Us
year. During the year Sl66,600 new q per
cent. bonds were issued, and Si2S,00O old I
per cent bonds retired, decrease Of S27l,-
50l. The bonded debt (ncluding guHrhn-
teed bondsl Is now 50 1925 The surplus
account shows nm increase of Sl75,03S %
during the year, The equipment has been
increased and large quantity Of steel rails
laid.
To so great an extent has stealing excess
baggage money been carried of late at prom
inent railway points throughout the country,
that general passenger agents are endeavor'
ing 10 devise some plan by which they can
stop the dishonest proceedings. 1t is now
proposed to have on the back Of single tick
cts and on the initial coupon of coupon tick
ets form which will show what the weight
of the excess baggage IL, when any passenger
has excess baggag and also the amount
of excess money the passenger pays. Then
when the Ii kct is returned TO headquart- |
ers the amount given as paid must cheek |
with the report made BY the baggage-master
of the point from which the baggage is for |
warded.
Chicago Times "Tally one for Gould. |
He set out TO "buldoze" the Chicago " |
Alton and Wabash railroad companies, and
he has met with partial success. He pro-
posed 10 turn over to the Other lines in The
southwestern pool the excess tonnage carried
by the Missouri Pacific, and to direct is
ageets to stop billing freights through from
points beyond the western termini of the
pool lines Of the Alton and the Wabash |
would withdraw their appeals from the re-
cent arbitration Of per centages allowed the
three st. Louis roads. Commissioner Midg-
lev was officially notified Yesterday that the
Wabash company desired TO withdraw its
appeal which is an admission that it has
been "bulldozed by Gould, The Chicago
a. Alton is still firm, however, and it is be-
leyed that it will not comply with, or sub
nit to, the dictaion of Gould. Thu submits
sion by the Wabash to his powerful behests
is explained BY the report that he threatened
to inaugurate warfare against the stock of
the company ifthis demand regarding the
appeal from the arbitration was not com |
piled with Immediately. Thereupon the
Wabash coon slid down the tree tail'end
foremost The Alton coon is still up the
tree and refuses TO come down"