The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-09
RAILWAY GAZETTE.
RECORD OF OLD AND NEW ROADS.
.ADHO Miles OF New Track Laid Down
TYtIs Year-TexRs and Other south
ern Roads in the List 1.-THE Won
derfuI Progress OF she
Railway Builders Facts,
Figures, Scraps, sparks.

The Marshall Gar ~ Foundry company,
Marshall, Texas, turned out iIs first car o
August 2lst
Central Il Montgomery Is proposed
esxtend this road from Navssota, Tex, soutt
xysst 10 Bronham, about 30 miles, Meeting
arc being held along the proposed line iii
subscriptions are called for.
Missouri, Kansas q Texas.-The track OF
the Denison division is now laid TO Kingston
Texas, 49 miles beyond Whiteright,, aud |
xiun the late terminus At Leonard. Only
miles remain to complete the road to Green
Siila.
East Line & Red River.--Work is pro
guessing steadily ON the extension Of this road
The track is now laid for five miles west o
the late terminus at Sulphur Springs, Tex
aint the road is ready for the rails tor SOM
distance further.
st. Louis, Iron Mountain u Southern
THIS ompany gives notice thatit will pay OF
October II neat N per cent. on its seconC
preferred income bonds, being fifteen months
interest and closing no the interest on thest
bonds to January l, 1880.
Cult, Colorado 81 Santa Fe,--Track is nov
laid 70 the International Il Great Northern
crossing at Temple, Texas, twenty five miles
beyond the late terminus at Caldwell, and
one hundred and eighty.seveH miles from
Galveston. Work is progressing steadily to-
ward Bolton, about forty miles beyond
Temple.
Texas 81 Pacihc.-A contract for grading
tke extension ofthe TranGcontinental division
from Whitesboro to Denton, 80 miles, has
tseeu let to j. Il. Hayden, of Pilot Point,
Texas. The extension runs from Sh rman
due west TO Whtesboro and then turns and
ruas little west of south to Denton, where
it will meet the Dallas u Wichita road.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy - The
bridge over the Missouri river ut Plattsmouth
isinished, and WAS to be opened for business
this week, 1t gives the company unbroEen
connection under ito own control between
Its Iowa and Nebraska lines. The bridge
6tself is about three thousand feet long; the
'eas, approach is two miles long, and the west
.sSproach about mile, so that the connec-
ti0n required ~ miles of new track.
Denver & Rio Grande.--On August %,
ahis company opened for business the first
section of its San Juan division, extending
from the New Mexico division at San An
aonio, COL, 279 miles fror Denver, west ward
Sao Boydvllle, rs miles, Z. II section includes
euEne heavy work, and one development
necessary to overcome very heavy grade.
Work is in progress on the extension of the
New Mexico division southwark from It's
present terminus at Tres Piedras.
ST Louis & Southeastern. the United
States court in Springfield, Illinois, = 'ual
SSecree Of foreclosure and sale WAS o tl,ed
against the Illinois division Of this road.
-g0hn A. Jones, of Springfield, and w. p.
Fishback, of Indianapolis, Indiana,
masters in chancery, were ap-
pNnted special commissioners to conduct the
asale II is understood that the road will BIO
bought in By q committee in accordance
With the agreement with the Louisville Il
Nashville company.
Mengs g. Co., of No. 80 Pine street, New
EoiiS, railroad commission merchants, report
mi t they have recently placed orders for
ISrsight cars af follows Five hundred to the
lebanon manufacturing company and 500
tn w. g. Allison Il Co., for the New Orleans
Pacific; 500 to the Lebanon manufacturing
'Csoenpsny, and 500 to the Lehigh Car &
Manufacturing Co., for the Missouri Pacific;
100 TO w. Q. Allison " Co, and 200 to the
Cleveland Bridge Il Car Works, for the
Tsxss Il Pacific.
Dsnvile IL Southwostern.-A dispatch
's'nn Denville, Ill.,, to the Chicago Tribune
says: "The Danville Il Southwestern, for
Anany years famous on account of its miser-
sole road.bed and paucity of funds, has
lately been doing a much better business
1t is securing by the way Of Cairo the ship
gnent OF Texas cattle destined for New York
The local tariff is also largely increasing
The road-bed has been put in good condition,
vSnd some fine rolling stock has been pur-
chased. Under the patronage of the Wabash,
st. Louis IL Pacific and the Cairo Il
Rincennes, the road has prospects of doing
paying business"
Southern Pacific. -This company owns
Two distinct lines or systems, the Northern
division, consisting of line from San Fran.
lasco to oledad, l43 miles, with branch
ftom C'madero to Tres Pnos, 10 miles, and
she Monterey RAILROAD, (nominally leased but
realiy 'owned), from Castrovle to Monterey,
40 miles. This system of l76 miles is
worked by the company directly, but the
Monterey road was not completed until the
close of the year. The Southern division
ssonsists of line from Goshen, CAL, to
Yuma, Arizona, $50 miles, with branches
xrcm Goshen to Huron, 40 miles, and from
los Angeles t. Wilmington, % miles, being
's5I miles in all; this division is worked by
tee Central Pacific company under lease.
1fie two divisions are to be connected here.
alter by line from Soledad to Lerdo, 100
sSraies. The following statements have been
gS.eiished for the year ending December 81,
EsIs: The CO npany has a land grant Of 20
sse:aons per mile, covering about $50 miles
's,f road built or TO be built. 1t also owns
sbs Colorado steam navigation company,
whose lines run on the navigable waters
of the Colorado river some 800
uiiles. The equipment consists of 46 engines,
ds passenger and II baggage and mail ears;
SSi box and 34S fat cars; 22S service cars
Df these % engines, 81 passenger and 10
baggage cars, 1913 box and 19l flat cars. and
~ service cars are ia use on the northern
division, the rest being leased with the south.
-ara division. The general balance is As toll.
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Hannibal, st. Joseph. & Chicago. 1t wa
announced last week that work was 4, be be