The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-19
United STATES RAILWAYS.
~ xnber of Miles Built-PrOgress of
few ROads-An Official Statement
VI About the DalIas & wichita
and the Texas Pacific
Facts aud Figures.

ing is nearly completed on this company
branch from Pueblo, COL, to its coal proper
~ on Coal Creek. L distance is 33 miles
and track has been laid for Is miles out 0
Poub'e.
Denver & Rio Grande. compan,
has secured control of the LeadVillo, Tel
Mile & Breckenridge, local company, which
has been grading line from Lesdville, Col,
to soma mining camps, beyond. The Rit
Grande agrees 10 have the ROAD completed
from Leadvlle to kokomo by November
and acquires all the work done, right Of way
and other property.
New Orleans Paciic.-The American
Railway Improvement company will receive
at its Office, No. 80 Broadway, New York,
until August 20, proposals for the clearing,
grading, bridges, tracklaying, ties, water.
Stations and shops for the first division of
this road, extending from Shreveport La,
TO Lecompte, 140miles; also for the bridging
of the Atchafalaya river on the second dlvis-
ion. Information as to the nature of the
work and terms of payment, with plans, pro-
files and specifications, can be obtained at the
Office as above.
Price of Rails.-Steel rails are Arm, with
nominal quotations. at $50 to e62 80 per ton
at mill. A sale of 5000 tons for early dc.
livery at S65 is reported.
For iron rails the market is irregular, with
light sales. Quotations vary from SAG per
ton at mill for Sc lbs. sections up to SOL tor
light sections.
Old iron rails are higher and sales are re-
ported at $27 to 1913 per ton in Philadel-
phia. New York quotations are little
higher, and sale of 1000 tons at 500 is re-
ported.
Charlottesville & Rapidan.-T Track has
now been laid over the whole length of this
road, and it will soon be in full operation.
The road is 26 miles long, from Charlottes-
vile, Va, north by east to point on the
Virginia Midland near Orange courthouse.
Though built by separate organization, it
will be worked by the Washington City,.
Virginia Midland & Great Southern as part
of its main line. 1t was built for that pur-
pose, to furnish an independent line for the
Midland, where it has heretofore used the
Chesapeake & Ohio track from Gordonsville
to Charlottesville.
Fast Time.-The Syracuse IN. W Herald
of August 4, says cat 4:22 yesterday after.
noon President Sam Sloan and family, Su-
perintendent Reasoner, of the southern d.
vision of the same line, Superintendent Hal
stead, of the Scranton division, Roadmaster
Fennel, Superintendent Niver, of the SYRIA
cuse division, and Superintendent Oakland, of
the Utica division, arrived in this city, on
special train from New York, drawn by en-
CINE 10, with private palace car. They
left Hoboken yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
and arrived at Binghamton at o'clock. The
trip from Binghamton to this city, distance
of 80 miles, was made in exactly 80 minutes,
Canadian Pscifc.-A dispatch from Lon
don, August g. to the Toronto (Ont) Mail
says: Negotiations between the Canadian
ministers and English capitalists for the con- |
struction of the Pacific railroad are progress
ing very satisfactorily. The announcement |
in certain Canadian journals that the mission |
had failed is entirely without foundation
On the contrary, Sir John A. Mcdonald and
his colleagues are meeting with even larger
measure of success than was anticipated, and
are confident that an agreement satisfactory
alike to the Canadian people and the gentle
men with whom they are In treaty will be
arrived at before long. The London papers,
with one or two exceptions, have treated the
subject fairly. An enormous amount of cap
ital is now seeking investment here, and the
of a favorable bargain for Canada
are excellent. Many leading public men in
both parties are helping the Canadians, and
the Imperial government is taking a lively
and active, if indirect, part in the negotia-
ions"
The last number Of the Railroad Gazette
contains information of the laying of track
on new roads as follows: Charlottesville &
apidan-Completed from Charlottesville,
Va, North by east to Orange Court House,
Is miles. Chicago, Burlington e. Quincy
The Mt. Ayr br nch has been extended from
Mt Ayr, Iowa, southwest to Redding, II
miles. Fulton County-Track laid from
Jubs, ILL.,, south to point one mile south of
Lewistown, 10 miles Gauge feet. Chi
,ago & Northwestern.-The Toledo 81
Northwestern branch is extended from Glad
brook, Iowa, west to Clifford, l28
niles. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.-
Track is laid on the Coal
Creek Branch from Pueblo, Col, west 10
niles. Shenandoah Valley.-The extension
forth to Hagerstown is completed by laying
rack from Sheperdstown, W. Va, to St.
James College, Nd, 10 miles. Georges
Creek & Conference.-The first track is laid
rom Cumberland, Md, westward 8 miles.
This i. total of 1864 miles of new railroad
making 2 63l miles thus far this year, against c
1918 miles reported at the same time in 1879,
AZ in 1873 $40 miles in 1877, 1,l42 miles 10
$40, 594 miles 1875, 913 miles in 1874, 1856
niles in 1878, and 1872 miles in 1872.
From the annual report of the board of
he Texas & Pacific we make the following
xtrscts: During the fiscal year ending
day 81, 1880, this company worked the same
DAD as in the preceding year, the maiE line
rom Shreveport, La, to Fort Worth, Texas, !
1869 miles; the Transcontinental division,
rom Te1arkana to Sherman, 1852 miles,
nd q cross line connecting the two, from
'exarksna junction to Marshall, SO 05 mills,
Making 443.S6 miles in all. There are
2.69 miles of sidings, an increase n
f 1.6S miles during the year. The
ross earnings of the main line and Jeffer-
on division, 3SS.74 miles, were $l,SS4,282,
r S6,3S7 per mile; those of the transconti. cl
entail division, 1912 miles, were S704939, al
r $4,I3l per mile. Under the contract
18th the Pacific railway Improvement COM
any, ratified at the last meeting of stock.
olders, work on the extension was TO be be-
I'm by Msrcn 5, $780, 100 miles finished bv .
october |, so more by April l, 1881, and the =,
hole 600 by January !, 1883, at a price of 81
10000 per mile in first mortgage bonds, and
q equal amount in stock. The work has
cen begun, and 70 miles in all completed
nd accepted. When this contract is com. ]
leted, the company will own /, 14O miles of R
lad, with an Indebtedness of $4,000 per B
Lils of per cent interest bearing bonds ara