The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-08
UNITED SLAVES RAILROADS
Tom Scott and The Texas a Pacific
Nj" eteen Chapters of Facts Fig
ures and Opinions About the
Present Situation and Fu.
lure Prospects OF
Railways

Forty miles OF grading on the North Wis.
consn railway Is contracted G,r, and the
shovels and picks are already wading in.
The Houston Il Texas Central railroad
earned in March, 1850, S76.2j9 net Ms sg inst
So 33l in March, 1879 net increase OF
S3,92S.
The Michigan Central road gained SlCO,.
COO for the first three weeks of March. and
the Western Union Telegraph $4,000 for
the same time.
The earnings of the Louisville. New Al
bany " Chicago railroad for the first three
months of 1850 were Sl7Q,392. rs against
Sl29 95S for the corresponding time of 1879.
Grand Trunk railway receipts for the week
ending April 23d show an increase of S24.-
457 over the same week of 1879. The road
is doing better than ever before in It's bis.
tory
The Tos earnings of the st. ouis & San
Francisco Railway company for March. 1880
were Sl9I 1863 81 an increase of Sl02, l73 30
ov the same period in 1879. The net earn.
ing were Sll2s05 40, an increase Of ST.
Sl5 0G.
Foreign emgrant travel on the Erie rail
road during last week was the heaviest for
any previous week during five years. The
emigrant train every night was loaded, and
several times there was nm extra train carry
ing their baggage and express matter.
The Cincinnati Southern railroad, which
has costthe city of Cincinnati something like
100000 0, earned for the quarter ending
March 81, SlS3,095 gress. How much the
net earnings were we were not told. The
gross earnings for March were S9075O,
against S45 900 for January.
1t is hoped the Texas a. Pacific Directory
will elect Il Pres cent of their own, vice
Mr.. Tom Scott resigned. Vice-President
Brown would be good selection. The
road needs n resident President man who
will take trip over the road once week,
and look into its affairs at headquarters every
day.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company EN-
ploys about 10 90 mer; the New York
Central about the same; the Chicago n
Northwestern railroad, the Chicago, Rock
Island " Pacific railroad, Chicago Il Alton,
Grand Trunk, Baltimore X Ohio and Lake
Shure " Michigan Southern railroads about
10 900 to $1,000 each, and some idea may he
formed when we add tat there are 1900
railroads in the United States and Canada.
The annual report of the Canada Southern
shows Gross earnings, 81 1865, mn in
crease MS compared with 1873 of S5l499i; |
expenses (nclu1ing renewals 81 MS $50, |
an increase of 1877 1873; net earnings, S641, |
275 an increase of Sl3666l: surplus after |
payment Of interest, Sl55,S22, mn increase of |
S9S,635 The net earnings Of the first six |
months were S5S,S15 and those of the last |
six months S4S7399. The bonded debt
outstanding now amounts TO Sl3,o0S,4l6.
The Denver South Park n Pacific railway
company is receiving proposals for the con-
struction OF tunnel of about 1900 eet in |
Alpine pass at the head of Chalk creek, in
the Swatch'mountains, Colorado. Rapidly of
construction is to be made the essence Of this
contract. This is on the line of the extension
of this road from the Arkansas VALLEY, near
the mouth of Trout creek, where the road
leaves the South pass, to the valley Of the
Gunnison river.
The surveys or the Port Huron & North
western have reached New River Village,
seven miles below Port Hudson. 1t will, per-
haps, take week or more to finish up, They
level up as they go along and estimate the
cost. After they had done this at Sand
Beach the railroad company gave j. Jinks
Il 90 the contract to construct the road-bed
line and Sand Beach, a distance OF thirteen
and n talt miles, for Sl,20o per mie' to be
completed by July l.
To date 5o7 miles Of railroad tract; have
been laiS sgains, 400 miles cnrresnondire
rariod n 1873 This il more miles Of roi.
Nav tban ANY, voar since the mani, Of 1s73
,yhiob vasr ) so7 miles ware huilt md this
rsnort only includes renorts of standard
ga,ce lines If the renort of nrivate coal
and short narrow-cauge roods WINS comnIete
tbe number Of miles wonld he over $500
Ohio md Indiana are building many narrow
,,a,,t,o Tnos h,t Iowa leads apv State so FAR
Ten6rted for extended lines.
The Louisville " Nashville commenced the
operation of the Selma " Montgomery road
on Saturday, eiiectually closing out all OPP
position in the matter Of fre'ghts from the
West and Texas, and, with Its contracts with
lines, giving 1t full contro! OF all
Southern business into Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, Florida and the Caronas from
the West and Northwest The New orleans
~ Mobile road, recently purchased for the
Louisville " Nashville, will be operated by
this company in short time when entire I'M
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