The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-02-17
rrHE RAILWAY RECORD
The Reagan Biil-How Presidents
Ride Now and i'm 1S32-CanadianS
Paciic-COaI and Transpor- 4
, faGiOu.

There is no chance left for Mr. Reagan 8
Interstate commerce bill this session, which
has only two and half weeks to run. The,
complexion of the next congress will be far
different from this in that it will contain far
more maleable material for Jay Gould, VAN
lderbilt & Co. The railroads are all opposed
to the principles of the bill, the great print
chile in which dictates the price of freight
and tickets between one state and another.
But Judge Reagan, reelected, will keep
s'pegging away" until he gets vote upon 70.
@GarHeld will travel from Mentor to TFasn-
ington in Washburn's $4,000 gold and
dismond-mounted-eb CEDAR
Of Lebanon furnished sleeping car, escorted
and chaperoned by a long list OF expectant
lords and ladies. In 1882 that "hlthy demo-
craft old General jackson, made the trip
from the Hermitage to Washington in an
cold ship Of Zion'' carriage, drawn by four
of the general's best horses, accompanied by
an African eoachman, Gen. Carroll, Felix
Robertson and Gen. Eaton. They paid their
hotel bills in gold, and during his first term
lhe general paid off every cent the govern
ment owed.
The annual report Of the Canadian minis
ter of railroads states in reference TO the
| Canadian Pacific that the line from the ter
minal point of the Canada Pacific railroad,
near the eastern end of Lake Nipissing shd
Fort Williams, six hundred and fifty miles
in length, has been surveyed and measured
| for its entire distancs. Between Prince Ar
thurs landing and Fort William, distance
of ak miles, communication has been OBJ
tanned by the purchase of line owned by a
priyate company. From Fort William to
| Rat Portage the rails are laid for III miles
| from Thunder bay. From Keewatn TO Red
River 1l2 miles, the rails ara laid over the
entire distance. For distance of sixteen
miles over and beyond Red River up to Vic
toria junction, no line has been constructed
From Winnipeg westward the line extends
past Portage 10 Prairie, on the Asslniboin, tt
the western boundary of the province O
Manitoba. The road is now in operation &c
Portage la Prairie, point seventy miles Wes
Of Winnipeg, and the rails are laid TO within
few miles of the western boundary Of
Manitoba.
IL seems that the scheme of q new truck
line from New York TO Chicago has beer
actually taken up and 5000 900 subscrloe'
by O syndicate. The road will run on to-
line Of the Wabash canal q CONSIDERABLE
distance, ana Will pitss tnruuRh No" i"""O'
and Tiffin. 1t will not defect to strike an,
towns. The idea is to make the jersey Cen
trail the eastern outlet for this road, an'
carry IT, over the Allegheny Mountains be
tween Williazssport, Pennr and Youngs
town, Ohio. the New Jersey CeaIIa
railroad was the route first selected b.
Commodore Vanderbilt for his railroad IN
yestments. and he expected to push thi
, line to the west; but, disagreeing with jon
Taylor Johnston, the president he cold GU
and invested in the Harlan railroad.
About every town in north Texas depend
! ent upon the Indian Nation :or coal has re
solved itself into committee of one to loo
for new source of.suppy. They insinu =
on .,unholy alliance" existing between th
McAlsler company, resulting in toe high
est price paid by consumer 10 producer ]
the known world. They are lookin
in every direction for relief,
! good many hopes are conferred in the GoI
don mines on the Pacific extension. Their
are, SO biologists tell us inexhausible COZ
deposits in Northwestern Texas, and "
must reach them at the earliest day possible
II were useless TO try 10 start ms1u'acsuTii.
establishment here with coal al $40.