The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-28
RAILROAD Racket.

San Antonio, 26.-Parties from Laredo
say great tronble il imminent from Q
conflict between the Mexican National
Construction Company snd Mexicans
engaged in running skIffs across the Rio
Grande. The latter say the building Of
railroad bridge will deprive them Of
their business, and they will not submit.
The opposition of this element has
aroused Others, end quite 8 strong feeling
against railroads. has sprung up With the
masses.
New York, 27.-Ihe Tribune has the
following: An American company hes
been formed to build line Of railr' ad In
Mexico to be called the Sinaloa and Du-
range railroad. 1t is to extend from
Altsta, on the Gulf of California, l20
miles north of Mazatlaa, to Durango, il
the state of the same name, go miles.
At Durango il will connect with the
Mexican Central railroad, which will ex-
tend from the City of Mexico to the
American frontier at FL Psso. 1t is pro-
posed to begin at once the construction of
forty miles of the new line, fir. m the
port of AltstG to Culiacan, the capital of
the state Of Sinalos. Surveying parties
will leave New York in q few DAYS for
the purpose. Il has received a value bic
c ncession from the Mexican govern
ment, which has granted also valuable
privileges. It was organized in Boston
and the capital stock has been already
subscribed in New England and New
York. The officers of the company are,
president, Thomas \. Hart, Boston; vice
president Robert r. Sy mon. New York;
treasurer, .. w. Richardson, Boston; +.
2 North has been appointed chief eng
neer and e neral superintendent.
Philadelphis, 27.--The circuit court
made q decree restraining the Reading
Railway Company from is.uing the
$50, 600, 900 blanke! mortgage bonds.
Galveston, 27.-The steamer -5TdaG,
arrived from CoTpas Christi, brings Gen.
Palmer and other mem bers Of the Next
can National company tom Northern
Mexico. The captain of The ArGRG,
reports twelve vessels between Corpus
wharf and Galveston loaded with r4ii-
road material for this company. Gen.
Palmer says he now see no reason why
the company should 10. hare lis tracks
completed To LsredU in Ju :; 20 Mon
tersy, 336 miles from Corpus Christi, in
Deem Der, and TO San LUIS I'o'Usi by lie
close of next year, IN, etirg The line be ng
built by the same Company from n City
Of Mexico nofthward. Th,r- Is very
heavy work on thr ia ter section and the
heaviest work. i Guiding tso difficult
tunnels, will be complete and the rosd
open to Toluca. early in July. De says
the existing busines. awaiting the TUlucs
division is b. avy, And he b. lieves from
the day the line Is opened the traffic per
mile will exceed tina: ,ft1e Denver an !
Rio Grsnde Railway, Of which ne is also
president. --
Dallas special: Chief Engineer marvin,
of the Missouri Pacific. said in an inter-
view that it was fact that the Missouri
Pacific will be built 10 the Galveston line
now being located from Virginia Point
10 Random or Galveston.
The Vicksburg and San Antonio Rail-
road survey from Waco to the Inter
national 81 Great Northern road is com
pleted. From the International, lines
will be run to the mouth OF Brszos and
Aranas psss. The latter survey Is to be
made in six weeks IL the road goes TO
Aranas pass il vii connect with the Pal
mer sAdSulliEaRsystem at Corpus Christi
UiG tn main and around Aranas Neyas
sud Corpus Christi bays
1Trsc,i laying on the d issouri Pacific
from Fort Worth begins on. Monday.