The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-01-13
The IRON-H HORSE
WHAT RAILROADS ARE DOING.
View ard Old Lines-LagraBge T"pp'
ed-GouId's Engineers at work
south of san AntOnio-"hen
The City OF Mexiee VIII BIO
Reached Canadian Pa
cflc-The Cheap Fare
question.

"SHnset hOuIe. No Huh0iNu N'''OS Va w.
were shipped on the frat train and a thouS-
and more during that week. The ancient
town ard Lafsytte county are much elated
over the result, as they ought to be, for a
people without railroad in these days are
lost in the woods.
The New York Shipping List says: In a
report made to the French chamber OF dep
uties by M. Waddlngton it was Shown that
the regular rate per mile on the European
railroads went from II to 6.0l cents first
class. and from Il 30 cents to 4.4O cenf sec
ond.class. The first in both instances, was in
Norway, the last IN Turkey. Between these
two extremes came the various other Euro
mean countries: Germany, $40 frst-class,
$50 second-class; Great Britain, 48 first
class. g D second class; France, sol nis.
class. . 81 second-class. In our own country,
with the exception of immigrant trains, Peo-
ple travel all frst-clsss, the few who do not
hardly counting in the estimate. ACCORDING
to the returns, the average price per mile Ia
Massachusetts 2.l2 cents; in New York, 40;
in Coniieciicut, 2.4l; in Michigan and Ohio,
SO; and in Illinois, 3.l4. II will thus be
seen that the rates in our thickly settled dis-
tricts are less than tho average al second
class rates il Eurouea, and considerably pc
low the range Of hrst-cass charges ore
reason given for this is the relative low
cost of constructing an American rail-
rcod. for wa have here vastly greater areas
of level couzlry than can be found on the
Kurouean continent, and eur engineers do
NOT think il necessary 10 build their roads
witt the care and thoroughness demanded il
Eli, oa. On the other hand, very large
norm of our rairosd property is burdened
down With indebtedness in the shape OF hcu-
(tious bonds and wstered stock, upon which
the conapay les endeavor to pay dividends.
M. iudped BY results, It would seem that
e oonresaion of railroads is much less SO
n 70 here than on the other side of the A.
lxc The United States have 2iT miles
oHailrssd 10 evory 10 600 inhabitants. Tn 8
is LII times rs much as Europe, which has
32S M les 10 tho 10000. The European idea
il tEat traffic mast 90 before railroads but in
this conatrv tho idea is that railroads ought
10 pe uushed forward In order TO open new
sections 10 population and th o create traffic.
Outside Of trade demands, railroads hre built
ia. Europe exclusively for strsgetic purposes
something never doRe 10 the United States
Here we lad apparently tupor1uous roaSs
laid down, sometimes In the .furlherance OF
combinations and rivalri,s Of interest," but
otherwise all our roads are run on lines and
parallels supposed to be most conducive TO
the eGteusien OF connerce.
We learn from tbs Yszoo City Herald Of
the 3lst of December last, that MT the eiec-
ton held at NacheZ few days ago, the
neople voted 10 subscribe S220COO to the
Natchez, jackson & Columbus railroad,
which will complete the line 10 Jactsen.
jaw Gould's engineers are at work soath of
San Antonio, surveyisg and locating the CEN
nectiBg link between his Texas and Mexican
systems. From Dan Antonio to Laredo, IL
about l60 miles. and the engineers speak of
finishing the read by next January, which Is
possible with zone but Gould. 1t is also the
calculation TO run cars from Texas to the
atty of Mexico sometime during 1882. IL is
servenily hoped this will all como true, but
whether this year or next, or the next after
that year, the time is at hand when the
United States and the Mexican Republic arc
20 be closely connected by this ard many
other reads. THE road from For. Worth 70
Georgetown aud San Antonio to Laredo will
each be Anished about In the sama time. We
90 not know about the Mexican side of the
question, but as il is under tho supervision
Of American engineers and contractors pro.
sumo Il will be pushed up to the Rio Grande
q fast AZ possible. II will be a great day
whea we are in rail communication with the
sncient civ and with San Francisco on the
Fscilc TIE day is rapidly approaching
Wien excursion trains loaded with tourists
will visit Zach SIDE Of the Rio Grando.
The velue ~ the proposed CONCESSIONS q"
the Canada Pacific railway syndicate wsxes
greater and greater in the estimation Il OPP
position paiii,ans, the longer they lock ~
The subject Whsn the terms Of the bsrgs q
were first laid before parliament, the CAT. /,
leading opposition srgsn at Toronto, ~ss
content 20 eftimnie tho'valuo OF the lands
which ise government proposed 10 grant al
So per acre. Upon this basis, II estimated
the aggregate value Of all the concessions IT
about $1l5 900 900. sns, putting the cott Of
the work az $40 100000, Il made out snug
profit Of $4,000 600 FOR the syndicate, over
and above the. valve Of the read, which The
syndicate would owR as psrpstusl posses
sion. Presently the govennont partisans
amour csa that they estimated the value Of
the land grant 70 be not more thsn 81 per
acre, or SIS, 900 900 in all. Thertupon the
opposition p,rtis,ns raised their estimate,
and made the bsrgrin look very much worse,
and thep, TO nsks il look as bad as possihle,
they lowered their estimate Of the cost of
The work. and demonstrated 70 their own
satisfaction tbst the value OF the concessions
was about six TINES n great as hs cost Of
the work"
jay Gould, for tho sake Of pool purposes,
claims that bis Missouri ard Texas roads are
a part and psrcsl Of the Chicago System.
SAYS TIE Chicago Tins:
Mr.. Gould nov comes before the pool with
proposition which the lines canpst sffsrd 10
dismiss with contempt His pet road. the
Missouri Pacific, Is q member Of tie 81. Louis
division Of the southwestern pool, aud Is
allotted f,ir shsre Of the iraI1c az a ST
Leuis line. IL row applies for admission 70
the Esol a. q Chicago read, and claims per.
osnisge 81 the traffic beth in the Chicsgo and
Hannibal divisions. This claim has. beer
formally submitted 70 The commissioner oil
the pool, {. be scisd upen at the earliest con
venience IF The assccisted lines The Mis-
souri Pesi6c bas.s its new cltim upon the
fact Of iis having btcsms a Chicago line BY
rsason ef its consolidation with the Missouri
Kuss & Texas railroad. The latter has 4
tqrnnirsl correction ct Hsnuibal with both ths
Chicago, BurIirrton 3 Quiscy, and the Wa
bssh, ct. Louii & Pacific. For that rsass-
the kisssuri Pacific is Chicaxo read, and.
bling Chicago road, is entitled, Il il ar
gue1, TO fc-csntsEes H. bo.h ihs Chicago
and tie Hfrnibfl divisions Of he pool.
This mO5est claim does net specify tire Per
csntace sf trsf3e vhish would 10 acceptable