The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-09-08
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/ The Pacific road Is to have new foun-
dry at Parsons, and is now receiving the
brick TOR same.
The Kansas City Mail says it looks
very much as If there would be good
many changes in the Missouri Pacific
administration. and knowing ones hint
that an entirely new set of officers will
be chosen.
Commonwealth: Mr.. F. W. Giles
went to Garnett yesterday 20 attend to
business connected with the building of
the Garnett and Topeka railroad. The
first proposition to aid the company was
voted upon yesterday.
The D. & R. G. railway have contract
ed TO pay 100000 for blasting out
single cut seven miles below Lake City
in San Juan county. Colorado. The cut
will be 400 feet long. 1t costs some
thing TO build railroads in that country.
lola Correspondence Topeka Capital:
Hon. F. w Giles visited lola IN the in
terests of the Topeka. lola & Memphis
railroad last week. II this road is CON-
pleted it will be great benefit not only
to this part of Kansas but also to the
capital, as it will give direct route to
Topeka, instead of the round -about way
by Ottawa and Lawrence. No doubt
much trade will be transferred from
Kansas City TO Topeka. In case this
road is built, the large machine shops
here, for many years unoccupied, might
again be put to use.
The track of the A, T. & S. F. road,
which was washed away for a cOnsidera-
BILE distance between Albuquerque and
Deming has been repaired and trains
will now run regularly. For four days
it was necessary to transport passengers
in carriages over Glorietta mountain, a
distance of twenty miles. which was
done at great expense to the company,
who also provided meals, and, where
necessary, sleeping apartments. The
passengers experienced some incon-
venience, of course, but in speaking of
the incident, said they enjoyed the
change from the cars, and the pleasant
ride.
Eureka Herald: 1t is reported that
an engineer corps has been ordered to
Howard TO run line from that place to
the south line of the state for the i'm
mediate extension of the Kansas City.
Emporia & Southern road. The matter
is not fully ready at present, we believe,
owing to the necessity of making repairs
and finishing up work at several points
on the main line. But it is said that as
soon as the men and material can be
spared from these it is the intention of
the company to extend the line as above.
We hope the work will be speedily &C
ccmplished, and that the business and
length of the road will justify the rum
ming of regular passenger train daily,
instead of the mixed train we now have.
A correspondent Of the New York
Tribune, writing of dishonesty in Mexi-
CO, says: I'm regard to stealing. this /
know, that nothing along the line
of the great Mexican railroad from
Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico is left
outside after dark; nothing that the
strength of two men can lift. Even the
car couplings are taken inside the station
and locked up. This road once intro
duced air breaks on their cars, but the
workmen punched holes in the pipes
and stole the tubing, SO they were taken
off. On the National road, and doubt.
less on all others, also. they stole the
borts that fastened the rails to the ties
until they were finally riveted on. One
of gang of workmen undertook to
steal the cap off a cartridge of dynamite
and the result was that he and several
others went to their reward"