The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-25

other ordera or purchases are frequently
reported, while the comparative amRllnea
Of orders to cell is indicated by the general
course Of prices. The iudRmeptof loreign
investors 90 To the permanent value Of
properties is not materially altered by
storms or.rumors Of storms.
oNR Of the New York csr.Works has at
present an order for 1000 cars for the Dem
YER & Rio Graude. One hundred sets OF
field instruments have also been ordered
from Philadelphia house, which will be
used chiefly on the Mexican extension.
This same Company has placed orders for
1900 tons OF steel rails, 1900 tons Of
which are In transit by way Of New Or
leans, several barge loads having already
been brought to St Louis Tor Teshipment
by way OF the Missouri Pacific and Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Ee Roads, for the
Colorado extensions, The rails for the
Mexican branches, in order to save duty,
"a special concession male to the Com.
papy BY the Mexican Goyernment-will
be landed Of some port on the Pacific coast.
SANTA FE Is now full Of enterpising men
from the East, intent on mining. Itisthe
great centre OF the rich mining country OF
New Mexico. Until comparatively res
cent date the gold and silver has been too
inaccessible to warrant large operations;
but now the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
road ia Transporting thousands Of travellers
down the rich Valley Of the Rio Grande
to the border Of Old Mexico, and will soon
carry them into that country Freight
trains heavily loaded with ore and silver
bricks are rumbling along the Rio Grsnde,
where two years ago the silence Of nature
was uudiSturbed. Towns aresptinging up
in night, easy Of access to mountains
full OF precious metals, awaiting the muscle
and pluck Ct the prospeCGoL
COMMISSIONERS FINK, in his latest letter
to the New York World, answering Judge
Black, has the following about the effect
OF the winter on the railroads:
am informed by the manager Of. q
grain. carrying road east Of OhiCsgo that
he estimates the increased cost OF opera
ton during this winter, which, however,
has been an unusually severe one, from
80 to 40 per cent. Every reader oil the
newspapers Is aware OF the difficulties
which have been encountered during this
winter in the operation Of railroads. Some
OF the Western roads have been showed
up for weeks; others have only been kept
open at great expense. Where one loco
motive could draw the ordinary load over
tho road in summer time two were regu.
larly required and often as many as FIVE
to pull the trains through the snow. But l
will n, I weary the reader by going into
further details. Any one who has paid
attention to this subject has, no doubt,
noticed the late report Of railroads, show.
ing decreased earninga on account OF their
reduced capacity to do business and In.
creased expenses. 1t will be many months
before the wear and lear caused by this
winters operation upon the rolling stock
has been made good, and the damage done
to the road bed and tracks has been 70.
paired,
The Atchisou, Topeka & Santa Fs Rail.
way Company hos just issued a schedule
Of freight rates on their new line from
Atchison and Kansas City to Deming,
New Mexico, the connecting point with
the Southern Pacific. The following are
the rates per hundred weight: FirstClaSs,
- 70; second.ClaBs, "a 40; third class,
% 90; fourth.class, $751; speclal class, s. 70;
class iA,"$9 20; class "B,"$l 80; lumber
70. l. J, 90c.
Deming being the junction with the
Southern Pacific railroad, will be made the
distributing point for oil stations on that
line; also Tor Silver City, New Mexico,
and Clifton, Arizona Territory. The rates
above given are subject TO the rules and
cassifcations Of tariff sheet No. 4, lssued
to the public January IS, 1881.