The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-01-13

odse Mills euILr inrnr YEAH 1850.
Poinfs Reached by the New Hcsds--
The Eafninga-price Of Iron-@
Notes, Facts, Figures, aud
Items OF Interest, Concern
fng the work of Rivefing
she Continent.

Xho RAILROAD 50zeJte OF OecomOer olsl
contains information Of the laying Of track
on new railroads as follows: Detroit
Mac kinac g. Marquette. Track on the eos
tern end has been extended north by west 20
miles. Chicago & Indianapolis Air Lime
The first track IL laid from Dyer. Ind,
southeast 10 Rsnsi elaer, Is miles. Detroit,
Butt r 81 st. Louis.-Extendedw vast by south
TO Adrian, Mich. 81 miles. Port Huron 81
Northwestern. The Marietta Branch is COM
pleted from Balmer's Mich, to Marietta. 33
miles. Gauge, feet Lake Erie u Yves
torn-fixlended from Frsmont o., cast by
north TO Sandusky, "a miles. Somerset s.
Cambria. Completed from Somerset Pa.
north by east 10 Jobnstown 81 miles.-Eest
Texae. Track laid from Beaumont, Tex,
north to Pine Island Bayou 6 miles. This
is a total Of III miles, making 6,l39 mi'es re-
ported thus far this year, against 2,00l miles
a wear ago. Fuller information will doubt
lass increase the total for this year. The TO-
tai is remarkable. With the exception of
1872 il is the largest in the history of rail-
road building in America. As great as II is,
the record Of this year Of 1881, will in all hu-
man probability exceed it. It is estimated
that all Of 5000 miles are either under con-
tract or ,.il be let this month and next to
be finished before next January, with about
2 600 of that number in the state of Texas
The Gazette says: "We chronicle this week
the construction of 6, 139 miles since the LIST
of January, and when all the Information
has been collected We shall find probably
that something like 1000 miles Of railroad
have been completed during the year."
The latest quotations of the price of rails
are as follows; Steel rails are quiet quota
ton being $58 to $50 per ton at mill, accord
ing to the time of delivery. Some large
transaetions IN foreign rails are reported,
sales of $4,000 tons being reported, all for
delivery at Southern ports. Iron rails are
quiet, with no large sales. Prices are about
$48 TO S53 per ton at mill for light rails, down
to SAG for heavy sections. Some sales of
English rails for southern roads arc reported
at prices not made public, but said 10 be
about $45. Old iron rails are quoted at from
S26 60 $3.50, with stocks generally light
aud not much business done.
East Tsxas.-This rosd j, nov completed
from Beaumont, Tex, north to Pine Island
BAYOU, SIX miles. snd is graded for about ten
miles further. Work has also been begun on
the lire from Beaumont Sa5ige Pass
which was graded before The var, and is said
50 BE- still In very fslr co diton
Cincinnati capitalists Ia 70 bought tie
Kentucky Central and ont mpla'e opening
a new route over II to Knox lille, and thence
to Charleston, S. Q.
Tho Mexican Railway company, which
owns tho railro4d from Vera Cruz to the city
Of Mexico, 293 miles, with Q branch u miles
70 Jalsps, hiss had the following gross earn
ings for the hrst half of the Year, on lis
man line: 1875 81, 527 400; 1873, 81 $50 300;
looO, Sl,'Sy loO' dnis year 'nsse earilinss
were 81 the rae 0! @o' lay PSF hille, Mlleh,
as II Is inc only railroad OF ,lnpor'anSe = tlo
couAtry ana conIec .l INC plsIesu, WIFI .ne
poPAlous patI Oh lho country Is, Wi.n 'ne
ses, may DC looHeo upon ~ ists eaIilngs
irtsiuehV Di,iings, " .re' NVrthe,n ~ ,
elhc, mas inaae inc ioi1loWihg statement % lno
New YORK Lines; Lhere Is 70 90 sn III
mediate increase Oh engineering ana oinor
eticisl iorce 70 meet lhe requirement. OF ,ne
extensive WORK - DO eerIlee on. Inc pian
OF the pridse hcross tne Misoutl Iiver AZ
bismarck mas peen aoopsee. M: Seorte Q.
Mofisoa' WHO was sus ehS'neer VI sno trluS0
recently quiz az [hht'stnouth' hSs veen ep,
pointed engineer OF inns WORK, sha .as eoaru
nave oirectea u 70 % prVc.eaep WIN inlh.e-
dlateiy. Sen. Ahasrson, inc EogiSteMr,ln-
Chief, has just returned from inc eiiow-
stone Nhi!ey. no nas euhlIan.Sr ioA
ties and timber ior zoO miles Oh WA, dislslon,
aAo ms lnsirucuons are 70 sceenisnsn "a .ne
coming year the largest psssloIs smoua. Oh
mileage construction up inc teli9wstons
Valley, WIN tae view OF closing up .ne cen
trai gap OF ezV miisr ana having the roAa
running tnrsugh IN 1850. LBS central gar
- from Slsndivs; where inc missouri oYl-
SION enos on the aeilowsseso, 70 tbo cssters
end oil we rsnd a'Orsine eiyslon, whicn e.
tenos wv miles from AlAswotln, on ~, ,ne
golumois nysr' weAs 20 Lake rena Ofeins'
Inc reno aVreiue oi'isi2n WIZ &c CON,
pIeted 10 carry spring Az - nearly o..
sraoeo, tne ms'eflals ere All provluiso sue on
my ses ~ Wv 49, 1880 ~
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80, "' -. pftSs All, arc insspscS f.r he Pa
ciac coast ar and ,nipnsnls val pe mass ~ tse