The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-06
THE IRON HORSE.
edse MILES BUILT INTHE YEAR 1880.
Points Reached by the New Roads
the Earnings-Price 81 Iron
Notes, Facts, Figures, ana
IA Ttenas Of Interest, Concern
isg the work of ElvetinS
Ghe Continent.

The REilrA ed Gaz0tte OF OecempSr olst
contains inform alton of the laying Of track
on new r,ilro, ds ss follows; Detroit,
Siactinso s. Maro, 'lt.e.-Track on the ea7-
tern end has Eoen nv, ended north by west 20
miles. Chicago & Iudl Mapons nr A'T Ta5
The first track is laid from DJ'6I; 80
southeast 10 Rensselaer,, 10 nll.es' pel l',t
Butt T 81 St, Louis Extends "Ls' ~ sou' =,
to Adrian, Mi6h., 81 miles. Pe ~ LYON "
Northwestern. The Msriette Bra. 'oe Is cou ~
pleted from Balmer's Mich, to Ma 'ie''1, 90
miles. Gauge, feet. Lake Eyie d Wes-
ern.-Extendtd from Fremont, o, ca" y
north to Saudusky, "A miles. Somerset "
Cambria. Completed from Somerset, Pa
north by east to Johnstown, 81 miles.-Eastl
Texas,-Trsck laid from Beaumont, Tex
north to Pine Island Bayou, miles. This
is to!sl Of l72 miles, making 6, lS9 miles re-
ported thus far this year, against 2,S0l miles
year Sgo. Fuller information will doubt.
less increase the total for this yesr. The to-
tai is reUsrkSble. With the exception of
1872 it is the largest in tho history of rail-
road building in America. As great as II is,
the record Of this year Of 1881, will in all hui
man probability exceed it. 1t is estimated
that all Of 5000 miles are either under con-
tract or viii be let this month and next to
be finished before next January, with shout
1900 OF that number in the state &C TcXas
The Gazette saws: "Wa chronicle IL week
the construction of 6 1870 miles since the Let
Of January, and when all the information
has been collected shall fad 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 sos to S60per ton at mill, accord
ing to the timn of delivery. Some large
transactions in foreign rails ara reported,
sales Of 2E 600 tons being reported, sll for
delivery at Southern ports. Iron rails are
quiet, with no large sales Prices are about
s$49 to S5S per ton At mill for light rails, down
to S46 for heavy sections. Some sales Of
English rails for southern roads are reported
at prices not made public, but said to DO
about $45. Old iroa rails are quoted at from
e$26 to $3.50, with stocks generally light
and not much business done.
East TeSas.-This road is now completed
from Beaumont, Tex, north 10 Pine Island
bayou six miles and is grsded for shout ten
miles further. Work has also been begun On
the line from Beaumont to Sabine Pass,
which was gr de1 before tho war, and is said
to be still in very fair condition,
Cincinnati capitalists have bought the
kentucky Central and contemplate opening
new route over il 10 Knoxville, and thence
10 Charleston, 5. @.
The Mexican Railway company which
owns tho railroad from Vera Cruz to the city
of Mexico, z93 miles with n brsuco = mlls
TO Jalsps, has had the following .,fl-
A nosi, lino. 1879 S1 So7 4on. 1870 e. suo 2no.
1880 q 700 iS5 m, vSsr tbsS, ,'., D,,,
wsrn AZ lbe no Of SG IAn nor mia which
a, 4 Ia fSa orly ra;l,n,d 81 in,rortanco in 49,
country ana cSnnant. tbe oiatssr ubars Tho
4 Donnlcps ,art Of tba oo,tntrv !, ,1ilb tbo
sea- NAV he looked unon as lisbt earning,
Prasidsnt Rllires NJ tba Nor,barn pa.
ciar has made tbe foilow;nr stotenno,t N IN,
Nav YORK. Times. "Thars ia 10 hs an inn
mediate i.cre,,a ~ cngineerin~ and otbe,
ofie;sI forcs IN r,sot m a Iscni,ers.rt,o ~ Do
cTtsnsivo vorI 10 bs csr,iod an Tina piaD
~ the brid0e .cross tho N;.sovr; rivsr ~
B;sm,rck has bscn sdontsd NJ, Gao n .
Morison. Who was the or ginesr of tn. brid9s
rscantIv built ct Platfsmou,b ba. hsa, an.
nointed enVineor of thin WORK ard tha hoard
have directed Il IA ho nrscsaaad with ;,rpos-
d;atslv Gsn HpSsraoD tho Enai,aar'in.
CHEZ bsa inst rsmrU,3 from ibs Yslion.
stono VaIIov. Hs b,. aIye.dv contraotsd n,
tios and ,ir9bsr for al(, ra;Iss ~ that div;,;a1
sSS hi. ;nsiructions AZ, 10 .ccomnIsh i; ,,' tb.
coming wear The larrs,t nos,ibia amanst q,
ynilasgs constrnction M tho Ysliowstona
Valla1 with tha vioy ~ clos;r, mn th, csn
trsI Csn of 500 miIe, and bsyirg ,hs r roi.
rnnn,ng thronch in 1se9 This Central car
!, from Glendivs wbsrn tina N;S.o"r; divie
a;on ends ON tho Yellows,ons 70 tbs s.'ts ,
ard of tss Ps1d d0rsiils aivision vhicS sy
tsnas zoe nilaS from Iin,warth on N,
Columbia river. wsst 10 Lake pend d'OraiiIS
Tba Pond Oraills division Will bs cam
nlsted in ssrlv .nr,ng Il !, r.srlv al
praSad the mnierisi. sro ali nrovidsd AND .,
Inc Snot and tbe track /, row coins down
Tle cor,n,rv confdsntly synocs to Close -,
the central gap in 1883. In speaking OF th
material for all this contemplated work, Mr.
Billings said that 1000 tens Of rails, 46, 90
of which are steel, have already been pur.
chased, to bs delivered during the year, will
all tho fss,eningT; 1,750 additional freigh
cars of different kinds, Gnd 81 locomotive,
with new passenger cars, etc. Twenty thou
sand tons Of the rails are intended for the p.
ciAc coast, and shipments will be made at tn
O. ,a4. r o nnA &c., 80, r,...b .~,.,.;.. :