The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-09

the balance Of the world by branch from
"Sunset Route" Two hundred bales of cot
were shipped on the first train, and thous-
and more during that week. The ancient
town and Lsfsytte county are much elated
over the result, as they ought to be, for
people without railroad in those days are
lost in the woods.
The New York Shipping List says: In
report made to the French chamber of dep.
uties by NJ Waddington it was shown that
the regular rate per mile on the European
railroads went from 2l7 to COL cents frst-
class, and from 80 cents to 4.40 cents sec
ond-class. The first, in beth instances was in
Norway, the last in Turkey. Between these
two extremes came the various other Euro
pean counties: Germany, $40 frst.clsss,
232 second-class; Great Britsin, az 6rst-
class, 3.22 second class; France, 81 drst.
class, 267 seeond-class. In our own country,
with the exception of immigrant trains, pee
pile travel all hrst.class, this few who do not
hardly counting in the estimate. According
to the returns, the average price per mile IN
Massachusetts 2 II cents; in Nov York, 225;
in Connecticut, 2,4l; in Michigan and Ohio,
OOJ Ahh III llllHOlni OH. ~ VIII iiUi %
seen that the rates in our thickly sOtI!ed dis
tricts are less than the average Of secoad-
class rates in Europe, and considerably be-
low the range of frst-cass charges One
reason given for this is the rel.tve low
cost Of constructing an American rail-
road; for we have here vastly greater areas
Of level couttry than can be found on the
European continent, and our engineers do
not think it necessary TO build their roads
with the care and thoroughneEs demanded in
Europe. On the other hand, a very large
portion OF our railroad property is burdened
down with indebtedness in the shspa OF tieti-
tious bonds and wstered stock, upon which
the companies endeavor to pay dividends.
But, judged by results, it would seem that
the oppression of railroads ia much less 90
we're here than on the other side of the A.
lantic. The United States have 2i77 miles
of railroad to every 10000 inhabitants. TIL
is eight times as much as Europe, which has
9,29 mJes to the 10000. The European idea
is that traffic must 60 before railroads, but in
this country the idea is that railroads ought
10 be pushed forward in order to open new
sections TO population and thds create traffic.
Outside Of trade demands, railroads are built
in Europe exclusively for stragetic PURPOSES
something never done in the United States.
Here we lad apparently super6uous roads
laid down, sometimes in the furtherance OF
combinations and rivalries of interest, but
otherwise all our roads are run on lines and
parallels supposed to be most conru, 70 10
the extension Of commerce.
We learn from the Yazoo City II aid Of
the 3lst of December last, that al to cleo
ton held at Na,choz few days ago, tho
people voted 10 subscribe $220,0O0 to the
Natchez, Jackson q Columbus railroad,
which will complete the line TO JACKSON.
Jay Gould's engineers are ut work south of
San Antonio, surveying and locating the con-
Meeting link between hi, Texas and Mexican
systems. From San Antonio to Laredo, is
about 100 miles, and the engineers speak of
finishing tho road by next January, which is
possible with Rome but Gould. 1t is also the
calculation to run cars from Texas to the
city of Mexico sometime during 1882 1t is
fervently hoped this will all come tue, but
whether this year or next, or the next after
that year, the time is at hand whom the
United States and the Mexican Republic are
to be closely connected by this ard many
other roads. The road from Fort Worth to
Georgetown and San Antonio to Laredo will
each be finished about in the same time. We
do not know about the Mexican side of the
question, but As it is under the supervision
of American engineers and contractors pre-.
sumo it will be pushed up to the Rio Grapde
as fast as possible. II will DO d great day
when we are in rail communication with the
ancient city and with San Francisco on the
Pacific. The day is rapidly approaching
when excursion trains loaded with tourists
will visit each side of the Rio Graade.
The value of the proposed concessions to
the Canada Pacific railway syndicate WAKES
greater and greater in the estimation of OBJ
position partisans, the longer they look at
the subject. When the terms of the bargain
were first laid before parliament, tho Globe,
leading opposition organ at Toronto, was
content 10 estimate the value of the lands
which the government proposed to grant at
50 per acre. Upon this basis, it estimated
the aggregate value of all the concessions at
about Sis 900 900, and, putting the cost of
the work At $40 0O0,0O0 it made out snug
profit of S55,000,o00 for the syndicate, over
and above the value of the read, which the
syndicate would own as perpetual posses.
sion Presently the government psrtisans
announced that they estimated the value of
the land grant to be not more thsn ST per
acre, or $4,000 600 in all. Thereupon the
opposition pSrtissns raised their estimate.
and made the bargain look very nluch worse,
and then, to make it look as bad as possible,
they lowered their estimate of the cost Of
the work. and demonstrated to their own
satisfaction that the value of the concessions
was about six times as great as thu cost OF
the work."
Jay Gould, for the sake of pool purposes
claims that his Missouri and Texas roads ara
part and parcel of the Chicago system
Says the Chicago TIMES:
Mr.. Gould now comes before the pool with
proposition which the lines csnnet afford Ia
dismiss with contempt His pet road, the
Missouri Pacific, is member Of the st. Leui:
division Of the southwestern pool, and il
allotted fair share of the traffic as St
Lcus line 1t row applies for admission ia
the POOL as a Chicago road, and claims per.
eentage of the traffic both in the Chicago and
Hannibal divisions. This claim has beer
formally submitted 10 the commissioner Of
the pool, TO be acted upon at the earliest con.
venience of the associated lines The Mis-.
souri, Pacific bases its new claim upon the
TACT of its having become a Chcsgo line b,
reason eff its consolidation with the Missouri
Kansas 81 Texas railroad. The latter has :
terminal connection at Hannibal with both the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and the Wa
bash, st. Lonis & Pacific. For that reaso-
the Missouri Pacific is Chicago road, and
being Chicsgo road, is entitled, it is ar
guea, to percentages in both the Chicago
and the Hannibal divisions of the pool