The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-11
LIVERPOOL
RilLRO kD ITEMS.

DENVER 4 Rio urande now operates l.t6C
miles of road.
There are eighteen miles Of railroad built in
Michigan during the month OF July.
The Little Fails d Dakota railroad nrc gcttino
along finely IN the way of laying their track ana
VIII BET Saulk Center by August 10
The officials of The principal lines of railroad
III texas nave agreed not 10 cut rates ON the
movement of the cotton crop.
Eight hundred and fity-lwo thousand dollars
mas been received on account OF the Mexican
subsidy 10 the sonora railroad company. The
balance due is ~, lgl 900.
The report from New York that the Union Pm
cifc railroad company Is to raise its dividend
rate from TO per cent is not credited in Bos.
ton. Tho Boston directors say that there has
been no talk Of It,.
An estimate of the earnings of the Atrhlson
Topeka ~ santa Fe for lSS2 gives Sli. 8G 900
gross, and s6S7l 900 net from the operation OF
the road, while the net surplus. after paving nil
charg, = ana per cent dividends, Is expected To
bs s., 4gl,00.
The passenger agents of the st Louis limos
have taken solemn pledge to maintain rates
nom 81. Louis to all points cast and from Tin.
cinnau and indianapolis to all pnints west
Ihoy covenant also not to pay commissions to
outsiders under penalty OF non-nttrcourSe by
rival lines for ten days for the first oflensc
twenty days for tho second and ten dny, nd,
ditonal for each subsequent oliensc
John Blair, the railway king, states that Il
company has been organized, with capital of
VI o. coo, 10 bridge the Missouri river nj Hair.
Nthrask H. giving connection To his r0nds In
Iowa aud Nebraska and alIording the Chicapo
y northwestern road access to its allies west OF
| the NJ SSOuri.
The fastest train between Montreal and BoS-
ton makes the run OF 33S miles In ten hours
which iSup to the highest speed yet attained IN
New England, and attestS the Improvement
which has been made In the road.bpI nnd
equipment OF the Central Vermont u single.
track road, within a few years
I rue business OF the 81 Louis Union Depot
and Bridge company Tor July was greater than
ever before handled In any one month There
crossed ~ the bridge:
londed cars ,.,.,,.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l37
Empty tdIs, sst.str,,..,t.. ...,....,...,. sol
Care of dirt for construction purposes. -. UuO
Passenger cars, Observation-Disclosures. 40
Total ,,.., .,.,.... =. GiySl
lht Union Pacific railroad company recently
uuluadyd AT Kansas City one of Its immense rN :
pcrimenlal freight cGtS, containing lOlO bushels
of VIII Nt transported from solomon lity. The
ear Is furnished with the now truck by which
ordinary frcght.carS are cnpblpd to carry from
~ to lou per cent. additional weight The truck
5 IN experimental operation ON the could lines
An cNchaggc says The wheat ctop of Kan.
AaS this season. Is estimated NJ $4,000 Ogl bushels
This immense amount would require 81, co.. ears
TO transport II IL is safe to say that three.
fourth. of II viii come forward to oaslc n
markets, which viii require u, 2A0 cars; that ut
" chrs tn u tran would make NJ 3,9l2 trains. It
IL probable that this wheat will mostly come
forward between now aud January |. when
we add 10 the wheat frcighu the other grains
and cattle aud hogs from Kansas and take into
account the large crops OF Missouri and NcbraS.
la, much of which Will seek an early maikrLwc
must conclude that the prospects of n freight
blockade the coming fall are very promising
The land sales Of the Northern Pacific railroad
during July were Is Isl acres and sg,3 . worth
OF town lots, altogether sl7d.O20. on the eastern
divisions, aud lugJ acres, valued n 9a1, 81 and
S'.5h worth of town lots, worth altogether 800
M. ON the western divisions, u net Increase OF
1872 81 IN values Of sales over July, lNsl, There
wits n large Increase Of both classes Of sales ON
The eastern divisions, but on the western divis.
Ions the land sales showed n decrease Of SlO.2dS
in volume, though tho town lots Increased ca
VT A. Hopkins vicc.prosllcnt OF the Wabash.
and his private secretary Mr. Godfrey Ollata,
returned frum St louis saturday They will
s1'rt on ttip OF lnipection over the company's
lines to-day. II is rumorcd that tho present trip
Of Mt Hopkins has for its piinci.
pal object "A Reorganization OF the manap Vncn,s
VI Gonld's western tosd, and II Is rnmOtud that
a number % important changes IN both the
wabash and Missouri Ia idC will sOou ~ made,
one OF the tumors is that Mr. A A. ralmagc,
general manager Ut the Missouri Pacific. Is tn re.
lite and ihs, W II v liuSie, NJ present gen
ersl manager Of the Iron Mountain aud lnIOfna.
tionnl y Great Northern, Is 10 be.
COME general manager VI the Mis-
snufi Pacific IN addition IL his prs
cnt dudes. II Il also reported that Mr.
ueorgc ODDS, late general fright agent OF the
Milwaukee 4 81 Paul, will be made general
freight agent NJ tho Missouri Pacific snl 1rn
Mountain systems Nj. Olds has been IN St
Louis during the past week aud had confer
cnce with the managers Of the roads when In.
dicates tina, there Il sone basis for the report
On The Wabash Mr. John Z. Gaui IL 10 be- in.
vested with further powers, and is again to be
made the responsible head OF the system. Asto
the other changes ON this Rad
no.hlns uvu ,,,," 80, ~ .aan,r, Oh ns.s