The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-06

Manistee, have Bought COCO acres of land
Tor $4,000. II contains about 100000
feet Of the best pine lumber in the state.
Ten thousand lumhermen are at work on
them now, aud double that number will be
employed shortly.
PERSONAL.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. .-AAlexander Mitchell
and 5. $, Merrill, ofthe Chicaso, Milwau.
kee 4 ST. Paul railway ,lelt tonight for New
York, TO take part IN the conference OF the
presidents and managers of the contesting
northwestern roads.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 5.-A special train
passed through the city to-day, en- route for
San Francisco via the new Southern Pacific
line, through Memphis and New Orleans.
L, L. Huntington and General Butteriield,
OF New York; J, W. Pierce, of Boston, and
Charles Crooker and W, Il. Brown, OF San
francisco, were OF the party on the train.
THE WAR.
NEw foRK, Dec. 5.--The railroad war is
no nearer u settlement than it was week
ago, and it looks as though the gonercl pub.
lie would not be fully confident until they
see some more definite prospect OF peace.
Gould explains that charges in tine freight
rates to pointsin Texas and Louisiana apply
only TO freight between these points
and East st. Louis. The CAro Short Lane
Louis Il New Orleans railroad, are carrying
freight iron 81. Louis and points common
thereto, Wto Texas aud Louisiana.
Gould having located his stock yards,
Freight depot and other terminal facilities
for the Missouri Pacific system in East
st. Louis, says the freight ratesoi st. Louis
proper have merely been extended TO East
st. Louis, where large part of the manu-
featuring establishments of 81. Louis
I proper are located, and that as the Missouri
I Pacific system has lease of the 81. Louis
bridge this is merely the ignoring OF bridge
tolls for freight.
PoRrERs VIEWS.
/ CHICAGO, Dee. . The following state
ment, containing the clearest expression Of
Mr.. Porter's views and intentions respect
ing tho railroad war which has yet been
! printed, comes from gentleman closely
associated with him, and Is authorita
tive: II the st. Paul road or its
construction company, build new lines tC
points in the territory Of the st. Paul 4
Omaha road, thus making such points
competitive, the st. Paul Il Omaha lin,
will protect its business at the least obtain
able rates, and will decline to pool from
any points with the st. Paul road.
Mr.. Porter has no objections whatever tt
the building Of legitimate and necessary
lihtS, Dut uotS onleCt 10 ralrOluS Oelni
built by construction companies in the In
terest OF the Milwaukee & st. Paul official
and directors into territory where no sec
ond line is needed. and where there is no
business enough to support one line anC
afterwards selling such new lines to the Chi
eaco, Milwaukee & st, Paul road at an i'm
mense profit over their cost and then de
manding that such c0mpetitiv,
business be pooled. Such in
discriminate building of railroads
is of no benefit TO the country; on the othe
hand, it is positive injury. 1t destroy
the confidence of the people in railroad Sc
curities and ultimately brings with it iinan
clal disaster, panic, etc, and at the sam
time, necessarily increases the cost OF trans
portation.
THE NEW ORLEANS 4 NORTHWESTERN pIRgc
TORY.
MEMPHIS, Dec 5.-Telegrams from NeS
Orleans state that at the election held ther
yesterday the following were chosen a
board of directors Of the New Orleans 1
Northwestern railroad IL. j. Charriere
]. II. Oglesby Henry Abraham, Roher
Moore, OF New Orleans George Had
ley, Alexander Mcdonald, John Scot
OF Cincinnati; Fred Wolf, Otto Peck, G
New York