The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-14

portation win exercise due and proper care for
the safety Of the same while in their custody.
and treat the owners and keepers thereof with
courtesy. Division superintendenis win see
that this order Is properly enforced. and will
take due notice ofany complaints for violation
thereof
IL, b Hulburt trustee Of the second and third
mortgages Of the Indianapolis 4 St Louis rail-
way company, this afternoon filed u bill In the
United States eircuit court for the foreclosure OF
these mortgages and the sale Of the road also
asking for tho appointment of a receiyer pend
ing the litigation. The second mortgage calls
for sl.oOo,Iol. dated October ], lS70. the bonds
running thirty-one years but by reason OF =
failure 10 pay interest they have all become
due. The third mortgage is for toQ0,0o0, the
principal of which became due July l. ISL The
bonds held by Charles O'Conor are second mort
gage bonds, and this action has been FASTENED
by the demand Of Charles oConor that the
principal and interest OF his bonds should be
paid In null at a time when the road is embar-
rassed by q large floating debt and the earnings
insufficient 10 pay running expenses, Back OF
the second and third is q FIRST mortgage of s. COO
90. The foreclosure is subject to this mortgage.
The case is being heard by Judge Gresham, ut
Evansville. A decision is expected ON Monday.
The annual meeting OF the Sonora railway. no
Gently acquired by the Atchison, Topeka "
Santa Fe, was held In Boston few days ago.
The road from Guaymas to Hcrmosillo, ninety
miles, was completed and opened for business In
November 1851 February y, 1882, the track
was laid 62 IL miles north from Hormosillo and
since that date the track has been laid at an
average rate of about one mile per day II is ex-
peeted that the road will be completed to Mag.
dalena by May l. and to Nogales by September
4, 1882 The road has been accepted by the
Mexican government to point sixty kilometres
north of Hermosillo, making a total of 20i kilo-
metres accepted, on which there is due the com.
pany subsidy amounting TO 81, rs 900, of which
SOL, 600 has been paid In cash and orders ON Gus
tom houses and sub-trcasuries.
"A newspaper correspondent writing from Ber-
lin, OF railroad employees, says: Their wages
are mere pittance ny compared to the wages
paid in America 10 employees of the same grade
year, conductors sl65 to $50 per year brakemen
from $40 TO SlG per year, rOadkeepers and
switchmen $50 to Sl60and $50 year. In I'D
dition to these small salaries, they are paid
small amounts as perquisitcs, which help TO in
| crease, though not 10 n large amount the sums
annually received The engineer gets per
centage on the number Of kilometers he runs
| his engine during the year. and. being allowed
a certain amount of coal and oil for prescribed
| number of Eilometers, he is paid percentage of
/ 30 per cent premium on what he saves on
coal, and about 10 per cent on oil so he has Il
strong pecuniary inducement to be as economi-
cal as possible III running his engine, and USES
ms little fuel and oil MS necessity Will require.
| II is 10 this economy on the part of engineers In
the saving of coal and not keeping up II suNc'
ent head of steam, that the slow rate of railroad
! travelling is mainly attributed. The sum total
paid the engineer for his years labor including
salary, mileage percentages on coal and oil
saved, and fOrextra labor he may perform In
the machine shop, seldom amounts to over $500
or $500 year. The conductor, who is not allow
cd II PERCENTAGE on the number of kllomcters he
travels over in year, receives In all about Si0t
or $780, second and third class conductors, who
act as brakemen and whose perquisues are lit
tie ornothing get only about s25O $50