The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-25
RAILROAD ITEMS.

The earnings of the Union Pacific rail
road company for the first fifteen DAYS in
February were 1882 1857 1858; 1881, $780,
2Oj; increase, Sl9l ,759.
pile-driving on the Northern Pacific pier
and coal-sheds at Duluth will be completed
within two weeks.
Regular trains were put on the Des
Moines, st. Louis &Northern narrow-gaugc
railway. They run to the long bridge, now
in process of construction across the DeS
Moines river, twenty-five miles north of
Duluth.
Twenty-three deeds, conveying property
valued at nearly 100000 to the New York,
West Shore ~ Buffalo railroad company,
were filed at Buffalo, New York, a few days
since. The property is located 100 feet frol1
the passenger depots of the New Yerk Con-
trail and Erie. railroads, and is probably liz
tended rs n site for new depot.
The Arizona Star says that New York
parties have offered to furnish money to
construct the Tucson & Gulf of California
railroad
Adyices from Boston say that the Cont
mental Construction company of the
| lioosac Tunnel railroad has voted unan-
! imously to transfer interests to the
| Boston IL London syndicate. The new
arrangement calls for $20,000000 in
two years to carry on the great work pro-
constructing the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel
Il Western railroad to Buffalo, build q new
line of ocean steamships to start from the
Hoosac Tunnel dock and elevator in Bos-
| ton.
The management of the Northern Pacific
railroad has forwarded new cattle.car,
which is on trial, to Miles City, Montana,
where II will be loaded with cattle and dis
patched to Chicago. If the experiment
proves successful other cars of that pattern
may be put upon the road. The car will
accommodate twenty head of cattle and is
provided with apparatus for feeding and
watering during transit
AT u meeting OF the sinking fund com.
missioners of Louisville, all present, a res
olution was adopted asserting entire conf
dence in the management of the Louisville
Il Nashville railroad company. and that at
the present time they have not the slightes
idea of placing any OF the city's stock upon
the market ~ any figure near the present
depressed price.
1t is rumored that the Quebec govern
ment will accept the offer of Si,0O0,OO0 fol
that part of the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa
Il Ontario line between Ottawa and Mon
treal from the Canada Pacific railway. This
will give them through line from the Pa
Citic to the Atlantic seaboard The rumor
created excitement, as already the mercan-
tile community think the syndicate have
too much of monopoly.
In the board of aldermen of Boston, AL
derman Mailman offered an order, whicl
} was adopted, instructing the city solicitor
to oppose before the congressional commit
tee ON posi.oiilces and post.roads bill nov
pending, the object of which is TO max,
post.roads of all streets and roads alonJ
which telegraph lines run. The alderman
says that this bill is device of Jay Gould
whereby he hopes to prevent the ordering
of city wires underground. The Boston
authorities have already given COMPANY
authority TO lay underground wires, AM
the next step will be to order the telegraph
and telephone companies to avail them
rclyes of It's trenches and tubes. Ii, howey
|; er, congress should declare the street
! post-roads, the city government would b
powerless to effect this result.
The rainfall at st. Louis in thirty-si
hours was over six inches, There were lei
b. landslides on the Missouri Pacific road, an,
an Iron Mountain freight train Is caught q
Cliff cave. Alton, indianapolis and Bur
lington tracks are submerged near Mitch
i ell. The ferry docks at st. Charles wer
swept away, ms also the temporary trussc
of the bridge. The whole country abou
Alton Is flooded, cutting oil railway con
munication.
n A special to the News from Houston say
!, AT q recent meeting of stockholders Of III
,; Galveston, Houston & Henderson railroa
n contract between Gould and Huntingto
was ratified, which contract gives Hunting
ton the riRht-oi.way over the Galveston
Houston & Henderson railroad into Galve
s; ton. by this contract Huntington pays on
per cent. on $1,000 per mile. and one.ha
of the maintenance OF the road, and will ri
trains from san Francisco into Galvesto
over the Galveston Houston & licndcrso
railroad on his own schedule, as soon {
q the connection Of the Galveston, llairi
burg & San Antonio railroad and III
Southern Pacific is made.
2 Twenty-six millions Is said 10 have bee
y named as the price Of Mr.. whitney's int
= est In Morgan's Louisiana & Texas raj
" road. and Il Is said that Mr.. Whitney
now in New York in conference with NJ
Huntington regarding the contamination
the sale.
An interesting land.grant case, which
now before congress, Is attracting conside
!. able attention In railroad circles. The ca
v .,hst Of the Ontonagon & Brule Riy,
railway, which Is exclusively Milwauk