The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-14
RAILROAD NEWS.

southern railway has sustained $l3O,0OO
damages by the recent floods.
The Sonora railroad has track laid forty
miles beyond Hermosllo. Want of ties
will delay them now
a contract has been signed turning over
the Reading.railroad to the New York Cen
trial. The Pine Creek road connecting the
two systems, will be finished by fall.
A party of engineers surveying q route
for the Canadian Pacific railroad across the
Rocky mountains, have been so completely
cut oil from the world in the wilderness
that II was only a few days ago that they
learned of the death of President Garfield.
rhe New York legislature has railroad
commission bill before it. 1t is modelled
like the one passed by the house in Ten.
nessee, on the Georgia system.
Vanderbilt has issued an order that free.
passes shall not be issued hereafter to wo
men, or families, over the New York Cen.
tral and Hudson River, HARLEM and other
railroads under his control.
A bill has been lodged in the English par.
Lament for the construction of an electric
railroad under the Thames, to connect Wa.
terloo and Charing Cross stations. As the
gradients on each side will not be great.
there will not be much power required to
work the line.
Ex-Governor Brown says that the litiga-
ton between the railroad and the Pullman
company had not been discontinued. The
suits against the Iron Mountain are still
pending, and the opinion of Judge Nc
Creary of the United States circuit court is
being awaited. The suit against the Texas
Pacihc will be tried before Judge Pardce at
New Orleans, February 10.
The Atlantic e Pacific railroad COM
pany's directors ratified the financial
plan for the extension of the road,
u, Z. Cheney, Levi c. Ware and
Atchison interests, in place of Coolidol.
Wilbur and Lord,
1t is authoritatively stated that Jay Gould
drew his individual check the other day Tor
S5,OOO,OOO, as u loan TO the Union Pacific
railroad, to be used in paying January diyi.
dends.
The Mexican Central is completed To
Queretaro, $50 miles north. Government
engineers are out examining the new diyis.
ion, which will open for business on the
10Th inst. The first instalment of $3.50, 900
subvention certificates has been delivered
TO the company, and 81 900, 000more will be
handed over next week. Hereafter O per
cent OF dutitsa all ports must be paid with
certificates.
There was not single passenger killed
on the Atkinson, Topeka Il Santa Fc road
dnring 1881. This is d record that probably
no other line of equal length in the world
can boast Of
Colonel Scott, with corps of assistants
has lett Tucson to run the preliminary sur
vey OF the Tucson & Gulf OF California rail.
road, in the interest of the Southern Pacific.
The distance from Tucson to Lobos is nbout
l15 miles, and the route is skirted on both
sides by rich mining districts,
The Toronto Mail claims that the Pull.
man Palace Car company has been system.
atically robbing the Canadian government
for years, but that the latter will recover
the whole amount, and will In addition i'm.
pose heavy fine. The "iniormer" was n
conductor who had been dischai ged by the
company for dishonesty.
Cry OF MEXICO, February 9,-Thc cab.
met ministers who accompanied James
Sullivan over the Pascuaro division of the
Mexican National railway, 2I0 miles from
this city, recommend the completion of the
work. The government has authorized the
opening to traffic OF forty miles OF road from
Laredo southwark.
The many friends of Mr.. ID. A. Robinson,
in this city, will be pleased to learn that he
has been appointed to the responsible posi-.
ton OF superintendent OF the land depart.
ment of the Texas & Great Western rail.
road. No better appointment could have
been made.
The managers are suspcnding work Oh
he various extensions OF the Denver & Rio
Grandc roads into the mountain districts
and discharging their hands, They have
discharged mechanics as well as laboring
men on the San Juan and other extensions,
and refuse to give the workmen passes over
the road TO the cities whence they came.
They tell the men to wait for the pay.car,
which comes once month.
ST.. Loris, February 1, ISL The res.
ignation Of Major J. W. Brown, as general
superintendent, having been rendered, is
hereby accepted, to take effect February IL.
lss,.
II. Colonel J. II. Van Dyne Is hereby up.
pointed general superintendent, TO M the
Majcr3' MI officers aud employees