The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-23
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THKhs are over 400 bridges in lhs IlllnoI.
division OF the Wabash railroad
WORK began on the railroad bridge at Van
Buren,, Arkansas, Monday
The Utah y Northwestern will ho con,nlot,d
10 Deer Lodge, Montana, October l.,
IhSre are 100 hands at work on tho Georgia
Pacific railroad.
work has been recommended on tho Marietta
u North Georgia railroad
rs stated, NJ showing tho enormous increase
OF bulihess, that the earnings OF the baltimore
~ ONO railroad In tho year preceding the war
were sbout $4,000 p0r month. Tho earnings
bsrs, u, $4,000
Tho Transcript Announces thattho Little Rock
Fort Smith railroad viii IN few day. he
transformed 70 the Gould system NJ feeder 10
mo mo Iron Mountain. Tho negotiations are
about completed, and tho Boston owners of
to-day
The announcement that work will presently
begin on the now Michigan, Indiana ~ ST Louis
railroad, running from Surgis Michigan. 10
Danvillo, Illinois, has q certain amount OF i'm.
poTunCo IN view OF possible outcome OF the
scheme. This road is chartered with capital
STOCK OF 135IOo~O and when auShod will be l6G
miles In length. At Danyillo 1t will Counoc,
with the Wabash for ST Louis. There seems 10
BE- little use for this road, running ~ II does DO.
tween two comparatively Insignificant pOlua
AneNpianauon, however, which certain railroad
men give Is that the road is built in the Wander.
y
portion OF tho Could territory Mr. John Lee
OF Charlottesville, Indiana, Is the president of
the new road From Dauyill0 tO s. Louis is only
little over one hundred miles, snd In duo
course of time the Vanderbilt interest could or
would build this link, 1t any advantage could
DO gained thereby Tho new road viii at all
events prove valuable feeder for tho Lake
shore, and IL Is not impossible that It's building
VIII eventually bring about u war between the
Vanderbilt and Gould interests.
The Mexican railway running from tho CIV NJ
Mexico 10 Guadalupe, was opened luly g. 1857
being seven kilometcrs in length The frat I'm
portant railway-that between the cry OF NuSi
co and Vera CruE-wa, not completed until III
teen years later, At that time there were 500
kHometers OF railway IN operation, During tho
five years following little was done, but IN lS73
work was again resumed, and up ~ the present
time 20O1 kilomctcrS have been built and equlp
ped, distributed as follows Vera Cruz TO Medel.
lin, - klometcrs, ESperan2a To TehaucRn, 90
kilOmetcts; Merida tu ProgreSsO 80 klOmetOts
other roads In lucatau 10 kllomototS Mexico 10
tuanta Mnrelos. l3s Aometors; Mexico to Loon,
lO9 kilOmetcrS; Mexican National, TOlmea dlvi.
sion, no komc1ers; III paso to chihuahua, g7j
kilOmctcrS Pueblo to San Martin, rs kilOmOtOrS
Mexican National, Ma,amoras aud Monterey az
visions, II kilomoIars; Won Cruz TO AlvnrAdo -
kilOmctcty PaChuca 10 as,lJ. loB, q kilomo.
tiers, Puehla to san Marcos, "a kilomctgrs.
Altan TO CuliaCan, 81 hlometcrs. Vera
Cruz to CholchiComula, 10 kllomctcrs; Mexican
National hOCNtsCas division, % kilomCtpTg
Reyes TO Tene,iONtoc y kilomcters San Luis to
soledad, kilomCtcrs; Tampico 10 san Luis, 81
kilOmctorS; Mexico TO san Luis, 81 kilomotcr,:
Mexican National, Laredo and Monterey iiyls.
ions, us ktomciers; Guyamas 90 Magdalcna.
40 kiometcrs Pueblo to Matanoras l,uca ~
kilomolcrs; lehauntcpcc railroad " kilumctrrs
Total built since lsiT tpii kllomctcIs Mexico
to Vera Cruz al klOmctCrs; Vera Cruz 20 ia.
lana and CoatopcC III ktlomeiers u.mways
Ia Kilometres, making grand total OF com.
plctcd railways I'm Mexico " 2,G9g kilomotors
These railways, however. arr huttne beginnings
OF systems, but their quicLcnlng elect on No
business of the countryls even now pcrccpllhlc.
Already II new une OF steamers has been cstsb'
lishcd between Liverpool and Corpus Christi,
the Texan coast terminus ~ the Mexican Ma.
uonal 4 noticeable feature Of tho new
roads Is the large Increasing passenger
traffic which Is now officially reported Us fol.
lows Mexico to ltuehucloca, l5S San Juan del
Salamanca " ltspua,o, Is lrapuato 10 ssla.
mauca, "a; Cclaya 20 QucTctaro ~ Quorotg,o N
San Juan del Rio, 1855 san Juan " soledad. i57.
ituchuetocA to Mexico, lAl Total for ono day
QS, The total number VI passengers carried
into or through Laredo over the line fthp MoNi.
can National and the International during the
month OF May, was iTOOo. Moreover. tho native
population l. receiving an ndmlStufe Of Ampti.
cans which must eventually, have ito Influence
IN an increased amount " energy exhibited In
deyclcting the resources " the country.
During the past tn months Nsueyo Laredo
on the Mexican sile Of the Rio Grsnde, opposite
Laredo has increased IN population on an aver
age Of SO per month thl, progress IL some.
thing unprecedented. considering the land In
which II has been made The opening of the
new line which will eventually connect tho City
ofNetlco with Chicago, will form q landmark
In ,he history OF Mexico