The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-08

without the San Francisco as an ally, the Fort
sent rosd Is not In a position 10 fight back eff
feciively.
The Railway Age figures show a greater mum.
Der of miles of railway constructed during the
month Of August than ever before In similar
period IN The history OF this country. The total
II la miles OF new main tack, exclusive Of
side track. laid ON seventy different lines exceed
ing by more than 3oOmilts the construction dur.
ing July, which, il was Thought would not be
aSam eqn0lisd The construction for eight
months ot the pr sent year on 2}, lines IN thir-
ty-tWo states has been 7,J4S miles of main track
The construction tvr the ytdris estimated at 10
1OoullleS. The largest number uf miles, 2d7 In
Iowa; next l53, IN New York, third, - Ia Wis
cousin
Track has been laid ON the Atlantic 4 Pacific
10 point 5d3 miles west Of Albuquerque. Work
IL now in progress on Johnson CANYON bridge
The southern Pacific is advancing toward the
Colorado river, and is now west of the river
about the same distance that the Atlandtic Il
facihc Is east of the river The gangs expect to
meet on the west bank some time In March, and
when this union is made Colonel Nuttis of opin-
ion that the Atlantic < Pacific will Immediately
begin earning its bond interest On the sur
Yeyed line west from Seneca, Missouri, the At.
lantic y Pacific has built eighty miles ~ the
Nrdlgr,S river, which is twenty miles from
the Arkansas river. This will be
reached in September and the company
Will then have 100 mites OF road In readiness for
Indian territory business, aud SO located as to
! Intercept the biz cattle drives from southern
LNlANN w NhltoaN II ~ AlNAkul lklN lle VIII pay
operating expenses anG interest The compile
ton of these 100 miles Of the Atlantic y Pacific Is
destined 10 belt the country from SenaCa, Mis-.
Souti, To the Colorado river but no provision has
| yet been made for building the division between
the Arkansas river and Albuquerque The first
! important earnings Of the line west of Alhu-
/ querque will be from hauling the products OF
/ the forest subsequently o coal business
| will be developed, and then will come
| traffic 20 and from the gold silver and copper
mines NcssES. Aytes * Co, OF Chicago have
| Just completed at FlugstaN ON the Atlantic X
! Pacific road, mill costing 500 0, which Will be
used for converting the forests OF Arizona into
lumber
| srhe ST. Lonis Globe Democrat reports that
| the St Louis \ san Francisco railroad has lust
closed sale of lGi,0yO acres Of land in Jasper,
! Newton and Mcdonald counties which are To-
Gated in the southwestern part OF the state to the
! Missouri. Land and Live Stock company. of Ed
inhufgh, Scotland Tho sale was for all cash ON
private terms as to price, and Ireland adjOins
the 1000 acres sold to another SCOth company,
and is all grain or choice grazing lands The
company purchasing viii retain for cattle ana
sheep farms about So 600 acres Of the grazing
lands, and sell the remainder TO settlers Mr.
Thomas lawton, of Sandyford, Kiricmuir
Scotland, and Tor the past year special Npticul
turul correspondent of the Glasgow Herald and
Mark l0ue-EXprcSs, is u director of the com
pany, and viii be general manager Mr. Law
son has already begun enclosing a pasture q
1000 acres for breeding Hereford ami pOllaut
Angus cattle, and other pastures viii he en-
closed IS rapidly as practicable.