The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-25
pALLAs EXCHANGE Avn SILVER
RAILROAD ITEMS.

CNyrAG aggrcga'irg over 100000 Is in.
Detroit
There are neatly OOo men cutting and laying
Wood river r.
McsSrs. Gould and Huntington. It is stated,
contemplate the building of Joint line from nj
Paso norIhward TO White oaks, u distance of ilu
miles. EN'onSi mineral fields would be opened
by such road
The elevated railroads OF New York city car.
red during the year Guided SeptemhcrS0 S6,Sbl q.
Ots passengers an increase Of 1919 Isl com.
pared with the previous year The earnings
were S5Ni3NJS, an increase OF more than 81, So1 b
COO over the previous year The surface lines
also carried i,O0l00J more passengers than In
lNt
There was an interesting test OF jenkins I'M.
proved anu.trOg safety switch NJ the Missouri
Pacific car.shops, in St Louis, The trial, under
The direction of the paten,ec, Mr.. :, IL Jenkins.
otNcw York. was witnessed by Colonel A. A.
Talmagc, Master Mechanic Nughrtl, Superiu.
lepdent Of the ear department Hedge and other
railway officials, These gentlemen charac.
tctzod the test us u success, and expressed
themselves well pleased with the working of the
switch, All expressed confidence that Il was q
great improvement although little compiled
led. The principal object OF the switch is TO do
away with the frog giving acontiuuOus, smooth
unbIoken track. thus saving all the wear and
hammer TO rolling stock caused by passing
over the break In tho rails al ordinary switches
hHulnCr NuNNlthkC VI htlo lUNtftlOn IL lis uOuble
action, insurlng steady and providing against
derailmcnt by misplaced switches II Is also
claimed that switches OF this style will prove
as durable rs simple steel rails nycessl.
Mting repairs but once or twice In eight or ten
years, instead OF every three or four as at
present. An engine was run over tho switch
both ways at speed OF about thirty miles an hour,
and every thing operated TO the satisfaction OF
the Inspection party,
The Railroad Age will In Its next issue. give
the following figures, showing the mileage Of rail.
way constructed during the yearlsSl; Alabama,
California, - miles. Colorado, 5S miles CON.
Florida III niles Georgia gS miles.
Idaho territory, 90 miles Illinois, NO miles
Indiana tlt niles Iowa TsJ miles. Kansas, IL
miles Kentucky lw niles Louisiana a,a miles.
Maine, ~ miles; Massachusetts u miles. MARY.
iaid. miles; Michigan. $50 miles Minnesota
IN miles. Missouri, 2SS miles, MI.sissinnI N
niles Montana, lNS miles, Nebraska 219 miles,
Nevada, lSS miles New Hampshire, miles. New
ysfscy, y, miles New Mexico, gS7 miles New
YORK, aj6 miles; North Catolina lhs miles. Ohio
ny niles Oregon, - miles, Pcnnsylvania. is,
miles Rhode Island | mile. South Carolina' N
miles Tennessee Il miles; Texas l,Gnl miles.
Otah territory, somiles, Vermont miles. Vir'
Wnla Sll miles; Washington territory, gii miles.
West Virginia, u miles Wisconsin, 40 miles
miles. '''''' "''
From the above twill anpear tina, during iS,,
Wank.laying was In progress upon goG din,nnt
ulNs, In i,v the states aud territories. Much
sue iarner share Of this work has been done n a
wv ot me western states. Eleven states may be
ct.uitod with y, per cent OF the new lines AMI
y, per cent OF the total Now mileage tho state OF
twas leading with i.Gn miles
IN Icilcwing the tniirnai tusiraS for sep,eu.
NJ tntnughnui tho tsiuuiry. he Financial
'H'0niele has THIS about ST. LOuS reads; "As