The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-03
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OF coal and water weighs 5000 pounds.
structed at the railroad shops in Sacramento,
California, made trial trip few days since,
and everything worked to the entire satisfaction
OF the constructors. This locomotive which
America
MONTREAL, April 27.-Information has been
received here tonight from London that the
Grand Trunk and Great Western railways OF
Canada have amalgamated, and u single board
been elected.
The Burlington road Is to commence at onco
laying eastward from Denver steel rails rolled at
Puebl and will put down one mile per ".
There IS litte dou I that the gap will be closed
during the month of Nay.
Among the bids to build railroad In Califor-
nia says the Stockton Herald, was one from a
Chinaman, who was backed by the Bank of Cali
t,ornia Without opening his bid, the officers Of
me company let the contract to white man.
whose bid was lowest for 10 IL cents per cubic
yard, The Chinaman offered TO do the work for
$ cents pereubic yard.
BosroN. April 2s,-W W, Hngerford, for
merly superintendent of the ogdensburgh, and
more recently general superintendent OF the
Texas Il Mexican railroad has been invited to
take charge of the Connolton Valley railroad al
general manager
AT meeting of representatives of New Eng
lahd railway companies II WAS resolved that
after Monday the settlen ent of balances for car
service shsllbe made through the railway clear
ing-house, It's believed that the system viii
soon be extended throughout the United States
IL Is stated that about the beginning of Fehgu-
airy, the trst railway train on the continent of
Europe lighted with electricity. ran between
trankiort-on- the Main and iIauau. The result
was most satisfactory. dynamo. electric ma
| chine was placed on the locomotive The rotary
motion OF the car aNles was used TO create a
control OF the engineer
The Southern Pacific railroad company has
inaugnrated complete system for taking care
OF SICK or injured employees, and for providing
nose who are permanently injured with suita.
ble employment A tax for the hospital fund
OF my cents Is levied on the monthly salary OF
| each emplUye. The hospital is situated at Tue.
| son, and all the sick on the line between Yuma
and ri Paso are sent there and cared for free
ABOUT twenty patients month are received.
The Wood River News announces the follow.
ing as authentic: The Central Pacific are tC
commence the construction of II line from Hum.
boldt Wells TO intersect the Northern Pacific in
Montana. The proposed new line will skirt the
WOOD River mountains, and branch reads viii
run up the valleys of Big and Little Wood riv
trS. III opposition to any lines the Union Pacific
may build The construction of this line gives
the Northern Pacific direct San Francisco con
nectlon independent of the Union Pacific OF
| Iowa pool lines
! The Pennsylvania railroad company is now
daily making between Philadelphia and New
| YORK the fastest regular timo ever recorded OF
| my foad minis or any other country. The run
between the two cities Is made In less time thar
any run of corresponding distance made b,
either the Wild irishman' or "Flying Dutch.
man trains in England. Last Saturday ever
thls tlme was beaten by special train run b,
| the Pennsylvania over the West Jersey line
from Camoen TO Cape May. The train was com
prised of the locomotive and three coaches, II
| charge Of Mayhem conductor and Reinhari
engineer, and carried 40 guests mostly journal
| ISIS Inc train ran the eighty-0ne miles with
| n... IL. a - IN ia
covered IN fourteen minutes: another distance o
0l lilo miles in sixty minutes; and n total dis
lance of &c l.lD miles was run In 76minues.
| There are many indications, says Cincinnati
exchange, 10 warrant the belief that there Is I,
be a lively fight between the stockholders of tn,
Cincinnati Il Baltimore road and the Garret
| faction OF the Baltimore & Ohio. Its the inten
tlNn OF the owners Of the Marietta * Cincinnati
road and the Carrots to get possession OF tn,
stock OF the Cincinnati X Baltimore road witt
the view OF merging II MI into the Marietta 4
Cincinnati Mt the forthcoming reorganization
The interest on the bonds aud dividend on tn
stock of the Cincinnati X Baltimore is guaran
| Iced by the Marietta & Cincinnati, consequent,
the securities are made valuable which make
| ! an object to the stockholders TO keep II out @
the hands of the Baltimore & Ohio ystem. Ii
| order TO keep the stock from the above nance
system pool has been formed by number G
the stockholders, who will oblgate themselvc
not TO sell the stock now held by them, and thu
curing majority of the stock.
An Atchison (Kansas) special says In an II
terview prominent railroad man to-day di,
closed the following: Gould has given orders
make surveys north fiom Omaha to Yanktoi
Dakota, aud Niobrara. Atchison being te
minal OF the new Omaha extension, is the onl
point In the country where Gould can possibl
ccntralize his interests, and having that In view
he will be compelled to have constructed
branch of the Wabash 10 this city, thus givin
him full control of u sweep of country from III
east to the west aud thence north and south
dsagrceable rumor gained currency here to-da
that the mysterious and quiet movements
jay Gould on his present tour were actuatc
from fear that his train might be wrecked, OWN
10 the dissatisfaction among discharged en-
poyes An engineer Informed me to-day tn,
he had heard several who are well known uitC
threats of vengeance, and that II would rcquiI
but little to precipitate mucn trouble II Is h
opinion that ever since Superintendent iIoN
was side-tracked by n gang OF men near ~
Sandy. Texas on the Texas Pacific with the IL
tention OF some foul act and released when
was found II was not Gould, the latter has bee
uneasy and solicitous of his welfare, taking 4
u protection his wife and daughter.
FREIGHTs
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