The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-19
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Forty-two inch paper car-wheels sell for E9o
each. There is said to be growing demand Tor
this kind of wheel. >-,,,,u
there are over 400 bridges In the Illinois divl-
sion of the Wabash railroad. 81.
A Great Northern railroad train, with an
S-foot single driver outside cylinder engine,
lately ran from Leeds to London 1861 miles, III
three hours-sixty-two miles an hour:
The Pennsylvania road ran car from New
York to Newark, lighted by electric lamps ied py
Faure Accumulators the experiment PioNihs
There are S.2S6 men employed in the construc-
ton of the Northern Pacific railroad me men
are distributed over thirty-six miles oil country,
and Il requires six large beef cattle and Ism
pounds of -four daily to supply them with 1000.
The Shore Line express on the Boston "
Providence railroad IS acquiring ieput ai,,o
a seat in the engine cab the other day on the
promise of being shown some fast time, ana
noted the fact that eight miles were made
Railroad building in Minnesota in the past
five years has been carried to wonderful ex-
tent until to-day Minneapolis has nearly nall
ing. Among those prominent are the Chicago,
Milwaukee 4 st. Paul, Chicago, ST Paul, Mime.
apolis & Omaha Northern Pacific, and last but
by no means least, is the 81 Paul, minneapolis
ncnrly $50 miles into that garden NJ the great
northwest the Red river valley country
new underground railway is proposed for
L
station is to be at the Palace de la Bourse. In
all, the lines will be "a miles, with many stop
| ming places along the main route and its
| branches All of the waiting rooms Will be
above ground For any distance tirst-class pas
sengers will be charged not more than ten cents,
| and second class not more than four cents,
Mr. Huntington, of Southern Pacific and Cen
trail Pacific notoriety. In his fight with the
Gould system of roads now threatens to build
| a new line from a connection with his Chesa-
peake & Ohio northwest to the line of the North
I ern Pacific at Bismarck This is alarge project
hut for the purpose of a buldozer is easily ac-
complished-on paper. IL Is by no means prob
able that the road will be built as talked OF, by
| the dummies whom the Huntington clique set
| the name of the Great Continental railway COM
pany. The object Is so transparent that no one
will take much stock In II
The sd Louis Bridge and Tunnel company Is
| 20 equip the road from East 81 Louis TO the
| Union depot with the electrical block signaling
apparatus BY the interlockinR system the
| switches on the east side will be manipulated
levers each one OF which Is so conftructed
that Il moves either one or dozen switches, ana
displays the proper signal OF safety or danger
| At Main street ST Louis. second tower viii be
| built with twenty-fOur levers 70 operate The
tracks at the union depot yards and approaches.
4 The power employed viii be hydraulic pressure
Al the base Of each LEVERS cylinder Of alcohol
depression OF the levers the huid Is forced
against a projecting arm, which moves the sig
nal and turns the switch whenever required by
the use Of the hydraulic system twice as many
nOveme nts can be made in the same time a.
with the system In use on the Pennsylvania rail
The railway mileage Of Europe for the year