Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-05
PERsONAL AND GENERAL.

James Wallace and King Horton, conyicts
at work upon the Texas and Pacific road,
near Sulphur Springs, Texas, while attempt
ing to escape were thot down, the latter
ously wounded.
On the St. Louis and Texas Narrow Gauge
of Missouri and Arkansas, eighty miles have
been graded, tied and bridged ready for rails.
ck-laying was commenced last week at
Maiden, Dunklin county, Missouri, and,
coming south, will continue at the rate of
about one mile day.
Comparative statement OF gross earnings
of the Houston and Texas Central railroad
on same mileage "a last year 52I miles. Oc-
tober, 1881: $500, So; in 1880, S47S 039; de-
crease, S97,5l1. DGe to short cotton crop,
January to October 81, 1881. 5000. ST5; in
$780, 81 S65, 800; incrsase, $171 ,5l5.
Travel over the Vickseurg ard Meridian
railroad during the last fe.T months is re-
ported to have been Unprecedented. An in
creased prosperity among the people, and
reduction of rates by the railroad company,
is no doubt the cause of it. III the travel
keeps up, the road will have TO enlarge its
passenger accommodations.
Little Rock Democrat, Tuesday: "Joseph
Taylor, the retiring master mechanic OF the
Arkansas Valley route, was yesterday pre-
sented with sterling silver service set and
a water set by the employees of that line.
The presentation remarks were elOquently
spoken by Percy Bradford, and the recipient
was overcome by the testimonial that he
could not find words to express his feelings.
Another train-dispatehing office has been
opened, the new one at Texarkana, where
Conductor j. w. Dickinson goes under pro-
motion as train master, with William Cutter,
w. T. Donnely and G. w. Hughes, as dis
patchers. The Office il this city has been
reorganized, and now shows George L.
Walkar frafp ms s4.. and q u Mo
A. Bohiinger and III. II. Charlton promoted
from operator) as train dispatchers."
a Victory Tor Vanderbilt.
DAYTON, O., January Sat the election
OF the D. and NJ. railroad branch OF the c.,
II. and D., to-day the Vanderbilt party
showed its hand by electiDg most of their
own directors and all of their own officers.
The directors include james Mcdaniel, Pre-
served Smith and r. ID. Marshall, of Day
ton; j. III. Deyereaux, L. b. Thomas, III. III.
Poppleton and Stevenson Burke, of Cleve-
land; F. III. Short and John Carlisle of Gin
cinnati. The officers are +. III. Short, presi-
dent; Stevenson Burke, vice-president; G. H.
Russell, secretary and treasurer; e. B. |
Thomas, general manager; p. A. Hewitt |
auditor. James Mcdaniel, re firing, has held |
the office of president thirteen years.
The Philadelphia and Reading.
PHILADELPHIA, January 4.-The receiv- !
ers' of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- |
road Company and Philadelphia and Read |
ing Coal and Iron Company reports show the |
total receipts for the year ending November |
80 1881, to be S35, 2S6, 463; total working |
expenses, not including rentals and interest, |
81, 23i .574; net earnings, $10,051 1888. 1t is |
az ain rumored that the Baltimore and Ohio |
Railroad Company have purchased the Phil |
adelphia aud Winchester railroad for the !
purpose of using its franchises to get into |
Philadelphia and through to New York, |
the proposition being to run a branch from |
the village of West Eud to Wayne Station, |
where the Philadelphia and Reading rail |
road would connect the new line with New |
York via the Bound Brook route. President |
Work, OF the Peoples Passenger railway, |
said to-day that he expected the negotiations |
election.