The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-21
RAILROAD H1WS.

SEVERAL OF the officers OF the Gulf. Colorado &
Santa fe railroad made an excursion from Cal.
weston TO Fort Worth sunday. Among them
We're John Sealy. vice-pTesldent and general
manager of the road; j. II. Crowley, superln-
tendent Il. NJ. Temple chief engineer; o. q
hurry, general passenger agent J. n Fuller
and I. A. Gray, contracting agents They came
up with Colonel Tom Pierce who was on Ms way
to Boston. The excursonists returned home
Sunday night.
special train on the Missouri Pacific road
arrived at Fort Worth ut 30 clock Tuesday morn
Ing, bringing General Manager A. A. Talmage
and other officials, who went as far south as
Taylor. making final inspection OF the road,
They are expected 10 return tomorrow morning.
Division headquarters are to he established al
Alvarado for freight business making that point
the end OF the division TO Taylor. MI j.; l..
Keller, the superintendent of the Texas diyi'
sion, will continue TO hold his headquarters IN
Fort WORTH
IT Ia rumored that there will DO on July .
general strike OF engineers and brakemen but II
Il. not generally credited. IL Is perhaps an
other ei5rt by the boar syndicate 10 buy stocks
cheap.
As the cost OF railroad construction has been
reduced considerably within the last nys
mouths, railroad men are OF the opinion that
this will tend 70 stimulate further work. esps'
cially In the southwestern and central western
states The difficulty will be less In labor than
In The general finances OF the country. and these
have managed 70 get along fairly wei, rather
small trading. Foreign capital. however, 10 dis
posed ~ shun our new lines. aud this will stimu
late the demand for home funds
In his address W the board OF directors OF the
Garrett said: There will be onother cable com.
pany formed. with the title OF baltimore 4
Ohio Il European Cable company ltis pro-
posed W connect IL with the Baltimore Ohio
railroad telegraph system.
The recent tumble In Georgia Railroad and
Central Railroad stocks 10 attributed By capital.
ists W tho evidence adduccd In the recent sui
In Macon. which indicates that the Georgia Rail
road was not leased By individuals, but By the
Central aud Louisville a Nashville road, which
isagainst The state laws. Then again, posted
capitalists say these stocks were too high and
naturally sought their level II Is also inuma
Ted that the Central stock has been affected BY
the building Of the Macon 4 Brunswick iu COM
Il Is estimated that there are 100000 In
vested In the fennsylvauia Railroad shops o
Altoona, When In full operation they employ
S5oo men. aud the payroll reaches ti7oo POI
the recent suspension OF hands will savo th,
company In wages nearly eiol 900 per month 1
hsamount OF work that 10 stopped BY this sus
pension Is taken into consideration. The sAvin.
: At the twelfth annual convention Of Railroat
Employees Mutual Benevolent association OF I'll,
United States In Baltimore, June II the treas
urcr reported the receipts were e2s,o0e dlsbursc
hNhe. e<tWN Twain pel tncuNr, tSpr.WO slnCe tn'
ascot alton was established. In 1870 q. l., Ria
Ing, Of the Wabash rosd, WAS elected president
and q II. pcssegnir Of the Burlington road
secretary H-..'I 'IIIl,fI IT
The railroad yard matters, at their Baltimor
meeting, Adopted Z. report recommending tn
uniformiy OF signals on all railroads in III,
United states and Canada. 49,.
The Cincinnati, New Orleans q Texas Pacin
railroad, during the first nine days OF june
earned tSs 7sS6, a. against S5A7t0 " for TIL
first nine days Of May. an increase Of ti,bss.Sl
Ills understood that the company will declar
adiyidend in July.
The agreement entered into by the gsners
ticket and passsnssr Asenp v NOT alloy the .
per cent reduction m reRs v theatrical parties
unless thsy number ave .uf oves. vhrh wen
Into elect June ist has Already been broken b
several foads aud the Cincinnati lines no ionRr
respect the agreement. In fact some OF ther
hsv.n't fespected u nom the ANT Yes,eris
void came from ~. Louis thos The 'old hon
esty'' une lvandAlla) Vas the npt W breat III
ssfssmens out Of that ciu.-tcncinnau IN
a meeting q The general pssssssst an
ucses agSnu Of the roads leading nom Chlcse
NO ~ Louis y Kansas Gig vas held June I.
"Vonn ssi0nsf Dixon's once ies The puFpos