Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-15
PERSONAL AND GENERA

y City OF Mexico dispatch aays. Grhe
can Southern railroad fo- ? iio,, ~ ~
road with the Mexican Oriental, has been disap
-s-f'ears disposed 70 grant a subveution for the
0axaca BRANCH Of the Mexican Southern. Jay
grant asked by his agent, Dc uress, which refers
TO the forfeiture OF concession aud the coustruc-
uon OF temporary wooden bridges Il Is thought
the work on this line viii be recommended imrne-
diately after there manifestations are secured"
Trains can now be run from Boston acros.
the entire continent TO Guaymas in Mexico ON
the gulf of California, in latitude 20 the compile
ton Of the Sonora railroad and the ouaynas
railroad, having opened up this new port on the
Pacific coast. The new line beside developing the
mineral wealth of that portion of Mexico through
which IL passes, Is expected TO inaugurate an Inn
pOrtant commerce with Australia and Southern
Asia by ashorter route than the present For the
completion OF this great enterprise the country is
lnds bted almost entirely TO Boston ptal and en-
ergy.
A novel method of lighting bv electricity
was Experimental with on the Royal railway OF
Frankfort, Germany, October 1lth. The power
used was generated directly from the locomotive,
no other motor being used, and the secondary bat
teries were charged SO strongly that during the
sst4;PPage az ststons, when: OF course, no cleo
found to be sufficient 20 keep the lamIs burning
6rightIy. Thirty three accumnlators became suf-
heiently charged in 4 hours to keep ~
lamps burning for over hour. The experiment.
was regarded as complete success says the Chi
cago Substituting.
The RoiI,oay Age, of Chicago, charges the
Texas Legislature with being the indirect cause of
reduction OF passenger fares all the country.
It says when the legislators of the State of
Texas-a State which, of all others. ought TO be
reasonable with the railways-passed the law re-
dncing passenger fares to three cents per mile,
they probably did not imsgtue that they were re-
ducing rates for the whole country. Nevertheless,
they have had this effect to some extent on trans
continental business rs on the Texas and Pacific
road the sum of the local Tn tie from Texarkana 10
Fl PasO is less than the present through rate. At
meeting OF general passenger agents of this road
and The Union Pacific. Central Pacific and Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa lie, which Was held in this
city few days ago It was concluded that to meet
this difficulty the Pacific roads would probably
have TO accepts less than their present proportion
of SOD on CalifOrnia passengers, although the
matter was not finally decided"
Gath" writes as tollows: "a friend took
me into loft near Broadway yesterday TO show
me the automatic signal system the Pennsylvania
railroad has adopted on their Tyrone division,
where $50 coal trains psss every day. 1t is wire
stretched poles between danger signals, which
at the entrance of trains upon the sections mark
red danger. and passing from the sections do the
same, while every switch connection instantly
drops danger at the switch and at both ends The
driving pin into a socket and letting the battery
act. The signals are boxes OF white, inside OF
which play red curtains skillfuly responding TO
the engine on the pegs. No accident is possible
except the failing of the battery the failing
OF the wire and the latter Instantly signals dan
ger hear that there is only one system of sig
nails in use in this country. and that the English
block system. which costs million OF two year
between New York sud PittSburg. whereas the
American signal system described requires no men
at all and only occasional inspection, the engine
and the battery doing everything and costing. TO
put in full operation double track road, S5
per mile. The old block system has had three ac-
cidents per DAY q siugle mile of road"