The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-19
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This Year, Last Year
AILROAD ITEMS.

TIE Teyoj Pacific road will in a short time
reduce lis 1sseDger rates from New orleans TO
Baton Ro, q 10 the old figures.
In Decci Ger, 1850. the first contract was made
with the trwegtan government 10 build rail
wny irony .hrisuana to Eidsvold Il distance of
forty.ty, iiiles The road cost f56S, l0u. The
longest I'D now In that country is lgl miles,
The n, ias y Pacific company has, heretofore,
had the fSuTanCe of all its contractors that all
work Wild be finished by November, but IN
conssau Zee Of the great amount OF rain and the
preyai.lte Of sickness among the men, the road
win notaf ready for operation until fifteen days
The n ,senger duty in England amounts to
son,s ~ 1000 year, As II presses very heavily
on ,,rpn ~ lines though of course the travelling
~, 1hc l6ally pays the tax-an ingenious mind
" suggested for relief the remission Of some
4 the tax to whatever company shows a per.
/eeily clean record In the matter of accidents.
The gradual disuse OF iron rails Is shown by
the fact that in the last few months this country
has entirely ceased to import them from Great
Britain, and that in the eight months ending
with August there was a decrease In their cx-
portstion from England Of 1914 per cent The
steel rail exports, however, in the same length
OF time increased from SS9,6s6 tons to 5O50i5
tons
In Germany, as in some other countries, the
army, or portions OF II, is trained TO do rapid
work In railway and bridge building for Oh.
viously important purposes. A regiment ne.
Gently did some excellent drill work In this line
erecting in one night by the aid of an electric
hight bridge 39S feet In length. one clear span
were made of round timber, ~ we're the trestles,
and the Joints were maje with ordi.
nary fish pilates The work was de.
signed M well as executed by members OF the
regiment. ON another occasion, also recent
two companies OF soldiers built in three days a
piece Of fed railway nearly a mile In length.
This work included the erection OF wooden
viaduct 80 feet high and $50 feet long, and the
erection and Tasting NJ N hridu n Af a
design, and also included the construction of
several isidings, turn.nblc. three inclined
planes for ropo tramways, and the erection Of
telegraph and telephone lines, Pretty quick
The Cincinnati Gazette says, IN Its railroad
column: 'One year ago to-day the Cincinnati
New Orleans q Texas Pacific railway company
took formal possession OF the Cincinnati south
i've years, at . rental aggregating over
s2S0o0ooo. The ltssees have not been unmlnd.
ful OF their own interests nor those OF the owners
OF the property. comparative exhibit cannot
for business, within tho meaning OF the law,
until few months before the present
operating company took possession OF the
property. Hence In connection with the
tor the frst year under the Cincinnati New Or.
leans & Texas Pacific company's lease, what the
tlarning opportunity OF the line has been, the
,inproductyeness Of the country through which
the lines owned and operated by the syndicate
Mould be considered. The gross earnings from
October ~, ISL TO October y iSs2 were b. S7i,.
i5ti ~. The above gives the gross earnings OF a
ne lw railway running for the most part through
! Mast wilderness. with incomplete connecting
lnrs, and with powerful rival that substan.
lady parallels II and taps every important trade
'enl,re In the entire ktlanger system, H. then,
WITH such tremendous odds against the south
I'm MIN the first year OF It's existence as through
ineW Il can show &, 5OcoC OF gross earnings,
VIA y will they be when It's southern connecting
mesh are finished to Texas and 10 New Orleans
yith,l the New Orleans 6 Northeastern, and the
hrevf epor. Pacific road In full operation, the
ross earnings Of the southern should not fall
cry ninuch below hotpoOt and as these roads
M ~ completed early next spring the gross
arnir4gs for the year ending october " lsSl
pald ps between 'SleaR and i.gq.e.a'