The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-07
RAILROAD ITEMS.

THE railroads about Quebec are blocked by
fall of snow to the depth OF two feet
Mr.. w. IL knight, late general agent OF the
southern Dispatch line, has been appointed
general agent of the Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain roads for the northwest
A circular has just been issued by the Missouri
Pacific road announcing that 10 has Withdrawn
from the commission compact
The Atlantic Il Pacific railroad are attempting
10 reclaim the desert portion of Its grant by
sinking artesian wells
to be constructed at bordeaux. Il will run from
the Place de Ia Coincide TO the exhibition OF the
Socictc Philomatiquc liourdclaise
The Eric railway station ut Buffalo Plains was
fired bya lightning stroke and utterly de-
strOyed.
tits stated that all the land along the Atlantic
II Pacific railroad. west from Albuquerque to
the eastern border OF Arizona, will be surveyed
this year.
The question of the fusion of the Grand Trunk
and Great Western railways is again und0r con.
sideration. and II is claimed that the holders of
1900 shares of the latter road have consented
to amalgamation.
Tho Ohio senate rcconsidcrcd the vote by
which II passed on Wednesday the hill TO pro.
hlbt the issuing Of railroad passes To state OIL
GERS, legislatures, editors publishers and others
The bill was then put on It's passage and lost by
u large majority.
The sNuit Ste Marie Bridge company has been
organized by II number of Canadian, railway of.
ilccrs To build bridge across tho ste. Marie
river TO connect the Canadian sys
tom of railways with that of
the northwest This movement q directly in
competition with that of the Canadian Pacific
for n line along the north shore Of Lake Superior
| through an uHiuhahitablo wilderness.
Buffalo Will 1t i said, soon be second only to
Chicago asa railroad center" There are now
seven completed roads terminal there Seven
more, namely, the Lackawanna, West shore.
lloosnc Tunnal. Lohigh. Rochester 4 Pitisb
Buffalo, Pittsburgh 4 Western, and New York,
I N.HNNU
sooner or later be completed.
y Cincipnnu Journal rcvivcs the rumor that
Vanderbilt Is cndeavOring To consolidate the
central and Lake shore roads with the Chicago
4 Northwestern. and adds thereto statement
that the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati 4
indianapolis Is TO be taken into the system.
The house committee on Indian affairs. In re-
! porting bill lorN rightofway through the ter.
! ritory of the Choc,aws and Chlckasaws for the
st Louis Il san Francisco road. takes the
ground that the tract reserved for the Indians
must not hc n barrier to the commerce Of the ma.
| Ion. aud that the Sayngcs arc puwerlcSs 10
ALLEVIATE the title TO their lands or to grant rights
/ oi.way,
| Tho Northern Pacific railroad Is now built
I through Oregon Into Idaho and nearly 80 miles
west " Bismarck. leaving gap of only COO
miles 10 complete the road. The company has
used up 5000 ,nO and called another $1,000 n d
from It's subscribers and, no un,oward events
occurring gnothcr year will see an additional
road open from ocean tn ocean
| The bears point To the great depression In the
ear aud locomotive building industries OF the
country rs q sure evidence that railroads arc
handling little or no traffic The Rogers Loco.
motive works nj Paterson, New Jersey, arr
about to reduce their forcc by dlschargng 500 OF
their employees The Michigan Car company
at Detroit to-day discharged i0l OF It's men, aud
the Peninsula Car company. of Detroit has dis
charged 100 men,
Cows On prairies get accustomed TO the nois,
OF locomotive bells and whistles, and do mol
always clear the track until thrown oil by the
cow.caichcr A patent device Is described II
the Scientific American for.squriing hot watei
twenty rods ahead. II Is calculated that thi,
would stimulate the --latest into action,
\ dispatch ffum wcnihetfotd says "A party
OF Awhison, Topeka a santa fc engineers a.,
quietly prospecting for q route frum Caldwell
Kansas, via Forts Keno and .s,ill, Indian terri
tory, 10 Texas They make no regular sur
vey, hut take notes of the most feasible line. Tn,
object Is 10 be ready for business rs soon as con
gtesslonal consent can be secured Such q lin,
Will be ~ operation In less than two years !
will strike the Texas system Of railroads a
WeathetfOrd, Fort Worth, or Dallas whcreye
the connection Gan be made with the Gull. Col
ocado 4 Santa bic for Galveston, thus penetrat
lug part Of the grain, cotton and coal region an,
have an sir line for Kansas City, Chicago nh,
gulf business
THERE'S joy in the camp Of the Northern IN
nilnes near the line Of the rad that promise i
add largely TO the value OF the lands and the IN
come Of the road. The mining district of Eas,
lefn Montana comprises an AREA Of eighty mile
In length shd fnrty miles wide loratrd hrtVee,
the Yellow stone, Missouri aud NuselskeIl liver
and the BELT mountains The Naginnis mine
are -, miles from bismarck. The mineral NJ
sources Of this Territory, while .ssplsrsl W