The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-17
RAILROAD NEWS.

yAhEs F. How, president of the American Re.
lilgetator Transit company. issues the following
CIRCULAR Mr. ID. ii. s. Smith having been elect |
ed treasurer of this company, all drafts OF the |
company will be signed by him. and all remit
lahees on account of American Refrigerator
Transit company will be made 10 him."
:, The Frisco people are again up and doing
Besides the construction In progress on the Ar
Kansas x Vinita branches they have lust started
out an engineer corps from Springfield, Missou
n, IN southwesterly direction, under charge of
Captain Randall The Texas Central railway
are daily receiving several carloads OF steel
rails over the Frisco road via Hals,ead. Kansas.
The fruit traffic and the coal traffic on the
tons.
The Georgia Central company has declared
semi -annual dividend of per cent, aud elected
Mr. b. H. Green director, in place Of the late
The May earnings reported by the Financial
Chronicle are the least favorable for a long time
Inc increase in mileage is much in excess of
the increase in earnings and the increase in
earnings is credited 10 four or five roads
the Trunk line executive committee has re-
solved not TO give passes or make reductions in
passenger rates, to influence business. good
resolution, but the road TO llades has cross.ues
made Of just such good resolutions
The Chicago, burlington 4 Quincy Central
Iowa. is advertising for Go teams to work on
grading between OSkaloosa and keithsburg, on
the Mississippi
me MlSSpuTl lutlIt rONu VIII III n lew UuNS
complete and operate new unbroken line from
ST. Louis y Omaha introducing perfect car
system. The new important stations will be
Hawatha, Kansas; Falls City, Sheridan Dun
bar Louisville and Omaha, Nebraska
The following appointments have been made
by the Kansas City. Lawrence x Southern Kan.
sas railway:
&. K Peck general solicitor, with Office at To-
peka, Kansas
]. l.. Barnes, superintendent, with Office at
Lawrence. Kansas.
b. Hynes. general freight and passenger
agent with Office at Lawrence Kansas
o. l.. LeaInard land commissioners with
Office at Lawrence, Kansas
II. c. Whitehead, auditor with Office al Law
| renee, Kansas.
j. A. Amber, cashier and psymaster, with
Office at Lawrence Kansas.
A recentissue of the III paso Times, says If
| the Southern Pacific and the Texas IL Pacific are
really TO wage war upon each other, 1t will be
most advantageous TO Ell Paso The Texas Il
| Pacific terminus is only 30 miles OFF. and the
| road is graded the entire distance should the
Southern Pacific forbid the uains Of its rival to
run over the track into this city, it will take the
Texas 4 Pacific but few weeks to lay u
track of its own on the road-bed already
| butt; and thereafter II would be
impossible for the Southern Pacific to force 1t to
| terms by refusing the use of It's track. While
| building this ninety miles the Texas Il Pacific
would, of course, be cut OF and could not trans
mort freight and passengers from ana TO the city
l
| aud Huntington are the greatest railroad men of
| the world each is ambitious and aspires to be
| the recognized chief; neither has ever yet met
his match; and If the two giants are now TO
| measure their strength at this point the battle
will be a hard one and will be tho making Of
| Ell Paso
| The railroad situation In Louisiana Is summed
\ up in q late issue of the New Orleans Picayuno
as follows:
| The papers In north Louisiana and Mississippi
are congratulating themselves on the recent rail-
| road developments and prospects, which they
| think will insure the speedy completion of
line on the east bank Of the Mississippi river
| nOrthward from New Orleans. The fact that
such prominent railroad men as C. p. Hunting
ton and r. Il. Wilson are interesting themselves
is regarded as promising. The East Feliciana
Patriot, Democrat says that IS associate editor
taneously at New Orleans at vicksburg and at
| Memphis The road Is to be completed 10 Baton
Rouge this year
Talk of the consolidation Of Lincoln and jack
son parishes has not subsidized. Probably tho
completion of the road from Vicksburg to
Shreveport will open such an era of prosperity
in North Louisiana that the people will no long
| er desire consolidation. The Vienna Sentinel
| thinks there Is no doubt that Vienna will be a
dead town after the railroad Is completed. and
that the business will be removed TO the new
town which will be built on the road south OF
Vienna The desire seems TO be 10 have a big
parish and reduction of taxation. But the de.
The Mnden Democrat thinks that the Minden
tnp Is to be completed within sixty days after the
laying of the rails to Lanes on the main line. II
is evident that Minden does not mean to be u
dead town any more than Natchitoches. Mans.
field or Marksville. II every town which the
railroads fail TO strike would build a cheap tap
or spur, the advantage of a railroad ,wouli be
realized and the quictude of u restful place Of
the main lines of travel re alnei The era OF
the building OF great lines is passing away. and
that ofthe building OF spurs 70 TAP me adjacent
regions and TO serve as tentacest TO seize ana So
cure the uanlo 10 the thoiouShinre, is lalry
beginning All the great roads are building
spurs.
The Capitolian- Advocate isurging the doilec'
ton OF the line from Virmilhonville to
Baton Rouge, II declares that Baton
| Rouge is the only place for cross
ing Inc MISSISSIPPI river between
Natchcl and New Orleans, But our ambitious
contemporary should remember that Hunting
tons contract with the Texas 4 Pacific (which
WAS iully explained III the ilcayu he ~ the TIME
" was tHtere'i lltul uliuMo Nuu'u w, hse VI w
southern Paclle track Tor elghty ml!es ms sldC
ol FL Paso lne pclual Instance from sierra
Blanca ls nnety-tw0 miles, ana Huntington INC
use of the Texas u Pacific track for eighty mil"s
out of New Orleans, the evident design being
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