Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Kentucky STATE Journal: "Pap, what
air line railroads." They're railroads a
straight as an air line on paper, and crook
eder than a zigzag rail fence on the GROUND
"Why do you call the over-issue of Err
-~7i4Dger shares preferred stock?" asked
Gazette man of an investor yesterday. "Be
cause prefer not to have any," was tn
reply.
A few days ago the New York sleeper
which leaves Chattanooga by the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad. ar
rived at Harrisburg about 6 hours late
and instead of waiting for the next repulaI
train it was promptly sent forward on 2
special, making only one stop. The specia
consisted OF the sleeper and engine only, the
sleeper containing passengers.
From a reliable source the Vicksburg. Com.
anercidI learns that Colonel Ed Richardson
will construct in the next go days a narrow
gauge railroad from Carolina Landing.
Miss, to point about miles back in the
Steels Bayou country. Colonel Richardson
has an engine and about miles of the iron
on the ground. He has plantations in the
Lake Washington section that will furnish
an immense amount OF cotton and seed to his
road.
According to Mr.. lie Van, the principal
obstacles in the way of speed are found to be
curves in the roadway, weight of trains, and
for example the two roads connecting New
York and Philadelphis, where probably the
fastest time is made in this country, il is
found that upon The Pennsylvania road in
S84 miles of track there are eighly-four
curves, while the Bound Rock route in dis
lance of 1914 miles has forty-three curves.
Little Rock Gazette, Wednesday: "The
survey of the Beebe and Clarendon railroad
was begun from Beebe last week 1t was be-
ar.fh an anita g 0 - II
tain and Southern railroad and Main street.
and runs southeast along to the section line,
thence in the direction OF Hickory Plains,
passing near Hazen or Devall's Bluff, on the
Memphis and Little Rock road, and down
White river 10 Clarendon. Captain Syberg,
civil engineer, of Little Rock, has charge of
the corps, consisting of Darwin Stockton,
rodman; Bob Digger and Ed. Mullen, chain
men; j. w. Westbrook and B. B. Lurry,
axmen., The survey will be pushed as rap
idly as possibly convenient with accuracy
and expediency.
Mr.. +. L. L. Dudley, superintendent OF the
Texas and Pacific railway, formerly of Little
Rock, while driving in st. Louis Sunday
afternoon, met with painful though not
serious accident. He was alone in buggy,
when it collided with another vehicle, throw
ing him violently upon the ground. His lett
arm was broken between the shoulder and
the tumble. Some friends who learned of
the accident rendered all the assistance they
could. He was taken to his room at the
Southern Hotel, where DIR. G. w. Carson set
the broken arm. Mr.. Dudley was resting
well Sunday night, and will be out in short
while, provided his injuries are not worse
than now supposed.
A new feature in car service reports APP
pears in the report of the car accountant OF
the Western and Atlantic railroad. In it
the history OF each car is traced during the
entire year or until it was broken up. The
total mileage made by every car, both over
its own and foreign roads, is taken as basis
forcompuing its earnings which are reckoned
at cents per mile for passenger cars, and II !
and cents per mile for freig hit cars, box cars,
etc. The cost of repairs is set off against this,
and tue balance is the net profit or loss to
the company from each car. This idea of
keeping separate and detailed account of
each car with the company originated with
the late General McRae, and was carried out
by General-Freig ht-Agent James n. Brown
and Car-Accoun. ant Il. C. Spalding. The
report is carefully prepared, and the statis-
tics which il contains may furnish basis
for future calculations OF valuable and
interesting character. Since this report was
made public the system has been adopted by
several other companies.