The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-11
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d. Wishart, general passenger agent OF the
81. Louis n san Franciso railway, announces
the completion of the compsny's line to Tulsa,
Indian Territory, i2S miles from 81. LOuiS.
The Georgia railroad pays the Athens factory
$50 per day for letting OF the water from lis
pond so as to build the bridge across the river.
KAS,As CITY, Mo, Oct lit is stated that
Geo Olds will be appointed general freight
agent OF Gould southwestern lines on Nov, i.
Mr.. Fiuk's resignation thea takes effect The
arrangement with Mr., Odds was made at st.
Louis.
agents OF the east.b bound road Il, II meeting this
afternoon decided to maintain the present high
cotton rates from here TO the senboard This
will divert 6 great deal Of cotton to Memphis
and New Orleans for eastern aud northern ship
ment and work serious detriment to So, Louis US
q cotton market
1t is stated that arrangements have been made
for the consolidation OF the Cleveland, COlum.
bus Cincinnati 4 indianapolis with the Indian.
npolis 4 st Louis railroad, which will take
| place as soon as the financial complications of
the indianapolis Il st. Louis can be brought into
condition for such All arrangement which win
| be about November
/ The charge for third.cllss passengers per
mile on the railroads uf India has been reduced
\ large increase In traffic the poor people avail.
! ing themselves more generally OF the railway In
| going from place to place.
The regular passenger train from Virginia to
Reno now has an electric signal cord worked
by small battery. When pulled II breaks con.
uecton and causes small whistle 10 blow
loudly, Any number of signals can thus be
given by pulling or relaxing the wire, and thus
the conductor can telegraph to the engineer.
At the annual meeting of stockholders OF the
Louisville & Nashville road, President Baldwin
reported the possession Of ., 2SS miles Of road OF
which 1877 Is owned by the company, The
bonded debt Is sJSllL55S, and the capital stock
slSl&,jl3. The gross earnings wen en-, HSdIi,
aud tae operating expenses g. i25,37d. As
Sl,C00,00O will be required within the next six
months 10 complete Improvements under the
contract, It was resolved TO issue about $1,000.
900 uf new stock. Mr. Baldwin was reelected
president The effect Of this action In Wall
street was decline In the quotation from "
| to 80.
our report of the short route TO New York,
made yesterday, is verified In the following In
the Chattanooga Times of Thursday: when Il
| was announced In the columns " tho Times that
the completion of the new Shenandoah Valley
| railroad through 10 RoauOt would open IN d
new route OF freight and passenger traffic be-.
| tween New York and tho southwest the public
did not realize tho importance of the new route,
| Since the opening Of the new route with
through Pullman Slceping'car between Now
| York and Chattanooga without change, IL has
| become the popular line for through travel So
great has been the favor with which the new
| line has been recognized that the management
| have found IL necessary 10 extend the through
car which on and after to-day, will be run DO.
| lWNen NcW 1Otk huu MSlllNIlN NllllOWt tOhuEe,
AMI commencing on the 10th instant, the
! through car will be run between Now York and
| Little Rock without change, distance OF 90
miles
senes of disastrous railway accidents In
Germany and the United states has served u
call public attention TO the question of the
safety OF railroad travel. A reliable authority
states that OF the S1S,OO0C0O persons annually
carried over the railroads OF the United States
about iSOO meet with injuries more or less
severe, while 100 are killed, or tho above mum.
Der, $40 Of those Injured aud 80 OF the KILLED
may be charged 10 causes for which the railroad
companies are 70 greater or less degree respou.
siblO while the rest OF the casualties are duo to
the carcleSsness Of the passengers themselves
For every railroad passenger therefore, who Il
Killed In the United states, over $4,000 are car,
ricd safely, while for every passenger for whose
death the railroad companies are accountable
nearly 2,OOl0DO are safely transported. Fol
every railroad passenger who Il IN any way
injured, 10000 are safely carticdwhile for every
passenger injured by causes for which the com
panics are responsible nearly hOo0O are trans
ported without accident In Massachusetts,.
where the records have been more carefully and
more systematically kept for the past ten year
than In any other part OF the country the mum
Der Of passengers carried In that umo was II
round numbers tOloo1OlN OF which number 81
were injured. mot them fatally. Ofthe Who'll,
nsmber 80 were injured from causes bcyont
their own control, tho remainder suffering from
their own lack OF care Thus, for every passen
ger In any way injured, 6sS0p were safely car
fled. while for every passenger killed, AtQn %
In found numbers were transported without Ia