The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-12
RAILROAD ITEMS.

THE track of the Chippewa Valley railroad is
laid TO Dur nd
The 1rand Rapids L Indiana railroad are
pushing their line to to the straghts with great
energy, and expect to have the ears running by
the middle of June.
Four hundred tons, of iron for the narrow.
gauge extension at Paw Paw have been pur.
chased II takes fifty-hye tons of this small rail
to lay n mile.
The Central Pacific railroad company is sra.
ding for Il second track from Mastick Station
Alameda, toward the draw bridge over San An
tonic creek.
The land sales of the st Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba company for April amounted to si05,-
OiLS5, the number of purchasers being l59 and
the land taken l732S72 acres, nm average of
about L 9 acres to the buyer and &c per acre.
contract was entered into at San Francisco
a few days ago by the Texas & Pacific railway
company for the transportation of seven hun
bred carloads, being about 5000 bushels Of
california wheat to go to Europe by way of New
Orleans. The Picavunc thinks this is only a
foretaste of what may be expected when the
wheels of the great Southern transcontnental
route become fabricated"
The stockton 4 Amador railroad company pc.
tiioned the city council of stockton on the LIST
inst to grant them the rght-of-way from the
city limits along Elt street u Banner island,
where the company's machine shops and round
house are TO be placed; also the right to put up
drawbridgc across the outlet nfMcCloud's lake,
and to run up Go feet to n point nearly opposite
the Ccnter-street depot, where It Il proposed to
construct the depot II twas stated that the road
would be completed up the valley Of the Moke-
lunc, at least as far as lockeford and be In op-
Grafton before the wheat was harvested,
Respecting the sales OF railroad land In Man
itoha, Canada, the syndicate has issued new reg.
ulations. The lands are to be from those not
yet disposed Of, and In such proportions
that the mean distance from the railroad,
OF the whole, will be less than twelve miles
Purchasers OF land can cut timbera
for fuel, fencing and building, and are to under.
take the removal OF squattcrs. where they do
not abandon the land squatted upon. The price
to be paid Is IS per acre, one fourth payable In
cash on tho e,ecution OF the contract, and the
balance In five years with the accumulated In.
tcrest at per cent Provisions are made with
reference TO cultivating and improving the
lands, and the property Is to be col veyed In
feo,simpe, reserving one hundred feet for
railroad bed.
Statistics of railroad accidents have been pub
lished IN the London Times recently giving the
numbers OF the killed and injured by railroad
accidents In three different countries down to
and since 1859. According to this the number
of passengers carried to every one killed and In.
jured in the two periods has been:
1852 Since 1889
No. PASSENGERS to- No. passengers to
killed injured. killed Injured
EnES S s ss is SSs S o5 sSo
Belgium SS6l,s0 100000 100000 /, 7g3, lOs
Like most comparisons in which English rail-
road statistics are concerned nearly all value Is
taken from the above for the lack OF uniform
measure OF traffic. The ''numbero OF passengers
| means the number OF passenger Journeys, and
| as these vary from less than half mile 10 sew.
, eral hundred miles. they are an absurdly unfit
standard for comparison.
| r.