The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-27
RAILROAD ITEMS,

TuI Missouri Pacific has issued new freicht
tarih' covering points in Texas and New Mex,
leo
The president has accepted another twenty.
five miles of the Northern Pacific railroad In
Montana coming eastward
Jay Gould will furnish capital to build rail p
road from III Paso TO the Organ mountains. The
Organ mountains possess much mineral wealth
and railroad is badly needed to aid in The de-
VeOpment of the mines
The citizens of BO2eman, Montana Territory
have subscribed Sl00O0l MS building bonus
fund to induce the Northern Pacific Railroad
company to erect It's machine shops in that
town.
The end of the Atlantic ( Pacinctrack is now
400 miles west of Albuquerque There remain
about 100 miles To be ironed before the Colorado
is reached, II Is probable that the early spring
viii see tha junction Of the Atlantic & Paci6c
with the Southern Pacific
j. L. Lockwood, general passenger and ticket
agent OF the Kansas City, Fort Scout Il Gulf rail
,ai company, announces the completion of that
NE to Plusburg Crawford county Kansas also
that on Saturday the lith inst, tho track Of the
Parsons branch will be changed from narrow 10
standard gauge and cOmmeuCiug Wednesday
the lsth inst, daily through train win be run
from Kansas city, via l'ttshurg and Parsons 10
CherIyYalo without change of cars.
Mr. James f.. How president OF the American
Refrigerator Transit company, has issued tho
following circular: Mr. u, NJ. Hlggs having
been elected president and general manager ri
the Texas Continental Transportation company,
has rendered his resignation as general gunerin.
tcndent of this company, and Mr. Reih Northrop
has been appointed 70 thai position, his appoint.
ment To take effect November /, 1852,
r, Chandler, general passenger and ticket
agent of the Missouri Pacific system, has issued
u circular TO connecting lines. asking them 10
prepare tourists tickets TO the winter resorts of
Texas and Florida The tickets must bear the
regular iron-clad contract Going and reforming
limits ON Texas tickets are To be five DAYS. and
on Florida ticket. thirty days from date Of sale
Going and returning limits on New Orleans ticx.
cts are 10 be three days from date of sale The
sale Of Texas and New Orleans tickets /. fixed
for october H. and Florida tickets October 10
The sale Of Texas aud Florida tickets will b..
discontinued May ID, and New Orleans tickets
May /, 1855
The Semi .Troplc says Cotton Is 10 be the chief
railroad ccnter OF southern California by the
junction of the California Southern and Carson.
Nevada Il liOdie railroad and 4 Topeka 4
Santa Fc, SO as to make Cotton the base for all
action ard transfer
II is said to be the city OF Louisville. which
owns 4 block Of the stock, that proposes TO Oh.
I Join the Louisville S Nashville from making fur
,hur issue II is declared that II the injunction
/ Is granted the road must so into the hands Of Il
receiver, II the company has sold any OF the
new issue 1t wOuld be shot of los own sccuruo,
. I'm case OF an Injunction, AMI would have DIM.
/ Guilty In making deliveries
/ The French Sleeping ear cOmcOny has con.
! Cludcl arrangements with the different Cont.
mental railway companies 10y which u through
/ train will be run from Calais 20 Vienna. thence
I branching or 70 Russia and the East The
carriages viii consist solely OF slecpiug,CRrs. y
| restaurant aud saloon, communicating 10y
means or passages and platforms, The line
occupied IN going from Paris 10 Y Jenna will TO
tWguty-seycn hours.
! \ brownsville special says Many serious
articles are being printed in the Northern IA.
CitC about Mexican railways, their future
chances Of success. etc and thccountry MS oo1.
pared To Russia, India ana other sections tn
prove that railroads can be run through Il as
! safely and vi pny RS VOL MS IN those committees.
. The true obShc,ts To Mexican railways have,
d however not yet been hi ted at
/. The terrible customs tariff, which kills and
restricts honest trad" IA favor ut tue smugglcrS.
who must by lttutc uf 'hvir bu,inesSs, carry
! goods on snimGlS, suo' In favor OF RAILROADS.
=. The customs avs with thylr yetAtiuuS ~
strlctions. which, Il ,tiotly enforced, would
make almost every train that ran Hattie 10 seiz'
urc, can ~ any time De used 10 ob'lruct the bus
/ iueSs Of the roads,
The Third aud greatest danger comes from the
+ people, among whom ;herv are many men
trained In revolution, which ~ times turned
/ them into bandits, who have no respect Cor lifl
! and property, aud wuuld, as hns been proved.
wreck udu Tor what little they ud steal
I from H. On every road IN Mexico there are con.
stGut accidents from hi cause aud w every
cpsc Il has been found necessary to make train
. wtccAiug punishable with DEATH hui elsewhere,
Ne In lamaulipas the authorities WppvG, IN uul,
| uOUt llt NIAhlt, anu Us Tue NrtatfN leNbmf
F. more expert many terrible acoi0.uS and heavy
losses 10 the roads may he eNpt''el.
The Globe DemocssU The ilccui cot solids
| ton Of two compress compau % has giyen c,rCu,
lation 10 rlmor which cotton mci ASSERT 4.
! founded on facts Tho amul .umainu Is said "a
have been arranged m The lItcfust ,r the Glul
southwestern system IN competition with Para,
moto's cotton belt line. Iho q Loul Cotton
Compress Compauy's stock j. practically In the
control OF J.W. paramoru, Ircsidcntnf the 1eXai
& - Louis railroad, when win soon enter IN,
held for carrying ToIas cotton The COmpot
ton will be vigorous, and 10 induce
shippers 20 patruni2e tho spuld roads, rebate
Il 10 said, is allowed on AL Texas cotton con.
signed ~ the Factors aud Brokers compress
making difference Of IS cents bale 10 Iron
Mountain shippers Its also stated that a parl
OF the scheme Is the erection OF n compress an
warehouse ON the Missouri Pacific 10 facilitate
shipments and transfers OF east and west bound
cotton, The present rate for COMPRISING IN It
Louis is IS cents bale or ~ cents more thar
what Is charged at the TeNian seaporp, whicl
are drawing heavily from the interior town,
that formerly supplied this market Factors ar,
complaining OF The high charges here, and
boldly say the compresses are working to de
s,tuy tho trade by their greed tor dividend,
one prominent factor IN speaking to n Globe
Dem olN reporter yesterday said AN at,
seemingly allied against the railroads. and az,
blaming them for the small receipts IL |,
claimed they should reduce their rates to ant
from - Louis Dutiug all this Camor tn,
comprcsscs giveus No encouragement and AZ,
maintaining a high rate. Last year. with re
ceipts OF $3.50 o bales. the 81, Louis Compress
company declared dividend uts0 yer cent