The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-31
RAILROAD ITEMS.

Engineer L. r. Trailord is locating the line Of
tho Sanford Il Indian River railroad. He will
ut once commence the grading near Fort Reed
Count Telencr, of the New York, Texas n
Mexican railway, has returned from Europe aud
Is expected In Victoria In few days
After June the Kansas City, Lawrence ~
Southwestern Kansas road VIII cease to be opcr.
atcd In connection with the Kansas City, Fort
Scott e Gulf road
The Reno Nevada journal says that work
on the Nevada X Oregon railroad Is 10 be ~.
sumed shortly with intention ofcompleting forty.
Ave miles of II this season.,
IL Is rumOred that syndicate has been formed
by Jay Could Blaine and others to build new
road from Baltimore TO Cincinnati on the south
side. to cost els 100000.
The Adams express, the American express
and the United stat express companies will
turn over all Of their express business, on June
], from Missouri river points west 10 the
Wells Fargo Il Co eXprcSs,nn messengers will
be put on from Ram0s City on all lines reaching
10 Denver and the west exclusively IN the inter.
est of Wells, Fargo 4 Co,'sexpress
General ] Condit Smith, who ls building the
Chicago & Atlantic railroad, which Is In reality
the extension Of the Erie railway. said yesterday
that k.laying Ia In progress from five differ
ent points between Chicago aud Marion, Ohio,
The road will be completed in October next.
The company Is expanding 100000 IN the cree
ton Of car and machine shops ut Huntington,
Indiana, The town made n donation Of 100
were not located In Chicago.
The ogdcnsburgh & Lake Champlain company
has received ten Tiffany refrigerator ears, which
will he used on special trains for transporting
butter II Is also learned that Wells, French \
Co, have Just completed ono hundred Tiffany
refrigerator cars for the Chicago. Milwaukee X
ST Paul railroad, The Peninsula car.works Mt
Detroit are also delivering Tiffany cars built for
! the Burlington. Cedar Rapids 4 Northern rail.
| road Several western roads have also placed
orders for these cars within few days past.
A.
( ellie railroad company, was tcudcrcd reception
/ at the Union League house. by p. Wright
/ former president of that corporation. Mr.. VII.
lard made mn address IL which he set forth the
plans aud purposes OF the Oregon 4 Trans.
continental company, These purposes, Mr.. VII.
lard said. were 10 he explained In null In n cir.
cular 10 DO issued 10 the stockholders carly next
week
The house committee on commerce has buried
| deep the Reagan Interstate commerce bill, by q
vote OF stoi2, This resul, has been expected
Is not ut all probable that this commit.
tcc will report any measure seriously
anlagonircd by the railroads, The only propo.
sitlon which could he put through the present
AIRY circumstances would be n bill establishing q
railroad commission, clothed with merely adj
yisory powers and duties II measure OF this
sort were brought toa vote IN both branohe. o.
congress II would be passed. but the long and
unnecessary delay Of the commerce committee,
Of the two houses In reaching Anal action on IN,
subject makes IT, extremely doubtful whether
anything will be done In the matter this session
The only chance OF putting any snch Legislation
through the house lies In the rare vpportuni,,
Of moving to suspend the rules.
pRIfoHrs
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Per 100 Pounds. Per 100 Pounds
81 Louis. .........t IS New York. ........ q II
NJ ston. ............1 "a New Orleans ......... q
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