The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-09
RAILROAD NEWS.

THE Oregon Improvement company's
steamer Naila Walla has been chartered to
load lumber for China and bring back > 600
Chinese laborers for the Northern Pacific
railway company,
The New York, Chicago Il st. Louis rail
way company, increase of capital stock
rom SS0, 600 900 to $40 100000.
The Railway Gazette reports l3S miles of
new road laid thus far in lSS2, against II in
1881 -
Two Philadelphia mechanics claim to
have discovered device for running street.
cars by series of powerful steel springs.
Al the end OF each trip the car is to be
wound up like clock
The Northern Pacific, in the spring, will
have one or more ight-draught, powerful
steamers on the Yellowstone, and will util-
l2e the river for moving forward to Coulson
iron and other material for track building
east and west TO that point. A Locomotives
ana ilat-car will also be hauled up from
Miles by the same method.
The Union Pacific, Texas Pacific and At
chison T0Ueka II Santa Fe railroads have
pooled through business, the northern
route getting sixty per cent. and the south
ern forty. There is said to be no authority
Tor the reported consolidation of the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
When Jay Gould secured control of the
Iron Mountain Railroad he cut down the
wages Of all the men employed, and is now
competed TO lire watChmen and offer re-
wards for the detection of disconnected la
borers who set fire to freight house, and
wood piles and displace switches. 1t was a
poor move Tor economy.
Beyond the Mississippi river the South
ern Express company meets with the oppo-
sitlon OF the railroad express ON the st.
/ | = A
Missouri, Kansas IL Texas railroad. the Pa
citic and Adams again shake hands. and
looking at a map OF Texas we see the for.
mer meeting with the opposition of the
Texas Express company on the Could
lines.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis &
Chicago railroad company have taken stems
10 secure the building Ola large grain eleya-
tor at Cincinnati. The house will have a
storage capacity of 100000 bushels, and cost
fully $4,000 The present elevator owned
by the road at Cincinnati will be torn down
10 make room for the proposed union Ge.
pot, hence the necessity for the new eleya.
| tor n Chicago architect viii supply the
plans.
IL IS asserted with great positiyenesS by
those VINO are in u position to know about
the recent purchase of the haltinterest in
the Atlantic \ Pacific road, that the New
York men who are expected to take two
thirds OF the new issue Of $4,000, COO bonds
have decided that some understanding
must be first reached in regard to the future
policy OF the road and its extensions. The
persons who control the st. Louis tS San
Francisco railroad have it is said, informed
the Boston company that il is desirable Ia
have q settlement of certain points in dis
pute before any allotment OF substitution
IS made. IL is thought the adjustment will
| be arrived at without resort To the courts
The only fear that has ever been enter
| tanned regarding the complete success of
the Detroit, Mackinaw e. Marquette railroad
has been that it would be impossible To
Keep up winter communication across the
straits OF Mackinaw. This has been an eN.
ceptiOnally mild season. il is true. but
there has been enough ice TO test the cues
ton, and and the Cheboygan Democrat
says that it is plainly evident that the
Algomah, the boat built for transferring
the trains, will have no difficulty in cross.
ing the straits this winter, no matter how
thick the Ice may get, as she plows through
fifteen inches Of solid blue ice now mt the
rate ofninc miles an hour, and the ice i'm
that vicinity seldom gets thicker than this
The only obstacle she will have to overcome
will BE- the floating ice she will undoubtedly
encounter on her passage between the two
places
A novel system Of rapid transit was re-.
commended by Mr.. W, Barnet LcVan, in n
paper read before the Franklin Institute. M
Philadelphia, last week. Mr.. LeVan took
the ground that speed of 100 to 100 miles
per hour was not too high for the REQUIRE.
mcnts OF long passenger traffic, and ven.
turcd the prediction that tie time was not
far distant when railroads will he used only
Tor the transportation of freight The
problem ot rapid transit will be solved by
the use Of the pneumatic system ot trans.
mission. Trains on pneumatic roads are in
no danger OF obstruction rom malice, snow.
slides OF earth, or collision with men, beast,
or vehicles, Passengers would be
free nom cndcr dust and
smoke. by this arrangement lrip
from Philadelphia TO PittSburg, now occu.
plying ten hours, would be accomplished In
four hours Among the advantages of This
system is the rcducingo of the weight upon a
wheel to about 1000 pounds, whereas the
ordinary locomotives have about 10000
pounds on a wheel. The strain upon the
permanent way would he less than one.
half that upon the elevated roads now i'm
use in New York.
Work on the Kentucky Central extension
is about to receive an impetus by an addi.
ton Of LOO negroes from Virginia TO the
force. When the Cincinnati Southern rail.
road was finished q number of its laborcr,
resortcd to crime, and, having landed i'm the
penitcntiary, were set 10 work on the Bir
Sandy road. Some OF them, having served
out their terms, are now laboring on the
Kentucky Central, one of them having be.
come u boss ut the price of 81 90 per day.
IL is officially announced that prior Ia
the meeting Of the Jersey Shore q Pine
Creek railroad company, at Coudprsport.
Pennsylvania, yesterday, the PHILADELPHIA
4 Reading railroad company transferred To
President Vanderbilt, of the New York
Central railroad, all its interests in that
road.
The Philadelphia & Reading company Is
to be reimbursed for the expense that has
been incurred in building the line, and Is
to obtain by connection with the Lake
Shore road new western outlet, thus form.
ing an eastern connection for q New York
truns line. This compact was arrAngcs for
by the recent Philadelp hia Il Reading elcc. |
ton, AL the companies have united In A
perpetual agreement forming new trunk
line from the west TO Philadelphia.
The method proposed by N. Ancelin for |
heating railroad cars, namely, by the use of |
acetate OF soda In the foot.warmers, seems |
to have proved very satisfactory on some of |
the French lines. AS is well known, the |
substance thus employed has considerable |
latent heat Dlssol we'd at certain temper. |
allure, Il absorbs large quantity of heat.
which becomes sensible during crystalliEa.