The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-16
RAILnoAD ITEMS.

lSsIDK quotations OF steel rails In New York
last week were $50 per ton, outside 81, and some
small transactions at $50,
The Boston 4 Albany railroad company Is
about TO reduce by % per cent, the shop en-
ployes on account OF tho dizziness OF freight
transportation.
J, 7. Clark, who leaves the Union Pacific for
the ST. Paul superintendcncy, was last evening
presented by his old associates with piano
costing $3.50,
The bore OF the big Horn tunnel, on the North.
ern Pacinc railroad, $50 feet long, Is through.
aud will he completed for the passage OF ears on
May 18th. Through trains wIll run to Billings
by July,
The Southern Pacific company will adj 1900
cars TO II, equipment this summer In order 10
handle very heavy eastern shipments OF Cali.
mia grain.
The Atlantic 4 Pacific Is to build the bridge
across the dorado river To connect with the
Southern Pacific. twill cost $3.50, 90
President Panmorc, OF the Texas & ST. Louis
railroad, has accepted the proposition OF the
citizens OF Pine Bluif, Arkansas To locate the
machine aud ear shops OF The road ut that place.
Mr.. George NJ. Pullman, who has recently ~.
turned from Europe 10 Chicago. reports that
over uify Of the Pullman palace ears aru now In
use In SCOTLAND England aud Italy, aud several
are In course Of construction for French rail
waya
Thirty years ID said to be tho life OF n locomo.
tive Possibly they would live longer IL thuy
did not smoke so much.
Il il said that there arc 1900 or II, 900 coolies
engaged as lAhorcts un the Northern Pacific rail.
road when oil those who have been engaged
arrive hctc VIII he about ". 90 coolies employed
by the company
The New York Central engines are to have n
patent headlight made ny the Kelly Lamp
works. OF Rochester, New York These head.
lights are 30 made as TO display the sumbef Of
the engine aud also ~ show different colors for
signal purposes. the colors being changed by
mechanism worked from the cab
II " runorcd among railway people In Chicago
| that samuel Sloan and his associates have
opened negotiations with Vanderbilt to obtain
cnuauce Into that .cliy,.by the Canada southern
and Michigan Central roads, for the Delaware \
LArkavanna extension.
rhs Union Pacific tree planting scheme has
been lpaugurated again this season All thu
| dcpou3 300 miles out along the road nom
| Omaha will receive immediate uonsignmcn,s
Gcnsral SAMUEL Thomas who succeeds X. W.
Cole as president OF the kast Tennessee. VII.
siaia n Georgia railroad, will II Is understood,
make a.changes In the subordinate on.
cisis, aud II IL hlghy probable that two or htrc
officials Of the present time on the indianapolis
roads will be asked 10 accept important pol.
| tons ON this system.
In a suit Involving $4,000 acres Of land In
/ Iowa, between the ST. Paul \ Sioux CITY aud the
| vhicaEa Milwaukee & 81 Paul roads, Judge
Love has decided that the tract he divided
equally between the contestants, aud has sp.
pointed commissioners to make the partition.
/ The Houston. HastN West Marrow Gauge rad
Is IN operation from Houston 70 nenkcterss, i0g
miles AMI viii be completed. II l. announced r.
iNacogiocheslt2 miles nom Mules by August |.
rom which point II will he pushed on ~ sntcve.
port, Louisiana, instead OF Marshal Teas a
Cnic.eo. Mar 1.-The pi,tsburr. For, wasue
4 Chicago railway viii On Monday, co,nmcnce
running the new dining.room ears through,
between Chicago and New York, on the limited
express east aud west. The Pullman hotel car.
ns, nav MAN. u,yn .snn,ns on we limited viii run