The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-01-29
RAILROAD NEWS

trains are running within twenty miles
of Hermosillo, Track-laying is preceding
at the rate OF q mile and half a day.
Massachusetts has BIAS miles of railroad
track, representing, with rolling stock
SIP, l55,Gl4. Last year ISL persons were
killed and rs injured.
If all the railroads projected in Utah are
completed that Territory will be pretty we'll
supplied with railroad facilities. During
the past two years companies have been
organized under the laws of Utah TO con-
struct 6,SO5 miles OF railroad at an estimated
cost of Sll0, 10000.
The New Orleans Pacific will connect
with the Texas e Pacific at Marshall within
the next two or three weeks.
Three hundred men are at work at the
end of the Mexican Central track, and it is
expected that twelve miles a week will
hereafter be laid.
The Southern Pacific Railway is now com
pleted to Maria, 1875 miles east of El Paso.
They laid tOrty-two miles of track in thir-
teen days, having $500 Cinnamon en-
ployed on the road.
MIR. Teller's joint resolution declares for
ieited so far as the same have not been
earned by the fultillment of their con-
enumerated by the bill, including the
Northern Pacific, Atlantic d Pacific, and
Texas Pacific. The estimated quantity of
lands granted to each of these Is set forth
in the bills, respectively, as 100000, AZ, :
100000 and 100000 acres.
The first one hundred miles of grade on
the Mexican Central Is completed, with the
exception of little finishing up in some
places The contractors are generally pre-
pairing to move further south and begin
work on the second hundred miles
It's announced that consolidation of the
Palace Car Companies will be on about the
following basis: New company's stock,
So, 5O0,OO0 the Pullman to have SO 900, COZ
for its present stockholders, and $2,5OO,0OO
to be retained to pay oil the bonded debt OF
the Pullman company; Ss,625, 900 is to go to
the stockholders Of the Wagner company
and $4,000 will be retained in the treas
ury. 1t is reported that some of the Pull
man stockholders are dissatisfied.
The Black Canon, ON the Salt Lake route
of the Denver ~ Rio Grande, is said to be
the widest and most weird strip of scenery
in the entire Rocky Mountain system, or,
for that matter, ON the continent.
The negotiations tending to the opening
of u new through line from here to Nash
vile, via Louisville, and under one man
agemcnt, are rapidly approaching com pie
ton. IL is now officially announced that
lllt NlltlkN ~ FNSltTll llllllblSt l4OulkNlllt
IL Nashville, Evansville & Terre Haute,
and the Chicago, Evansville & Terre Haute
will be formally consolidated on May /.
The control Of these lines will then be
vested IN the Louisville IL Nashville Road.
The Denver extension of the Burlington
Il Missouri reached point thirty miles be-
yond the Nebraska State line on the 18th.
Sub.contractors have partially covered forty
miles beyond. The work extends to what
is called Fremonts Butte, from which point
the road is down-grade to Denver
The consolidation of the Missouri Pacific
Railway, of Kansas, and the Missouri Pa.
ciiic Railway, OF Missouri, was Consum.
mated by the filing of the articles of consol-
idation with the Secretary of State. The
new company is named The Missouri Pa.
ciic Railway Company" The Missouri
Pacific, of Missouri, assumes all outstand.
ing debts and liabilities of the Kansas com.
pany, and is to fulfill towards the State OF
kansasand the public all the charter rights
duties and obligations of the Kansas com.
pany Is to complete and operate the road
us described IN is charter.
An III PaSo paper says; Yesterday the
reporter visited the general office of the
Mexican Central Railroad, and learned tina,
the camp for track.laycrs was moved nine
miles out on Sunday, which places IL forty.
nine miles from paSo del Norte. The rails
are being laid six miles beyond the camp,
and are progressing ut the rate OF two miles
per day. The road is graded to point one
hundred miles from this city. There airs
over 900 men employed on the eonstruc.
ton, Of whom 80 are track-layers. The
! track.laying Is now beyond the sand hills
and runs through rich prairie land The
sand through the hills Is Il
source Of great annoyance
and not little danger. II Is constantly
being blown around by the wind; and, at
times, Il drifts over the track In such way
MS to cover the rails to depth of six inches
or more, rendering Il extremely dangerous
TO run trains over Il. In other places u is
blown away from the track 50 as to leave
! the ends of the ties extending over the en-
| bankmcnt without support. Great diff
Guilty will be experienced IN keeping this
par, OF the road in order, and Il can only be
done by rip.rapping the entire line through
the Sand Hills, just Us is done along the
banks of streams,
The following circulars were issued yes
terday by the Missouri Pacific Railway
Company.
ST.. Lotus, January gi.-Ths company
pays all lis employees with promptness, and
those who credit them must collect theil
own bills and not rely upon the aid of thi'
company through the expensive aud troubl,
some medium Of garnishments to defeat
the spirit of the law exempting uhe wage
Of employees. Hereafter all garnishmenti
seeking to subject the wages Of employees
OF this company will be resisted by al
legal methods. A. "A. TAINAGE,
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