The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-26

Give, In Montana. The road Is graded for $50
miles beyond and track Is going down at the
rate OF = miles per day. ON the Pacific side
The road is completed TO Cabinet Landing, on
on the Clarks Fork river, 2SS miles from Wal.
lula, at which point connection is made by the
land.
A Washington dispatch say. The house
committee on Pacific railroads has decided TO
postpone until December next further con-
sideIation of the bill TO aid in improving the
navigation of the Mississippi river hy the con.
struction OF leyee from Memphis 10 YaEol
river, IN the Mississippi, and 10 authorize the
Memphis " New Orleans railroad COMPANY 10
build il. road upon the levee."
One OF the Oldest freight men In the west states
that never before did he know through rates to
be SO hrmly adhered to as now, aud he expresses
the opinion that as rates have been strictly
maintained during six weeks of duu traffic, they
VIII be maintained for some time to come, he
believing that rates never again will reach the
low point of twelve months past, so well do the
higher Officials understand each other
How much OF the progress of Texas in railway
building and in the rapid increase OF wealth is
que 10 foreign influence. and how much is to
De credited 10 the native population of the
south, may be inferred from u statement of
me census report that of the l,i77, 1873 in
habitants of that state, l,354l 1872 are natives
on the south aud only S29l were born
In other sections of the country. In the past ten
years that state has doubled its population and
guadrupled its wealth. Between 1870 and 1850 II
Increased its railway mileage from Ill miles to
D. ~ miles. and has at the present time more
railroad under contract than any other state in
the UniCn.
Major ]. Bn'by, vice president of the Mem
phis, Selma q Brunswick railway, was In receipt
% the following letter from the contractors 1T
work on the Holly Springs and Memphis division
yesterday In reply 10 yours of the 18th inst,
We have 10 say that we have men as thick rs
hops on all work that Is cross.sectionsd, and
waiting ON this matter to increase our force.
We have now at work 800 men (and ready to put
To work rs soon as tho work is laid of more mem
and thirty teams
China has at last opened her doors to that
great enemy OF superstition, the railway. 1t
viii be remembered that II few years ago an ex =
perimentsl road of two feet gauge was built by
II company of Englshmen from Shanghai TO
W0OsUng, Il distance of nine miles but so great
was the prejudice of the people against this
modern institution that 1t was only allowed to
be operated few weeks, when the government
took possession, tore up the track and sent the
rails, locomotives and cars out of the country
But China is growing more progressive and now
we learn from Mr. Ceenug Lenng, an officer OF
the imperial consular service who passed
through Chicago II few days ago, that another
railway is about to be undertaken.
II il TO run from Kalpng coal mine to the
sea shore, distance of about eighty miles,
and will be built by Chinese company,
assisted by the government which is favor.
able TO the enterprise. Some of the ma
| tcrial has already arrived from England
and work will be commenced in a few
months, and Mr.. Lenng believes that rs soon as
the wheels on this road commence to move The
remaining prejudice against railways, which
he says, prevails among the lower classes only
and not among the more intelligent, will pass
away and ere long u net work of lines will
cover the country Already great line. 10 e1-
tend across the empire, is being talked of.
| The telegraph has for some time been estab.
| lished, and is extending through northern
China, but 1t has been discovered that without
railways it is difficult TO repair the telegraph
| lines and TO make the most of them The road
now under way is intended chiefly for the trans.
portation Of coal, though general freight and
passenger business Will doubtless spring M
and grow. The material and equipment for the
new road will be Of English manufacture, hui
American enterprise will certainly not permit
the enormous field which China Is destined tC
afford to DO monopolized by our English
| brethren.
FREGGHTs.