Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-13
GENERAL AND PERSONAL

fIeiRnt ana passenger NIdtuS nave GOu4-
menccd running from Dallas TO Cleburne, on the
Chicago Texas and Mexican Central railway.
All the employees of the Little Rock and
Fort Smith road have been vaccinaied, By order
Of Superintendent Hartman. One gang of men,
instead of approaching the kindness. resisted tie
Hted- The superintendent has placed other men
in their places.
Articles of association for two important
railways were GiCd Tuesday, in the Office of the
secretary of state Of tnsas, at Ii lie Rock, one
that OF the Mississippi Valley Railroad Company
ago through New Mexico; direct course of the
ment will be vi material benefit TO the State.
Five train robbers were arrested in Nash
vile Tuesday. Three oi them are named DeBow.
sibce Two or three DAYS ago they robbed a freight
train on the Louisville an Nash sille railroad, in
cloth, large quantity Of vine eight cases CT bit
ters and other articles. There are others belong
them.
A few things for the chronic growler TO re-
member, That the conductor is as much inter
esod 20 hsve his train on time you are; that the
brakeman has number Of other things 70 think
of besides you and what you want: that the bag
in handling your trunk you do in swearing ut
him; that The directors probably know more about
railroads than You do, and that the road would
quite possibly continue in operation If you didn't
ia .ronizc il.
Ground was broken Monday on the cxten-ion
81 the Atlantic and Pacific railroad from Niniia In
Il Territory, TO the Arkansas river. large fore
viii be put at wors, and The whole section OF 65
les, the contract for which let some days
Ego, will be ready for the rails by May lst several
engineering parties are locating the line from The
Arkansas river 10 Albuquerque. New Mexico. 1t
IS expected That the station nj the crossing OF the
Arkansas river Will be large cattle shipping
point for the Texas cattle drivers during the pres
ent year. The railroad company will build a large
cattle yard at that place.
One of the Pullm IN palace car conductors,
says the Raittruy Hcr,,id, who among the many
recently discharged, has given information to tn,
government authorities OF anada OF long con
tiuucd system OF smuggling by the company,
by which the government has been defraud ID out
been TO run cars origin ally built in Canada, bu;
thoroughly overhauled, newly upholstered and
line without paying the duty iuired in such
eases. The conductor who has given the informa.
ton hich has led In the seizure OF several Of the
comPauy's cars, its books and its papers in Mont
real, was formerly favorite employe, and now
takes this method 10 get revenge for his discharge
II the suits against the company sfui, ne
viii get so 900 for his services as informer.
\ Dallas special telegram, of the 10th, to
the Little Rock Gd-effe, contains the following:
John l. Trnslow, general travelling passenger
agent OF the Atehison: Topeka and santa Re AL
road, OF Topeka, Kansas, arrived in Dallas
tonight accompanied by w: II. Hallebert, re-
agent for that line, with headquarters at Dallas |
a share Of the SouthweStern trade. This move |
meut is regarded as an evidence that the Atchlson
Topeka and santa Fe will assist in the cOnstruc |
ton of new road recently mapped out from |
Albuquerque, New Mexico, t. New Orleans ria |
Dallas, known as the Gulf and Pacific; apd also TO
work UP bu>ine ria the st. Louis aud SAN Fran
cisco and the Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central,
now rapidly building to the junction at Paris |
Texas Messrs. Truslow and Hallsbert Ia |
Dallas, iG Is said as the r,sult of Goulds confer
ence with the Atehison, Topeka and Santa Fe Peo |
pie, and the union OF the Pacific management at
kansas City vest rday."
The San FranciscD Stock Report gays the |
competition of transcontuental railroads has not
81 FAR resulted in any reduction of the rates OF
faTe, and it begins to look now that the entire |
railroad system across the con inent will be ur-
ranged that the companies will pool their issues
keep up rates. each line having its territory,
which will be iuterfered with by the others. !
We now have the Central and Southern roads and |
VIII soon have the Northern The two first named |
have come to an agreement whereby rates are kept |
ZIP, aud when the Northern Pacific is completed IL |
viii march into the same camp. Last spiing there |
was great noise made over reported quarrel be- |
tween the management OF the Union Pacific and /
Central Pacific roads, and 1t was stated that Jay
Gould had sworn solemn oath, On greenba X,
that he would either own or control "A through |
route from ocean to ocean. This meant lmpeii- !
ton; but all talk of Jay GOuld's opposition rail-
ROAD enterprise has died out. lie has smoked the |
pipe of peace with Stanford, Huntington d Co
and gone on the warp4th as their ally to take the
scaps of the publc. IL looks though il will he |
many II long day before the people OF the Pacific |
coast Will have the advantage of competitive rail-
road rates.