The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-02
New Orleans futures opened steady at an ad.
vance of points above yesterday's close, aud
the last sales were made at u 0s for August, Z
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RAILROADS..

THE work of pushing the construction of the
Sabine Pass d Texas Northern railway is pro.
crossing,
The Georgia fruit.growers held a convention
NJ Atlanta few days ago and appointed COM
mittee 10 get low rates and quick transit for fruit
TO the north and west
fridays Railroad Gazette records the CON
struction OF l37 IL miles of new railroad making
1901 miles thus far this year. against $50 miles
reported at the corresponding time In 1881, l. 500
miles In 1880 $40 miles in 1872 SS5 miles III 1873
and 1893 miles In 1877.
Ten miles Of the double track being built no.
tween Ellroads and McKeespOrt on the Pitts
burg and McConnelsville division OF the Balu-
more Il Ohio railroad, are now completed, and
the authorities are beginning to think favorably
Connelsyllle. The freight trafic is more than
can properly be handled on single track
The announcement of change In the cassin-
cation is made in the Union Pacific road which
means that agricultural implements In r.loads
are advanced from class A TO third class; wagons
and wagon material, in Carloads from class A
to third class; wagon materials in less than car
loads from class B 10 third class, and hardware
from third 70 trst-cass, This also means that
the rates will be higher than formerly
Mr.. Vanderbilt states that the new line he Is
constructing To connect the New York Central
and Reading systems will he completed I'm De.
cember neat President Garrett OF the Balti.
more q Ohio, designs connecting his system
with the Reading system, and has only been
awaiting the termination OF the legal contest
about the control of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey
Laredo papers report the track of the Next
can National railway about twenty miles beyond
l.nmpazos, In Mexlce. Rails are being put
down at the rate Of one TO one and half miles
perday II is the present Intention OF the com.
pany TO reach Monterey by the LIST OF September
Unless some unforeseen delay interveines tho
calculation will not DO far wrong. With the
opening Of the week an order was formally
promulgated opening the road for freight trailic
rs far us Lampazos.
The Pennsylvania railroad company ha, Issued
neat catalogue OF the library In the dining
room cars ON the New York Il Chicago limited
express. These books are not for sale nor Is A
deposit required but passengers may procure
them without charge by applying TO the porter
train. In order to accommodate passengers the
company has no objection 10 their taking away
q book they may have become interested in and
have been unable To finish reading before the
the same with the porter.
The ratified plan for the reorganization of the
Columbus, Chicago Il Indiana Central railway
provides for the forming of a new company with
capital, in common stock, OF sl00UO 100: pre-.
icrrcd stock, esO,OO000 first mortgage bonds
81, OOhNO, with 5 per cent interest 10 run 1fty
years, So 600 OF which will be exchanged for
old bonds aud receipts; s5,bO0,0O0 To pay under.
lying sectional bonds when due and the r,,-
naming g. CO. 90 to be used for improvements
The Denver Il New Orleans road recently com
pleted their track " Pueblo Sunday they built
q strip, OF track one, mile in length into the
Union depot They advertised To land passcn.
gers ut the Union depot on and after TODAY.
Just before the passenger was due, at T:SO H. m.
Two Denver 4 Rio Grandc narrow.gsuge ON
gines, which had been guarding bridge which
the Denver New orleans people attempted to
cross suddenly shot down the track. one of
them was wrecked on the broad gauge truck az.
ter flying FOR several hundred feet over the ties
The object was TO obSttuct the Denver d New
Orleans track NJ any expense. The engineer
Jumped as the engine len the narrow. gauge
track. The Denver & New Orleans train couid
not gCt Into the depot tonight There is large
crowd ~ the depot besides several hundred
railroad laborers, and trouble Is anticipated.
The owners OF the Wabash & Erie canal aui
the builders Of the Fort Wayne Lafayette Il 81
Louis railroad have signed contract which
prohibits the acquisition Of the latter property
by the Wabash railway company, The curious
It expressly provided and made a par, of
the consideration 10 said canal owners that when
said conveyance Of said canal property shall be
made by said Dukes & shirk 10 said railway
company, said deed OF deeds shall contain con.
diton subsequent that said railway company so
constructed on said canal, shall never be leased,
| conveyed, assigned, Transferred or controlled
by the Wabash, 81 Louis Il Pacific railway com.
pany or Us successors between Lafayette aud
| Fort Wayne, Indiana and should any such
| transfer Gr lease be made, then and IN such case
II is expressly provided that said canal property,
with al the structures erected thereon shall re-.
vert to aud become the property OF said canal.
owners
A railroad war threatens Rockford, Illinois
A few weeks ago the Chicago & Iowa laid their
track across the Northwestern track ON the east
| slide OF the river The job was done at night,
and so quietly that few knew Of Il Last night a
gang OF men tore up all the track OF the Chi
| cago Iowa whsre Il crossed the Nortwcsterp
dumped the rails and ties for three hundred feet
In pile, and laid track and ran q lot OF gravel
and freight cars In, 10 block any attempt To tear
y up ou the part OF the Chicago & Iowa II Is
feared there will be an open outbreak tomorrow
The otyille Register OF the 18th instant says (,
"a J Kinney superintendent u the Cali.
| iotnia Northern railroad. arrived here
Wednesday He IL on his way TO the
mountains To examine the country up the
| north FORK OF Feather river from Ofuvllle
| 10 the Biz Meadows. Gfecnyille, Crescent Mills,
Quincy and other points IN plnmas county, with
/ a view to determining the prarticabllity of con.
Meeting those points by rail with the California
Northern railroad at oroville Mr. Kinney spent
some time last year IN examining this same coun.
| Try with the same object In view. His presen,
| trip he informs rs, Is made 10 finish the exam.
inaiipn commenced last year. We are not a,
liberty, at the present time, to publish the con
versation had with Mr.. Blupey upon this rail
| road subject but we are ut liberty 10 say tina,
there Is strong probability Of Oruvillc aud the
points named being IN the near niture con.
nected by a narrow. gauge railroad. such n con.
Iii. A.