Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-06
RAILWAY RECORD.
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Chesapeake, Ohio and nWeste
aims move as follows: Mo- lexPres) leave
Sam; No. 2 (msil) at l1:59 pm; NO. arrive
Memnbfs and Little kOcE-Trains NOV
follows: Passenger No. 1 leaves daily at 4:3
m lEelght leaves daily, except eeppthr a. IL y No. D
eight leaves Hopeheld daily, except Sunday, a
m and arrives at 1910 pm
aud mov'
follows (citv time): Through express leave.
eIY at IL :39 pm. Local mail and express leave
IL5 at 6:55 am. somervlhe 60 mT1G1naa.nlol
I've sdaily, exceptionally. st4;oo pm: Ihrough
press arrives daily at 9:2ja-m. Local mail and
press arrives daily at9:l0 pm. SomervlIie a.
mmodation arrives daily, e1ceps SUNDAY a. o.
p lssissIppI and TennesseeITrains move
follows: New Orleans and fast mail ano express
Aves daily at 5:35 pm. freight leaves daily, ex.
bot Sundsv ar 5.15 arr. New Orleans fast mail
a express arrives daily at I0:15 m. freight ar
res daily, except Sunday, At : pm. Freight
q .ouisyiipe and NashVIIIe-Treins move
follows: Fast mail arrives daily al 30 ami
ives az dl;lo p;m:; m mndatson leaves daily at
10 a m; arrives daily at $40 pm tclty nmel-
make close CONNECTION ior Al s,IY sEce
ndav, at 4:55 pm: mail arrives dAliy AZ 4:<O
b. Brownsville accom- notation arrives oany,
fept sunday, ats :Za.m.
"
be ErIanRer Game OF s'Freeze Out"
'Tbe Cincinnati Enquirer hears rumors of a
rpose to safreeze QUIZ the Cincinnati, New
leans and Texas Pacific stockholders who
: not in sympathy with the Erlsnger syn
ssss--Eae road has just passed its quar-
"A dividend, and the passing of other
Fidends is not improbable. IL the bearing
The stock is unsuccessful, the syndicate
1l stand ready to absorb the holding of
|couraged stockholders.
|onbles of American E~ngIneers ON
Railway Construction In MezfSO.
rhe American public,says the New Orleans
mes. Democrat, knows but little of the diff
tiles attendant upon the construction OF
|lroads in Mexico, or of the obstacles, phys
and otherwise, American engineers have
with and overcome in the prosecu-
h OF their work. The m~ountsin ranges
It rugs the surface of the country at
. a surprising altitude, while the passes
! canyons that break their monotonous
are not always practicable for
lroad routes. In their progress through
interior, the Locating engineers Of the
Central have had many difficult
to solve; but they have overcome
Ina all, and Today the line rests at Leon,
second city in size and population in
|xico. and the center Of one of the most
irishing agricultural districts of
sister republic. Nor have the
tacles presented by the topography OF the
ntry been the only ones this company
Ie had to contend with. The material
the construction OF their line from from
City Of Mexico 10 Leon had 10 be hauled
r the coast mountain range from Vera
z 20 the capital, by the Mexican railroad
great expense. 1t has been estimated
the Central has paid the latter railroad
Ipany very nearly if not quite g, 900, 900
ght on construction material within the
two years. Notwithstanding the great
enses incident to construction, the presi-
t OF the Central, in his report 10 the CON-
y, states that The average cost per mile {
he road from Mexico to Leon is but $24,-
From Leon through the interior the
Le of the line tends in a general north ]
direction 10 the city If Chihuahua. /:
fair portion Of this division has been 1
led, while the entire line from Leon 10
frontier has been surveyed and the route
ted. The have for the last G
been working on the northern division &
<s6e most commendsble activity. This !
on will Connect Chihuahua, the capital of /
of the same name, with Ell Paso, {
he Rio Grande frontier. The material !
he construction of this end Of the enter /
: is laid down at st. Lonis, Mo, and :
/ thence transported by rail 10 I'll Paso. :
division, of over 300 miles, will be 4
ed to freight and passenger traffic about 4
18Th. Thus the Central, the .
Oriental, and the National railroad 9
-prises are working as expeditiously as y
be expected TO bring about that longed- \
lesideratum, rail Communication with 1
Interior of Mexico; nor will it be long I
e American energy will have solved the 4
problem OF bringing to the Mississippi A
" the vast traffic of the interior OF our a
: republic. 3