The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-12-06
RAILROAD ITEMS.

THERE Ia movement to organize a company
to construct Il narrow gauge road from shreye.
port To point In Arkansas, connecting with the
paTamOre system.
the Arkansas river will be $50 feet in length,
MKxICo Nov. 80 The Mexican Central rail-
road is completed TO Lagos, 81 miles north of
Leon and go miles from this city The National
railroad will DO compl5 ted to NaraVatio, lSj
miles from here, on December D.
During the last thirty years the United statcs
government has given away to railroad corpora
tons not less than l9l 65S iol acres OF the public
land, 2l,ba,20l acres more than comprise the
great state of Texas.
the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe railroad is now
completed toF oit Worth, Dallas aud Lampasas,
and operates 500 miles of road. Our informant
who has Just returned from Texas, says tits the
best built road In the southwest, being
stone, well equipped iron bridges with stone
abutmeuts, statiOn.houses, tanks, etc, all new
aud substantially built The company also owns
the Telegraph system along the line
This road runs through the best az
rlcultuIal counties of Texas and constitutes the
most direct route from the interior of the state
TO the coast, The Gulf, Colorado n Santa 70
refused 10 20 into the Gould southwestern pool,
Mviug to earn interest on only sl2 geo OF bonds
To the mile, while the other standard gauge
roads are bonded for $4,000 and upwards per
mile. These bonds having twenty.seven years
10 run, at per cent To the investor, and sold
last year rs nigh as ~,
The Texas 4 Pacific ilclals claim that their
line is about li5 miles shorter to ri Paso than
Hunting toms route from New Orleans, Houston
and san Antonio. They also say that running
arrangements have been made which gives
them the right tn use the Southern Pacific road
from III Paso 10 San Francisco, and that the con.
tract Is for ~ years, and that the Southern Pa.
ciho is practically the same line as tho Texas 4
Pacific.
The Two Republics Tho northern division
has been open since September last from
Laredo, on the Texan frontier, TO the city OF
Monterey, a distance OF l73 miles. At Laredo a
branch OF the Mexican National extends TO Cor
pus Christi, the seaboard, whence there IL now
regular steamship com muncauon with Liver.
pool. The Mexican National also connects NJ
Laredo with the entire railroad system OF the
United States and Canada.
II follows from these combnations that II IL
now practicable 10 send American and European
goods from the great cities OF the United States
or European ports 10 Monterey, whence they
may be distributed readily throughout tho
northern and central states.
The company has, In addition TO the Monterey
division, the line from this city to Toluca Qorty-
Ave miies1 also In active operation. II has
also open for passenger uatic the line from
here 10 Nj Salto' (forty.onc and half miles
These two lines carry 1878 passengers per
week
ON the III salto iiylslon the number OF pas
sengcrs carried in October was y, 420 The traffic
each way was, north, l2Oil south, ll,SV' Inc
average per traln,pe day. was north, lIS south
on the Tolsca division the number Of pas.
scngers carried IN October was ~, ~ The traihn
each way was, west aT1l east, ppSl The
average per train per day was, west l5S east
is,. These figures show that tho railroads
siye a goat impulse TO The Intercourse between