The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-16
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a,5 90 and one wounded N every 1000 Vow,
when they travel w rail- ono 4 Killed ,pg D.
la ln1 aud Que wounded pef hn no EaiWy
ifayeilng Is illus nearly twmiy times ~ safe rs
VIA M dean Eouthem railroad ~ sJHd AZ
Anton figafd0, where the company nov own .
very large tract Of land where n haibof eau pe
formed very ohcnply ana where lie ne" p",it W.
entry "gfGut City,' IA expected soon W flse,
Thence II viii run, via Atenal aud Pueblo. "
inc CITY OF Mexico, and from Afenal, YisOaNhch
10 the Isthmus OF TehuantepeC. regular iIclgnt
trains arc now running between 'ho ivy VI
An Indlanapoiis special says For come time
the 81 Louis Iron Mountain ~ sQuliefn iOhn
| has desired 10 obtain control ol lne htiehh "
| Iron Mountain n short line tapping VIZ Oh
| Iouis. lion Mountain & Southern NJ Iron NOUN
| tain md connecting 10 with Helena, Inc IN
daiiapois Roling'Mlll company hold s3O' wv OF
! the bonds Of the Helena " icon MOunthll nilu ~
claim for 500 600 unsecured) ior iron ,uilllsieI.
| President Jones teleRraphed from New YORK
| that he hrs sold the bonds and claim az par 70
| Could who thus becomes possessed Oh the CON
The Chicago Tribune says: An attempt is be.
ing made BY the western roads to change TIE
mode of shipping livestock; Az ptesei'tntru," '
stock rates are quoted by tes car, n ne
siderably by changing this and charging ior
cattle by actual weight A committee CONSISTING
off Il Stanford of the Rock llland; Il. 7;
Ripley, of the Burlington, and II. Q. Wicker, OF
| The Northwestern, went to the stock-yards re-
eently to sec what ARRANGEMENTS can % n a,nI
4 for the weighing of cattle shipments hereaiter
ST. LOUIS, Nov. lo..Two large blocks situated
at Eighteenth and Poplar streets were trans
ferred to Jay Gould to-day, and the detd recoru'
ed This is considered to establish the location
| of the new union depot in this city between sew
enteenth and Nineteenth slreeis eas. aad
north and south. Other large pieces OF iand III
the same vicinity have been urchssed Dy MI,
Gould, and he has probably acquired IN Az some
l.. f,,l n
companies have also bought a good deal oil lane
in the same neighborhood which will be used
for depot yards.
Paris Kentuckian: In looking over nlstoiy
NJ narly railroading In Kentucky, we find that II
IS91 Company of capitalists in Lexington Win
100000 was incorporated by the legislature a.
the Lexington Il Ohio railroad company, ,te
build a road from Lexington to Louisyille, inc
rails TO be laid in stone sills and coaches TO DC
drawn by horses. Surveys were completed DC
tober % of that year. but the line was not con- n
pleted to Frankfort twenty nine miles; uiiu
January Is, 1885. Horses were still used untl
1874 when the introduction of the first locomo-
five was celebrated by grand ball IN Lexlng
ton. The first through train from Lexington Y
Frankfort made the distance III TWO hours ano
The Railway Age will in its next issue give
detailed emit of the mileage of new trac:
built during the month OF october, as loloWs
Arizona 20 miles; Arkansas, So; California, z.
Colorado, AZ; Dakota, 1871; F orida, q; Georgia
20: Idaho, p. Illinois, 40; Indiana, 30; Iowa, SS
Kentucky l6: Meine, pa; Maryland, :; Michigan In
33 Minnesota, 172; Mississippi, Ill; missouri, 70
Montana, 81; Nebraska, S. New hampshire, 90
New York u.s. North Carolina 49, Ohio, %; ore
gon, II; Pennsylvania 20; Texas, 60 vlrgloi1ss
TO- West Virginia, s; Wisconsin 81; total, oeo
Adding the figures for October 10 those. given fol
the nine months preceding, the total mileage 10
the current year, up to November lst Is Was
and is divided among 293 roads.
Chicago Tribune, November Consluerdiin ,i'
aaxiety is felt as to the result of the direct INT
of the Southern Pacific between. San Franelsc.
and New Orleans, which occurs in a few, days
The English vessels have, SO long had
practical monopoly of the carrying o
California wheat to the Lnroteaai,
MARKETS that there is an anxiety to see what thi
the nearest point on the Gulf may do in carry
ing wheat cheaply and quickly: the distanc
,, from San Francisco to New Orleans by IN
present route is $500 miles, but when the neV
: line is opened between San Pedro Bay ana G al
weston. the land distance will be reduced to 10
by clipper ships from San Francisco around IN N
Horn 10 Liverpool ranged from 70 to -
,, shiliings per ton until the Southern Paciiil
; began carving at basis of Sl5 per ION, o
, about Cos Then they came down to Dos. IN
, Southern Pacific, however had some neaV
grades and other disadvantages TO- deal WIN q
its "Shreveport Route" via the Texas Pacllii,
and had beside $500 miles of rail carriage, Whli
, the opening of its new "Surset Route Will re
duce the necessary rail haul to about !JO mlles
2 If the wheat can be transported by this nne
y the Gulf and thence by steamer TO Llverpoo
several advantages will accrue. one OF thes
, will be the savingef months OF time IN mark :.
, ing the grain, which now takes from four to 81
months from San Francisco to Liverpool. an
then the payment to parties in this country OF
large portion of the s2O,000,00O now annual
! paid to foreign carriers for moving this whea1'