The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-11
RAILROAD ITEMS.

Ihh CneSapeake ~ ONO company IL running
through trains nom Richmond 10 Newport
News and is beginning TO use its extensive coal
wharyes at the latter point.
The Mexican Central road Is now built to
distance OF lS5 miles Trains run ont li0 miles,
and from that point construction trains run the
other is miles, These trains leave FL Paso. tally
al 10 o'clock, railroad time, which is $50 local
time,
April 10Th track,laying was rc'umed on tie
Mexico, AS 1t is 30 miles fron Guaymas To Her
moNllo. l7O miles OF ira has been
Land from the gulf inlaud The dis
lance from Guaymas To Calabasa In southern
Arizona, is about $50 miles, and thus only eighty
miles of track remain ~ be laid to meet the
point of junction with the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe road.
The officers Of the Pennsylvania road state.
with respect to stock dividend, that for ten
years the traffic OF the lines has steadily in
creased and 1t was deemed wise to supply the
necessary facilities by an increase OF capital
rather than OF bonded Indebtedness, The out.
lays for new engines, cars, and tracks will this
year eAcesd s., 000, 600 while but s6,00000) ad-
ditional stock has been ordered issued,
|, is reported that there will be changes In the
operation of two Of the great railroads of Kan
SaS, the Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe assuming
control of the Kansas City Lawrence
4 southern Kansas which Is owned by it.
although now operated by the Kansas City, Fort
Scott x Gulf, and the Union Pacific taking back
the entral Branch. now operated by the Mis-
souri, Pacific. 1t is not known how authentic
these rumOrS are.
The Mexican Central road was formally
opened to travel and traffic on the 5th, the New
lean national holiday TO celebrate the downfall
of MaNimillian, Trains run out to Galegos, II
distance OF 40 miles from IL Paso. : A.
Cruces. is agent in FL Peso del NOrte. The
terms of the franchise from the Mexican gov
ernmcnt To the railroad company company re,
CURED the completion of l0l mile OF road and
In Etrth MIA of mi nI ora hp
fore the road could be opened for business
The New YORK Tribune says, y he returns oil
shipments from Chicago by rail show that the
tranic IS now smaller than II has been since
lSSt aud that the Grand Trunk has been gelu <
u larger proportion than any other roHd except
the Fort wayne. rms gives some support to
the rumor that rates have been cut again By
that road, but 1t claimed, on the contrary, that
the increase Is due 10 new arrangements win
the Erie. When the whole traffic averages less
than - 900 tons week it Is difficult to prevent a
struggle to secure what there Is Canal and
lake rateS opened very low, most OF
the shipments from Chicago to
Buffalo being at the rate of
"a cents per bushel for grain, but
have recently advanced and are now l-2 cents
by lake and to IL cents from Buffalo TO New
York by canal. Nevertheless, the shipments
! from western ports by wafer nave steadily IN
creased ana Tor the week ending Aprh :; eX,
coed 2 Az 600 bushels OF grain against l3i9s't
bushels by az rallroads'
Considerable interest is taken in New York in
negotiations Tor fusion OF interests pehIIng be-
tween the urnnd Irgnk ma INC GREAT Western
railroads rms ROAD VIII give the crane Irlhs
connections WIN Detroit hunaio, urang haven
a9d across LAKE Michlgah 10 MliWauSee
WINE IL Is llRely 10 ana me uunR me
IN onerlhI Nery st9ug oppo'liois m
the Cahaua taeihc, Upon pelig asked
lo-usy now lhe FUSION VI TWO rohus
would aieGi the VahuEtoiIt ollGy, Mannger
dickson sala Inc policy Oh ,he Grahu rum rum
company Is 70 nihillu' illvnuI! ieiat'olls WIN
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