The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-01

NhtOAsu treeport u 81 Paul railruad, under the
name Of The Chicago, Freeport & St Paul rail.
II is stated the engineers surveying the Gould
and DeGrsss railroad concession have discovered
near zimspan. state Of HidalgC pass leading
nom the tableland into tbs low coast country
thus obviating formidable engineering difhcul,
ing the road
The receiver paid the Reading railroad com.
pany To-day sl,60sSS OF the S,S7S2s5 which
have been lying Idle since the receipt OF the
nrst instsllment on the deferred bonds This
amount will be Immediately devoted 10 the paw.
ment Of the floating debt The balance, sis6'lO0,
VII 20 70 cancel he scrip issued in the name OF
the receiver last summer
American locomotive building establishments
are So crowded with orders that they will not take
contracts for engines delivered before lsSs Some
railroad companies gave therorders In England
rather than wait In the last fiscal year We exc
ported " locomotives, of which Il went to Next.
co, the West Indies and south America The
trade with which countries is almost entirely in
the hands OF the English and ~ went to British
cOloines-le 10 British North America and 10 To
Australia-and in the last six years we have ex.
ported si,e01 900 worth OF locomotives
Panama dates 10 the 10th say that on account
Il illness nearly all the work az the several sta
IONS on me line OF tile canal is at a standstill
Fever and dysentary have prevailed among the
entire stan Of officers, particularly AT Empire
aud smallpox has broken out among the labor.
efs, but II is said TO be Of a mild nature lwen
ty,,wo officers and two hundred and forty.tSo
laborer have arrived from Jamaica for the
canal company, Many cases of small.
lox of mild character have Appeared In Guate-
mala. reunion Of medical mon was immedi.
ately had and vigorous measures were adopted
to prevent the spread of any epidemic In Can
alapa, an important pueblo of the departments of
Chlm9ltenango,, lao Indians died in brief
period from typhoid fever.
The Railroad Gazette, of March 9th, contains
Information alal OF the laying of track on new rail
Austin 4 Northwestern-The first track is laid
from Austin, Texas, west by north l6 miles.
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St Paul-on the Coun.
Gll Bluiis extension track is laid from Perry,
Heela, iowa east 20 miles. and west 10 miles
Genesee Nalley-Extended northeast TO Cuba,
New York, miles.
minneapolis Il St. Louis-Extended from 0g-
den Iowa. southwark to Angus, Is miles.
MISSOURI, kansas 4 Texas-The southwestern
extension is extended from Waco Texas, south
ward TO Temple, IL miles.
MISSOURI Pacitc-The Omaha extension IL ex-
tended from sheridan, Nebraska, northward 10
Weeping Water 80 miles.
! This Is a total OF us miles of new railroad,
making LOCI miles thus far reported for 1882,
asalist Dol miles reported at the corresponding
,lle last year, 1oS miles III lsSO ana al miles in
1917
The slate agreed on for new directors of the
ONO narrow.gauge system contains the names
OF John W Corse, oliver Aines, George Ripley,
CHARLES Pierce, ". ID. Hobbs, W. y. Forbes John
McNabD, T. NJ Pomeroy, = II; Phillips. Henry
w. um,yue' D. =, b,shchard, riiney Nickerson,
william A. Haskell. aud e. W kneisley,. all
put three OF whom are Boston capital
lists. The formal consolidation, under
the name or the Toledo, Gin.
cihhau y 81 LOUIS railway company VIII take
place next tuesday, when the above will be
elected directors syndicate has been formed
10 support thc new management by taking the
CONSTRUCTION companys assets aud paying
sl6ooOoo therefor. This s., 800 900 Will complete
and equip the Toledo Delphos 4 Burlington sys-
TEN with 500 miles of road and terminals ut 10.
ledo, lronton, Cincinnati, and ST. Louis
| The pennsylvania railroad endeavored TO pur-
chase the smithieid street bridge IN
fllsourg from Dr. Hostetter There has
been "A legal fight between the latter
aud the riveImen for some time In re-
gard to the bridge. II is 10 be rebuilt, on ae-
count Of being old, 1t has always been too low.
rtyermen wanted II raised twenty feet DR..
Hostetter Is the principal stakeholder in the
iittsburg * Lake Erie railroad, and bought up
the bridge for. S2SO,oOO with the intention
OF rebuilding II IN such a manner that the Pitts.
burg Lake Erie road could use 1t for railroad
p pnnnge' ih h new piers are already partially
Duiit az being up TO the hoor OF the pres
ent structure. lie agreed and intended to put
u fifteen feet higher,.but the rivermen got an in
junction against MIN III an endeavor to force
MN 70 make II twenty feet higher, and the mat
yer Is sun pending ~ the courts. should ht
oniiu u twenty ieethigher me grade would make
lhe crossing from the fltwpurg " Lake Shore
road impossible. knowing this, and knowing
iurIher, that Hostetter has every possibility Of
winning, inc fennsyivanla ROAD onered DR.
hostettsr CAV w more than he originally paid
lor the bridge and what money he has already
expended III additi0n, IN order TO getthe bridge
by up twenty ieet higher and thus keep the
flttSDurE " Lake Eric on the south side of the