Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-20
PERSONAL ANO GENERAL

Work began on the railway bridge at Van
Buren,, Ark, Monday.
Russia, Germany, France, Austria, En-
gland, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland
--rld Belgium combined have74O, 1856 miles Of
telegraph wires. The Western Union Com.
pany alone have S74 ,294 miles OF wires.
The Erlanger Syndicate have completed
their route ria Akron on the Alabama and
Great Southern division OF the Cincinnati,
New Orleans and Texas Pacific, to Selma
making line 10 Selma independent of the
Louisville and Nashville snd East Tennes-
see, Virginia and Georgia railways.
The town Of Lexington voted $50, 600 TO
the railroad from Durant 10 that place. The
railroad company were TO bring the road TO
the corporation. They did this, but stopped
at the line, which is about mile from the
business portion of the town. There is some
complaint about The location, as il ia very
inconYenient for the depot.
special meeting Of railroad engineers.
representing all roads west of the Mississippi
river controlled by the Gould Syndicate, ha4
BEEN in session at st. Louis during The past
week. The purpose of the meeting is to de-
tsrmine what shall constitute days work
OF a locomotive driver, and what shall be his
wages. They are now paid according to
mileage, but think they oughtfo b. paid bv
the hour or day. They will meet again
Monday, and when they agree upon a basis
VIII present petitions to the officials Of the
roads they are engaged on.
There were 80 locomotive exported from
the United States last year, valued at $685.
rs. Brazil took Is; Quesec, Ontario, Man
Itoba and The n. w. L. took IS; British Co.
lumbia, British possessions in Australis,
30; Hawaiian island, 2; Mexico, 10; Spain,
3; Cuba, 5; Porto Rico, / U. S. OF Colombis,
4, and Uruguay, J. In the same yesr IL ,697
car wheels were exported, valued at $780,
SS2. They went to % different countries,
including England and Scotland. Mexico
took the most, $3.50; Cuba took 24z2; En-
gland, 2096, and Brazil 1913. During the
came period 2J64,648 pounds Of iron rails
were exported, British Columbia taking A.
500 pounds; Hawaiian Islands, Al ,122;
Hayti, 213, 400; Mexico, 309, S54; Cuba, i ,l09,-
377; Venezuela, 449,095. Steel rails were
exported as follows: Mexico, %, 4S7 pounds;
Cuba, 91,o47; Porto Rico, 1919; u. s. OF
Colombia, 25,l45; Uruguay, 2240.
Creosoting railroad ties to preserve them
having proved rather expensive, several of
the roads have concluded to cultivate the
catalpA and ailantus trees as the best means
OF securing serviceable ties. The Iron
Mountain company, that probably owns
more heavily timbered land than any otker
Ia the country, it is stated, has contracted
FOR the cultivation of a catal pa farm nesr
one of it's stations in Missouri. On this road
are catalpa ties that were laid nearly fifteen
years ago, and are apparently as sound as
ever. Il is authenticated that in Southern
Ohio, where one species OF catalpa il indi-
genous, there are posts and timbers of this
wood that have been in the ground full
century, and yet show no signs of decay.
These are hardy trees, and of a very rapid
growth. Although the ailantus is an impor-
Iation from China, still it and the catalpa
seem to find in the climates and soils of MIs-
.souri, Arkansas and Texas just what they re-
quire TO thrive upon.
The ST. Louis RaiI,c1y Register concludes
long and able article on the Cincinnati
OF East Tennessee and Kentucky have be-
gun 10 yield up their wealth, aud Cincinnati
has reaped harvest which well pays for the
seed and labor. We have heretofore spoken
of the influence the Cincinnati Southern has
exerted upon the South, and the stimulus it
has given TO the districts 1t penetrates; this
influence has been marked and beneficial
from the start. The new through lines and
the feeders and branches that have been and
are to be constructed will give the read
local traffic which will be exceeding profta-
BILE. To further demonstrate the value of
the through business il is only necessary to
allude to the fact that the East Tennesseee,
Virginia and Georgia system proposes to,
and soon will extend its Knoxville branch
through the mountains to connection with
the Kentucky Central, so ss TO have Cincin-
natl line which will parallel the Southern.
Cincinnati is looming up as a railroad CEN
ter, and its growth in the future must be
rapid and healthy"