The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-10
RAILROAD NEWS.

90 i4pNlNi ItDludIN UNI. II. u. Bulrltt
is hereby appointed California freight and
passenger agent, with office at Az Broad
way, New York.
Mr.. Burrltt will have charge of all traffic
originating in the New England states,
New York, New Jersey Pennsylvania, Del
aware and Maryland, destined for California
and points west of Ell Paso, Texas
III. NJ. HoxIE,
Approved General Manager.
r. S. HAYES, Senior Vice-President
1t is reported the Camden IL Atlantic
railroad has been bought by Vanderbilt and
will be added to Reading. The purchase is
said to be part of Vanderbilt's plan for
making Reading part of the new trunk
line from the seaboard to the west 1t will
also. it is asserted, enable Vanderbilt to
shut the Pennsylvania Central out of
Long Branch by taking from it
the Jersey Central tracks. Pennsyl-
vania people tried last month to
buy the Camden & Atlantic They wanted
II TO suppress competition with their West
Jersey line in traffic from this city to the
seashore. Since the alliance between
Gowen and Vanderbilt movement has
been actively pushed toward securing an
eastern outlet and the object has now been
accomplished. 1t is privately announced
that Reading with Vanderbilps backing
VIII navy u llllt nun lIt COuSl W
Chicago within fifteen months.
New York, February Stockholders of
the st, Louis d San Francisco railroad COM
pany, who presented themselves at the of
flee OF the company to-day for the purpose
of subscribing to the construction of the
Atlantic Il Pacific road under the circular
of January 30, were informed that by order
of President Winslow subscriptions have
been suspended for thepresent.
In Boston, however, the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railroad company is re-
ceiying the subscriptions and il is reported
that the st. Louis Il San Francisco com
pany will soon issue new circular in re-
gard to them.
An officer of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railway company said to-day that
that the report from Chicago to the effect
that the company intends to extend its
road to Chicago was doubtless based upon
the fact that there has been some informal
discussion as to the feasibility OF utilizing
several existing roads between Hannibal
Missouri and some point on the Chicago
division of the Wabash Pacific, for the pur-
pose of giving the Missouri, Kansas Il Texas
an independent entrance to Chicago. 1t
would be necessary to build only about
sixty miles of the road to connect the roads
alluded to and complete the connection.
! ANp ANillAN blilNlhl uNblbi Hi6 NGl Dttll
| taken.
General Superintendent Towne of the
/ Central Pacific railway, stated to cores
pondent that the company intends to pro-
coed in the spring with the construction on
the route it has surveyed from Cornne,
/ Utah, TO the Missouri river. The company
will complete the line between San Fran.
cisco and New Orleans by August. Super.
intendent Towne had no information about
the rumored consolidation with the Union
Pacific.
The Missouri Pacific railway of Nebraska
is completed to Sheridan, the centre oil
! Nemaha county, Nebraska and trains tC
Atchison will begin running on Monday
morning. The force constructing the road
has been doubled, and it is intended 10
finish to Omaha by April 1.
The Pacific railroad has been finished
from New Orleans to the Atchafalapa river
in this parish, and trains are running Ia
said river every day-iust below DR.. Hart.
mans place, and about two and half OF
three miles from Morgan's ferry. Work is
progressing on the unfinished gap between
the river and Cheneyville, and when that is
| finished the road will be done from San
Francisco to New Orleans-though trains
can run through by Opelousas now. The
| Pacific road will run about three miles west
! of Big Cane village in this parish.-TSt.
I Landry Democrat.
! Colonel Hatch, commanding at Custer,
Montana, telegraphs that the Crow chiefs
| complain of the cutting of ties for the
| Northern Pacific on their reservation.
General Manager Haupt states that no one
connected with the road had authority to
infringe the rights of the Indians.
bill to give the Mississippi, Albu-
querque IL lnter.0cean railroad company
the right-of-way through the Indian Tern.
| tory was presented to the senate by Senator
Garland,
The New York World says editorially
there is no doubt whatever the Illinois Cen
trail has practically concluded negotiations
for the lease of the line from Cairo to New
Orleans.
A corporation has been formed to build
an underground railroad in Philadelphia.
The tunnel will be ventilated bv air shafts
communicating with the surface, or by the
system of suction ventilation employed in
mines.
On the 3lst ult.. the Oregon Il California
railroad let the contracts for all bridges and
trestlcs on the first thirty.iive miles of the
extension south of Roseburg, to A. S. Miller
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