The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-12


there viii he an additional six miles ready for
q day.
Alta meeting of the board of directors of the
Memphis Charleston railroad, held SATURDAY
afternoon, plan for consolidation with the East
Tenn ssee, Virginia 4 Georgia railroad was ia
yored, and the stockholders have been called 10
meet ON the I'D OF June 10 confirm the proposed
consolidation.
The Atchison, Topeka L Santa Fe is surveying
branch line from Sedgwick City seventeen
siles north o. wichita through the counties Of
with western terminus at Dodge City.
A photograph is soon TO be taken Of locomo-
i've standing, on the first span OF Canon
Diable bridge, with the COW catcher extending
Jonesboro Times 9th; The track on the Iron
Mountain branch has been laid several miles
south of this place. The contractors expect 10
reach the Poinset county line by the last Of this
week MI Moore, the new contractor on the
narrow-guage has considerable force at work
clearing right-of.wsy and grading near town,
An old style anthracite locomotive in twenty
SIX days consumed ITO tons steamboat coal, cost.
ing about S2s2 The huge dirt.burning engines
OF the Reading railroad company, in tho same
time, now consume lis tons of buckwheat coal
which costs fraction over SOL, a saving in the
matter of fuel of S22l more than enough TO pay
Tor engineer, fireman and oil.
The projectors of the Wisconsin Iowa & Ne.
braska road claim TO be amply backed by
English and Scotch capital and state that the
distance from Milwaukee to Nebraska City by
their survey is 53l miles, The president
OF he enterprise is DIR. George Glyck, Of Mar,
shalltown.
The ishpeming Agitat'r says: We have not
heard anything further of the project of the Chi
caso Northwestern railroad company TO ex-
tend It's line from this point to Michigamlne, aud
II is altogether likely that the work will not be
begun this spring.
The promoters of the proposed Texas, Santa
q Mott N.a.... IA -.
10 grade the road within the next thirty DAYS.
The road win run from Espanola TO Santa Fee,
thence TO the Cerrll9S mines and coal-bcds
thence to Bernalillo and Albuquerque, and
thence on south The business men Of Santa
re and Bernalillo counties, II is said Will sub
scribe 100000, aud IL is expected that these
counties will each vote the company 500 600 In
aid OF the enterprise
DIS MONIES Iowa, April 5-pryate dis
patches received here last night say contracts
have been signed In New York with European
and eastern capitalists for all the money neces-
say to build and equip the Wisconsin, Iowa ~
Nebraska railroad, from McGrcgor, via Des
MOnes, to Nebraska City, to Il connection with
the Pacific road. George i. Wools,on of New
York is To be the superintendent OF construc-
ton.
An express messenger on Il Fort Wayne train
heard strange noises at night from a large box
billed TO Philadelphia. When he pried OF the
top, out stepped an old man named Jerry
McAuley, who had been shipped from No. III
west Monroe street, Chicago. in the most eco
nomical manner. The express matter remains
III the hands of the officials at Delphos, Ohio.
PINE BLUFF, ARK, April S.-Coloucl ] W.
Faramore, of St Louis, president OF the st.
Louis a Texas narr W gauge railway company.
reached here yesterday evening lie is on a
tour of inspection, and II is said that the precise
location of the bridge across the Arkansas river,
in this vicinity, Will be determined upon before
he leaves. This city presenting many adyan-
tages and inducements IL is thought that the
machine ghOug will no established hero
Jonn ". Mass, general passenger agent of the
Atlantic Il Pacific, advises connecting lines
that the road is completed and In full operation
10 Winslow, Arizona, 2S5 miles west of Albu.
querquo New Mexico, and that the Co-opera.
tive Mail and Passenger Transportation com.
pany has established line of first. class Con.
cord coaches between the end of the track and
Prescott, Arizona, The rate from Albuquerque
by rail and stage TO Prescott Is S5l,l5,
LITTLE Rock, ARK, April Work on the 81
Louis j. Texas road, between Pine Bluff and
Camden is going ahead rapidly and averages
one mile per day. The road will be built to
Saline river thirty miles south of Pine Bluff by
May |, and to Camden some time in September.
ifn earlier. From Camden II will be pushed
To TeNarkana as speedily as money and men
can build II. Work on the Texarkana end ofthc
road toward Camden Is reported progressing fa-
vonbly, and contractors say that when the Pine
Bun division is built TO Camden the TeNarkana
line will also be in running order 10 that place.
The Sonora railroad stockholders reelected
tile FORMER directors ana me lnlter me former
officers. The annual report states that fair pro-
gress III construction has been made II is ex-
pected that the road will be completed to Mag.
dalena by May |. and TO Gales by September |.
The line selected has been approved, and the
companys relations with the Mexican govern.
ment are satisfactory. The whole amount sub
scrbed under the four circular calls is now 49, Co.,
200, which Is believed 10 be sufficient to com.
plete the road from Guayamas 10 Gales, and
supply the rolling stock. Two hundred and four
kllOmcterS have been upCeptcd nv the pOVprn-
ment and II subsidy of sl,i2s, 70 Is due the com.
pauy