The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-26

EXPORTS
This Year, Last Year
RAILROAD ITEMS,

A TRAIN In process of construction by the |
Pullman Palace Car company for the Nickel
Plate road consists OF II baggage car smoking
car dining car, and two Sleepers. The plat.
forms are to be inclosed thus making the train
practically one car.
The transportation business of tho Texas &
New Orleans Pacific has assumed such magni-
Iude that thirty new engines and several hun.
dred new cars have been ordered, some of which
have arrived and been placed on the line
The Pennsylvania railroad company has be-
gun crusade against baseball, and forbidden
attendance of employees at baseball matches or
the discussion of baseball matters during work.
Ing hours. 1t is claimed that the baseball
fever had become so great that 1t interfered
with business,
The construction VI the Mexican Central rail.
way is progressing rapidly aud satisfactorily
About log miles of steel has Just been received
Some 400 miles OF the line has been located with
maximum grade of 81 feet TO tho mile. Not a
single mountain has yet been encountered
Eighty iron bridges have recently been ordered
from England 10 replace the wooden bridges on
the line.
The secretary of the interior has n commupt
Gallon from tho general counsel Of the Northern
Pacific railroad company informing him that
the company on the 18th instant paid the treas.
uter of the United States S46l32 the cost of sur
yeying, selecting aud conveying 1896 acres of
land in Minnesota for which patents wetc issued
tho company In 1873 This payment Is in ac-
cordauce with n decision of the interior depart
ment June Z, lSS9, but is made under protest and
without waving any of the company's rights,
Tho annual meeting Of the stockholders of the
| Northern Pacific Railroad company was held At
| New York. President Wizards report showed
the net earnings to be slSiG46j and the number
| OF miles operated 49, There are ~ miles OF
track yet 10 be built During the year 4G5 POS
acres OF land were sold for 81 700 S3S the average
| price being 81 90 per acre. Tho officers ut last
year were reelected
The Pullman Car company will soon deliver TO
| the Texas a ST lOuig Marrow ltnuuN rDnl lis
| entire passenger equipment among which are
| Eight baggage and mail cars, eight iirstClaSs
passenger coaches, eight second class passenger
| coaches, aud eight baggage cars The plllmau
company Will furnish the road with its slceperS,
aud is now building eight of the latest style cars
for service on the road. These sleeping cars are
arranged so that they can be used between Chi.
Cago and all points on the Narrow GuagC road,
| At Cairo the trucks are changed. thus making
the rood practically through line from Chicago
aud points on the Texas n St Louis
The attack OF the bears In New York on the
| Union Pacific had no effect on state street Bos
ton. The fact of the ease is" sad a prominent
director the Union Pacific company is expected
to do what no other railroad company docs--
build 500 miles Of branches per year, aud pay In
terest ami dividends Wholly from the earnings
OF the road, The company has floating deb
OF some sS00l0O0 or sL0lNOl0, which Il Is pro
posed to provide for by the issue Of trust bonds
an amount not yet determined. II may hI
S,@4O0O boy probably smaller sum- The loan
| NhlNN ~ ~ HINllNNcN W ltkNllhNt II HEtNlHtlA
similar To that VI tho 100000 recently PLACED
by the Atchisor company IN Europe. Bonds OF
branch lines will be deposited as collateral II
trust and the bonds Of the company issued for
lower rate OF interest the revenue from the dit
ference IN rate being set aside rs n sinking fun,
against the redemption Of the bonds As no at
tempt has yet been made TO negotiate this loan
II can hardly be termed failure As the Dor
rowing capacity of the company iS being oN
hsnsted. parties holding fluids are In almoS
daily asking the company to borrow
Tho Times Washington dispatch says 9TH,
law requires that 4 favorable report OF commits
tioners upon completed scctonsDf the Northern
Pacific road shall be followed by the issue o
patents from that part Of the leud grant lyinl
along the accepted sections. The acceptance b.
the president on September 10th oftho report .
Messrs, A, n johnson, Scott Il sauhorn In
wolves. therefore, the issuing Of patents 10 TN
company for more than 6,0O0,000 acres OF land
Tho distance was 2ll miles, aud IN terrltoric
tho grant Is 70 sections per mile, II the y
miles lie entirely In teritorries, then the nc
ceptAncc carries with Il patents for 3 600 acres
} or an area nearly equal to that OF Massac huseil
and Rhode Island combined. The total giyeI
J above may be reduced, because q part OF the &c
ceptcd road lies In staia whore tho grant
only 70 sections per mile"