The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-27
RAILROAD ITEMS,

The Northern Pacific track is laid 10 n pol nt
twenty miles east OF Pen Oreille lake
the land sales of the Northern Pacific April
sold for sll60l
Railroad property in Georgia increased two
and quarter million dollars in value last wear
some promi cnt citizens of Chico IRE discuss.
ing tne project OF building narrow gauge road
from that place to the Sacramento river. 10 fur.
nish better facilities 10 farmers and horticul.
tursts to get their products TO this market
CITY OF MEXICO April 2L-An extension of
one year has been granted on the concession for
extending The Morelos railway ON Ju ntla TO
Acapulco on condition that the company begins
work within four months
The total value of railroad prosperity In Color
ado in 1881 was sl7,6i5OG. an increase OF 20, 900.
The Virginia Midland railroad is soon to have
double track from Alexandria To Manassas, lhe
business OF the road requiring it. This. IL h
SAID, VIII be but the iorerunner of double
track 10 Lynchburg.
Chief Engineer Dun, Of the Frisco line Is
pushing the work of construction of the Arkan.
sas division between Winslow and Fort Smith.
heavy force OF men is kept at work
day and night tnnnelling the Boston mountains
~ Winslow This tunnel will be 200 feet in
lehgth ana Is inc most extensive piece Of rail.
road sork of It's kind In the state OF Arkansas
In 1851, ls7 miles of new railroad were oprned
Tor traffic IN Austria and 40 IL In Hungary. IN
twenty different lines, the longest being 80 IL
miles long.
The citizens at Rogers, Arkansas, propose IN
have a grand celebration ON the 10Th OF NAV,
The h'st Anniversary of tho opening of thp
Frisco line to their place, which q year ago had
about dozen houses and rairoad depot.
Rogers now has population of over l,2OO peo.
pie, ana bids lair to be one of the leading cities
OF northern Arkansas. The officers of the
Frisco Hue intend being present with the Rogers
citizens 'I
The initial steps in the survey of the Baja Cali.
fornia & Sonora railroad company were taken nj
san Diego ON the 18th Instant The SURVEYORS
soon reached the Mexican Hue, where thny were
met py eA-Govefnnr Alas and Others, and an nm.
proprlG5e celebration of the undertaking was
an additional subsidy of 5000 per mile 10 Tho
road Work will be commenced within si,,s,
days Of each end of the line, ''""
On tuesday two aud half miles of track
were lnld on the Denver extension OF the Burl.
ington road About my miles remain ia be
ma WIN Track 10 complete the line TO Denver
tuesday achievement was the largest work yet
performed many single day on that extension
nn hS IIooe c says For once the great
Colonel J; W, taramore, presiden, OF the Texas
~ 81 Louis railway. When the Cairo * 81 Iouis
Narrow Gauge, which, Ia all appearances was
wanted BY taramore was sold TO other parties
everybody thought Gould had the Texas & ST.
LOU. IN his grasp, This turns the other way
and The paramore party turns up with tripaft
ilc compact the Illinois Central, Cairo Short.
linc and ITSELF with through lii o between
Chicago and st. Louis and oil points reached by
The Texas Il St Louis In Arkansas and Texas
The contract covered a period Of nfty years and
cas Tor through passenger coaches and
sleopgrs In and out OF Union Depot ni
81 Louis The three companies srrre
furnish an equal amount of transiera.
pio trucks, and hosting apparatu,
wiz be constructed III Cairo, This will not in.
wtivIc Win The Interchange OF traffc between
the Texas n ST. Louis and other narrow rauue
| ruais, butt will insure To the benefit of ihc
uomiherCe OF ~ Louis aud Chicago, inaImuch
~ " VIII enable the roads named " compete
| Win alnpsl every line owned By Gould entering
IeN@ Ills automatically stated that the com.
Year. '' W. "'"
An order has'gone into sfrte. dis, harsiur ton
conduct rs ON the Cincinnati, Hamilton a Day.
| on failroau and i've Oh the DAYTON a Nirhisan
most OF them have been In ,he employ of the
company nom twelve W twenty -four years The
cause IL not definitely known. IL IA rsportcd'
however INA! The discharged men are aus.
Rec'sd oi having done crooked work
me nieuds " she men indiu.
nantly deny this story. aud say that their Ions
connection with the foads aud their uood rrpu.
ssuou make such charges absurd. The recent
feslgnauon OF superintendent Dwight Is ssid h,
nave beecn occsslcned by the fact 'thst these
femeven wcrv ordered. and he did moi thint
tney mould bs made. The vscaikries have
esea niisd " the promotion Of height conduc.
Anons shs bills ,siors shs railway lcoum,,,.s
!. sne D0nln!Pn lsfislalus2 . enc (hich BRO.
! 49, u W. 70 9s ~ hef1ssl rndoa and