The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-08
RAILROAD ITEMS.

RAILROAD ITEMS.
A PRIVATE letter received by gentleman in
Dallas from one of the officials of the Chicago
return to Texas NJ present Mr.. Odell is on his
way there, and will take charge of all matters
connected with the road The company are ar
ranging for money 10 settle all claims. | think
they will pay everything within the next three
weeks. will probably be in Dallas when they
are ready TO settle.
Jay Gould was elected president Of the Inter-
national Il Great Northern railroad.
That portion of the Northern Pacific which
spans Lake Pen d oreille has been completed.
The earnings of the Denver x Rio Grande for
March amounted to s53i055; same month last
year, s59S, 49, Earnings since LIST January, 81
i39. 956, same period last year. s., O23, go.
II is reported that contractors on the Hell Gate
division of the Northern Pacific have had trou'
BILE with their employees on account of wages,
and that nearly the full force has quit.
The Union Pacific company expect TO grade
the Oregon Short Line TO Baker City, and lay
over three hundred miles of track this season.
Rails are down TO within eight miles of snake
river
The Mexican Central annual report shows to-
tal earnings since the opening of the road In
September last to March !, of SllS,07S each
month. and an increase of liabilities and assets
respectively of $40, $50 81.
4 party of surveyors Of the Santa Fe road are
said to be quietly prospecting for u route from
Caldwell Kansas, through the Indian Territory
TO Weatherford, Texas, i'll order to be ready tor
work when congressional assent is secured.
The government has accepted the Mexican
Central railroad from FL Paso del Norte south 10
chihuahua. The first locomotive for this road
reached Celaya, north of Mexico.
Track Is laid on the New York, Chicago u
st. Louis road as follows: Fort Wayne to Bel
lairc, 1913 miles Bellairc east - miles; Cleveland
east, 50 miles; Fort Wayne west, 20 miles; VAL
paraiso east g. miles; Valparaiso west Is miles;
Breton east, mile--a total of 315 miles,
Regular trains have been started the
Louisville Evansville 4 ST. Louis railway, the
St Louis Air Line. The traits now run only to
Oakland City, Indiana distance OF ninety
to Louisville and will probably not be until
July. When completed the road will form one
of the gnlndest trunk lines to the east, making
the time between ST. Louis and Louisville five
hours less than on the Ohio ~ Mississippi
| The Tombstone Nugget says that the track of
the Southern Arizona will be finished to Critten.
den about May LIST II will probably be about
I four months before Calabasas is reached, as
countcred In one locality Il is estimated that
two miles. Of the road will cost $4,000 for grad
| ing alone. This place is below Sanf0rd's ranch,
| in the soneita valley where slNty'tye foot cut
| through solid rock will have TO be made. There
are 300 men and 1000 teams at work on the
road and there Is Il constant demand formore
men.
The promoters of the proposed Texns. Santa
! Fe & Northern railroad Will, II Is said commence
| to grade the road within the next thirty days.
| The road will ruu from Espanola TO Santa Fc,
| thence Ia the CcrrilOs mines and coal beds,
/ thence TO Bcrn0lillo and Albuquerque, and on
south. The business men OF Santa Fc and Der
nulillo counties II is said, will subscribe s20op
/ and 1t is expected that these counties will each
vote the company $4,000 In sid Of the enter.
| prise.
The Prescott, Arizona, Democrat announces
! that the Atchison Topeka & Santa Pc railroad
company is making every endeayor In It's power
to prevent being delayed this year in It's bust.
ness as II was last summer by washouts caused
| by the cloudburst and watcrSpouts In New Mex
leo. In some places the line Of the
road has been changed and In others
ballasted heavily, while at all practicable points
iron suspension bridges arc being put In over
! the gulllcs and wnter-courses lhe experience
of last summer will enable the company 10 avoid
a repetition Of the same accidents ON 80 large n
seal. In the future.
The Portland orcgonlan of the 18th instant
says; Yesterday the first work was done on the
railroad 10 connect Portland with the Dalles.
Thursday evening the last rail between the Cas-.
cadeS and the Dalles was laid, and u train passed
over the road yesterday. Regular passenger
and freight trains will he put ON rs soon rs the
road is hallasted. IL Is conceded by all cXpc.
rienced men who have seen the work that nc
other railroad In the United states presents In
lorly-SN continuous miles-tho distance between
the two places namcd-likc engineering difficult
ties Nearly .ifth ofthc line is made OF bridge,
and the remainder Is through solid reck. IL
cost will not be far from s2,S00,010 That II wa
completed within n year reflects no little credi
on the enterprise of the Oregon Railway and Ma
vigation company and the ability aud energy
of the engineers and superintendent ofconstruc
ton,
The report that the Union Pacific had de
tcrmincd to abandon all work on the Oregon
Short line is utterly without any foundation
, Assistant General Manager kimball, " IN,
Union 'ncihC, says that every nerve T. hcinl
strained tn push the Oregon short line ~ rapidly
rs possible. Track has been laid within eigh
miles A EnalN fiyaN The irnu hFiiun n Auak,
, river will be In position In n few weeks and /
large grading force will soon commence worl
west OF Snake river, aud from there 10 Woo,
river and Bulsc City, Idaho work will bt
contracted for, and are rolled and shipped Il
, the front II Ia expected this season To grad
To Baker City, and to lay between 800 and 10
, miles of track.
By the report Of the Executive council OF low
on railroad valuation In that state, II appear
that there are nine roads In the state which las
year sustained loss under their earnings; tina
H. nine roads that fell short of earning enough
tn meet all expenses, They are I'LL either nortl
or south lines, or lines which have points ~ ter
ninal neither east nor west nor north nor south
= hut tho points between these. The road whicl
4 shows the greatest loss l. the Minneapolis \ 81
Louis, witch suffered shortage Of So, ib2 ~
The other roads with their losses are as follows
, Abba y Morayls, Ngl5.2l; Nebraska iiy
, Northern Il Northeastern, sl065s 49, the low
, Midland, sl9ti06i the Toledo 4 Northwestern
Isli. iGlb0 the Rock river branch Of the Chicago
! Milwaukee 4 81. Paul st0OdoS the Council
!, Blufrs * ~ Louis SIS 400, the ST. Louis, OI
/, tumwa & Cedar Rapids. sLg71.3a The gros
earnings Of the main lines IN lows were rs fol
4 lows burlington, Cedar Rapids 4 Northern
: 81, bi Sal.7 ~ Chicago, burlington 4 quincy
SsSS, Ohi w. Chicago 4 Northwestern, So ~, 6Ss
|, Rock Island, sSS7i,sG?; Illinois Central, si,Sb
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!. rREiGuTs
Gu cotton from Dallas, are ns follows
: Per 100 POUNDS. Per 100 Pounds
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