Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


for the frat week in September increased
SlS,317. Coal mined by the company from
January Ist TO September 9Th, 565.792 tons.
same time in 1884, 484, $50 tons-increase'
81 ,442 tons.
The annual report Of the Texas Pacific
Company shows gross earnings from the East
ern dIvlsloD for thirteen months ending June
80, 1882, oil =, 438,97S; expenses, 81 629, S52
leaving net earnings, ss09, l26; from the Rio
Grande dIVision for FIVE months, from the
time oil opening 10 June 80, the gross earn
Ings were $s4s,754, and net earnings S3I3, $50.
The Birmingham (AIs.) Age, of Thursday,
states that "the Louisville and Nashville
tram now carries what is called the yellow
Z fever car. This car transports only nasssn-
tgers from the fever districts, and mig OF more
appropriately be called the "refugee car"
NO person is allowed 10 enter this car. and
the passengers are kept locked up therein an
til taey reach their journeys end"
The New York Stock Exchange hss -sriSira
to the List 81 900 oil the general consoli-
ytEreu sru railway end land grant mortgage
i've per cent. bonds of the ST. Ionis Tren
Mountain and Southern Railway COMPANY.
numbered 32,551 TO 81 ,002 inclusive. these
bands are Issued on a branch line of rail-
way extending from Knobel 10 Forrest CITY.
distance OF ninety-ssyen miles, now COM
pleted and in operation, and are at the rate
oil $4,000 per mile on said branch.
Rapid progress is making on the Mem
phis, Brunswick and Selma road. The
gr aiding between here and Holly Springs is |
4 spout completed, and track-laying will |
zcpmmence within the next week or two. |
Major Busby, fret vice-president and execu. |
tive othcer OF the road, stated to an APPEAL |
reporter last evening that 1000 tons of rails
had been received At Holly Springs, and |
that a like amount would be landed at
Memphis in a few days. Two carloads of
spikes were received yesterday. Major
Bnsby says the road will be open for bust
-ness between Memphis and Holly Springs by
the middle of December.
The connection between the Crowley
Ridge branch of the st. Louis, Iron Noun
tain and Southern railroad aud the Iron
Mountain and Helena railroad at Forrest
City was accomplished at noon Thursday
10 make the connection it was necessary to |
cross the track of the Memphis and Little
Rock railroad at that point. The latter
road has three tracks at Forrest City-a eide !
track, the main track and a turn-tsble track.
The civil engineer made a mistake in calcu-
lating the angle of tho latter crossing, but
since the Memphis and Little Rock railroad
has no immediate use for its turn-table
track, the frog thereon was placed "cat-a-
cornered," until such time as correct one
can be obtained. The connection is COM
plete.
According to the railway returns for the :
United Kingdom, just issued, the total ex-
tent of railways in the United Kingdom is {
1915 miles, al increase of 242 miles during :
the year. The total paid-up capital is {
e745, 528, 1872, of which ordinary stock stands I
at e275, 935,904. The total cost per mile is I
thus s41, 0l9. A bearing upon the much.
Yexed question of capital expenditure, the !
steady growth Of the average cost within the
past ten years may be noted. In 1871 the
cost was but e35,943 per mile. The total
receipts of the companies are stated st $780, !
557 ,442, an increase OF eI,065, sly over those {
of 1880. Passenger traffic contributed e27,- :
46l, $40, and goods e3e, 446, 592, the relative
proportions being much above the same 1
during the last len years. The receipts per l
train mile average IS I'D, while ten years
since they We're 81 Sd. The best results were
obtained in 1874, when So Sd per train mile
was received, but since that period steady
decrease il noticeable {