The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-21

Rugby sly, ITO minutes, one minute stop.
page; Midland (kettering 72), 81 minutes
no stoppage; Southwestern Salisbury SSi),
III minutes, three minutes stoppage; Great
Eastern (Stowmarket S!cl, l2i minutes, five
minutes stoppage.
An inside item In connection with the
purchase by Gould and Huntington Of the
81. LOUIS 4 San Francisco ROAD has been
impaired TO the Times. Ii is said that
Sellgman wanted the Atichison, Topeka
q Santa Re people to buy his interest His
price was S6,0O00o0. The Alchison folks
offered sooO,OOO, which was declined, and
while they We're slowly debating among
themselves whether il would not be wise to
take 1t at S6Oo0,0oo, Gould and Huntington
paid over the money and captured the con-
troll; And now it is rumored that the
Atkinson directors are kicking themselves
Tor not having been a little more active in
their deliberations.
Superintendent Sands, who travelled over
the New Orleans Pacific ON tour of in
spection last week reports the road in bad
condition, but says that he has accepted
los miles the road south of Shreveport,
or as far rs Chaneyvlle. This will still
leave 2Gi miles to undergo inspection and
acceptation at his hands, lie SAYS it win
be impossible 20 run through trains before
| Aprll list, rs the GU are in a terrible cundi-
ton. owing TO the rains of the last few
! weeks.
Forty men have been shipped from Brain.
erd for the Yellowstone, and another forty
fomChicago. In an interview withNorthern
Pacific officials at Brainerd they stated that
| work on the line next season would be
pressed forward as rapidly ms money and
men could do IL, and that they expect 70
build at least 400 miles along the Yellow
stone.
At a meeting to-day of stockholders of
the Memphis & Little Rock railroad COM
pany, the following board of directors was
elected; Jay Gould, r. \. Maynard
Charles Essex, T.. X Sibley, b. c. Brown
The board then elected the following
officers +, A. Maynard, president; H. X
Sibley general manager; b. G. Brown, gem
J eral attorney Thomas Essex, land agent;
} a. ii. Calef, treasurer; NJ. W. Goodwin,
secretary and assistant treasurer.
Speaking of General Manager HoXie's
present visit to Arkansas and Texas, the
Arkansas Democrat says that he is "a
straightforward, plain-speaking man, and
.. tells facts striking straight from the Shout
der, He corrected many erroneous i'm.
pressions and made hosts OF friends, not
only among his employees, but outsiders
men of business, as WELL
Following the above compliment the
r Little Rock reporter, instead Of Interviewing
: dnates and obtained the following: "Witl
view OF ascertaining if there was any
!, change of feeling among the men, the Dem
!; ocrat reporter called on one OF the locomo
0 tive engineers, an honest, quiet well-to-d(
0 employe, and asked him the question
A straight
:. Yes, sir, +" replied the engineer" "Mr
HoXie has removed much, ii not all of tn,
; prejudice against him; He treated us al
= like we were men, and for my part took
!; liking for the 'old man.. The boys go
Q down on him in II great measure because o
. the PISS circulars"
"What was il ?''
"He issued circular forbidding III,
issuance of passes to employees by division
-, superintendent and master mechanics, anl
it made the boys hot. The pass system,
believe, had been abused and the old maj
, decided to take it into his own hands, a
least for while, and allow no passes issue,
IS except through his office. The engineer
% appointed q committee to see Mr.. HoxiC
DO He received them very kindly, and the con
10 ference was entirely satisfactory The boy
OO were told that they could have passes b
0S writing him, and that their families coul
mn also receive the same courteSies as heretoior
% when going to or returning from tn
6 north. The master mechanic is simply r,
s quired to indorse the letter Why, one
the fircmen told me that he entered NJ
- ioxie's car while il was standing in I'll
yard, and telling him he had written for
pass for his wife, asked why he ignored i
IL The fireman was pleasantly received, an
Of requested to he seated. Il expected to |
fired out, said The fireman, nut instead
ia that Mr.. Hoxie told me he had no doul
nd received my letter. but not KNOWN
IN whether or not ] was u fireman, he had r
ierred 1t to the master mechanic for his Il
he dorsement. l1elievc Mr.. Hoxie intends
,ir do the right thing by us ALL "
"a, FRETGUTS.