The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-12
RAILROAD ITEMS.

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s.. Paul road FOR the past six months were
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1t is reported that Colonel A. W Sopor has ra-
signed the general managership Of the Wagner
seeping-Car company. No reason for the resig-
nation has TRANSFERRED Mr.. Sopcr left the ser
vice Of the 81. Louis ~ Iron Mountain road u
year ago to accept place with the Wagner
company.
At this time the five railroads running out OF
st Louis havca daily average of only 10 cars
Of freight among the whole of them. Such
facts give point to President Roberts remark
That there was not enough traffic to pay cost Of
transportation
Captain R, $ Hayes of the Missouri Pacific.
says that, SO far Us they relate to himself there
Is no truth in the rumo1s regarding u contemp-
lated reorganization of TIE management OF tho
Wabash. He adds that he has all the affairs he
can properly administer in connection with the
6OOO miles Of railroad of which he is y'ce-prssi.
dent The inventive genius of good many
people is apparently directed solely to the fabrl
cation of stories affecting In one way or another
the management of the Wabash railway. Tho
only apparent reason for this sort of thing is
that II is Gould road, and rs Gould is shunling
his deck continually, 1t is therefore allowable to
assume that he is always getting ready to turn
| somebody out andput somebody else in.
Boston exchange says, THE LeAvenworth,
| Topeka n Southwestern railroad company, OF
| Kansas, which recently made Il mortgage TO the
American Loan aud Trust company. OF this city,
for 81 ,5OOOOO has found that railroad building Il
expensive To build fifty eight miles of road be-
tween Leaycnworth and Topeka, the promoters
| organized CONSTITUTION company with 100000
capital, and Si6l, 900 in cash was paid in This
has been expended, and now the construction
| company subscribers have got to put in another
$4,000 TO get their road into the capital of Kan
| sas for the road VIII cost early 5000 per
mile. Alta fair price for the bonds now. being
! issued at the rate of SIS 900 per mile, the con
slructon company may get anew dollar for m
| old one,
The line Of the Northern Pacific railroad will,
on or about August lst he comr' 70 ! .nd ~ op.
Grafton TO Rock island, 5"C1 ~ EAST Of Portland
from which pou ~ aw s,.a ner now being
cOnSuucltu -four miles further
east inNki" "nus transportation line
| IRON IorlNdu 10 w. SIX miles of the mouth
| of Thompson rivera distance of $50 miles from
| Portland. From the terminus Of the line 10
! Missouri there IS n" excellent road The dis
! lance is only 100 miles, while from Butte, tho
! terminus of the Utah 4 Northern to Mis.oula,
| the distance Is 1870 miles.
The Chicago Times. quarrel has been In pro
greSS for some weeks among the southwestern
| railway lines over the live stock traffic Tho
| marketing Ut Texas cattle forms nm important
Item OF freight with the railroads leading toward
Chicago, The revenue derived from this trans.
| port0uOn Is enormous. The pooling axrcc-
| nent provides for II fixed appOrtOument OF
| this tnflc among the different lines. Last year
| the OCk Of Texas brand was shipped in nearly
| equal quantities over the Gould lines via st
| Louis and Hannibal, aud over the Kansas roads
| via Kansas city The stock shipped via Kansas
| City was driven from Texas up through Indian
| Territory To the AlchiSOn, Topeka & Santa Fe
aud the Gulf Colorado " Fort Scott railroads. 1t
| is said that the shippers of live stock complain
| ed ot The treatment received Mt the hands of the
Missouri ME- Kansas \ Texas, part Of
| me Missouri Pacific system, and
| formed combination with hostile in
| tcntions. They alleged that the stock was de-
| tanned at s,ucEyardS TO enable certain parties To
| benefit by Tie collection of charges for feeding.
| They also alleged that stock was often diverted
unnecessarily through 81 Louis for similar self
| ism reasons. Claims were presented for
| damages but Ms Is alleged by the. shippers
they were not allowed, Theu certain shippers
| combined, rs has been stated, and. with Inc
opening Of the live stock season II month ago,
Put their hostile resolution into effect. II il said
| that lhiS combination represents about onc.half
| OF the live stock interest in Texas All the
business that these pa ties could control or in
ilucncc has been directed through Kansas CITY
| IL lrNnhpircS that u week or ten DAYS aro tho
freight agents Of the Missouri Pacific aud the
| WABASH railways agreed upon through rate
for Texas live stock which was so divided he.
tween the roads as tn give the shipper chenper
haul via the wabash from St. Louis to Chicago
than via the other roads. One OF tn" connecting
lines, II Is understood demanded the cancclla.
| ton of the discriminating rate with an
accompanying threat that If not corrected
~ once the rate nom both st Louis and
| KANSAS CITY would bo cut SIS pur car
| load When the attention of Messrs HOPKINS
| and GOult Of the Wabash, and Mr. Ilnycs Of tho
| Immediately ordered the cancellation of the OBJ.
Jcctionablc rate Recently Mr. Hayes held a
nconiCrcncc with some OF the hostile shippers,
but whether the latter were COnCiliutCd has moi
IrnnsGired. Meanwhile the shippers who nrc
friendly ~ the could lines are working zchously
Tor their fayornte rates, and, II reports are not
exaggerated, those lines are securing fair
share OF the live stock traffic. In spite OF The
hostility OF the combination. The movement OF
live stock IL very. large, All the southwestern
lines terminating here IRE receiving and trans.
porting Ml the trnllic ~ this kind they can
handle with dispatch and safety