The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-18
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RAILROAD ITEMS.

THE Augusta q Knoxville railroad has been
completed to Greenwood, South Carolina.
On the 4th the Mexican National completed
its road from the City Of Mexico TO Toluca.
The Paralyilo & Los Reyes road in Mexico,
lacks only 500 metres of completion.
RAILROAD men are bringing n strong pressure
TO bear upon the Indiana state board of cquali-
cation to induce them to reduce the assessment
for taxes TO those of 1880 So depressed has
business been with them that the roads feel too
poor to pay the advance in taxation made in
1851.
Senator Cockrell has introduced into the sen.
ate a bill to repeal all laws granting public lands
to the state of Missouri to aid IN the construction
ana extension of the st. Louis " Iron Mountain
railroad, and TO declare such lands In the state
OF Missouri forfeited to the United States.
j. o. Welsh informs us that the willows and
Tehama extension is now completed for the run
ming OF trains to Il point four miles from Ger
mantown, and that the grading will be finished
to Teh0ma in about two weeks.
The railroads centering In Chicago continue to
be heavy purchasers of real estate. The Lake
Shore road bought 1870 feet on the corner OF
South Clark and Stowcll streets for sl74S7 The
Western Indiana secured % feet on Fourth ave-
nue., north of Twelfth street. for 81, 200
The Marietta Il North Georgia railroad track is
completed beyond bah Ground" thirty seven
miles from Marietta, Georgia, and is expected TO
be laid TO Jasper thirteen miles beyond "Ball
Ground" this fall. This road Is three. feet
gauge, and will stop at Murphy, North Carolina
where II taps the Carolina system of railroads.
COLUMBUS, o July H,-The scioto VALLEY
railway company to-day by vote of 1900
shares agreed 10 extend the line from Colum
| bus, Ohio TO Fort Wayne, Indiana, increasnl
Its length 100 miles. making II 300 The capita
Atocs was increased from 5000 coo TO $40 600 600
ana new mortgage was authorized on the prop
erly OF TSOl,O0O, which is termed general con
solidation mortgage, the design being to tax,
up the existing mortgage and mako this the onlN
mortgage on the property.
Camden, Arkansas, Beacon 18th: We went VI
| TO the place where the big bridge Is being bull
across the Ouachita, Tuesday and found tn
ground covered with tlmbers, irons and building
materials generally. The center caisson is SUM
md and the work is progressing finely
The Paremore road is making rapid strides to
wards completion. The design Of the cOmpan,
fall WV" WY WI
The railways In New South Wales are owneC
anu operated'by the government In 1881, aftc
paying working expenses cost OF maintenance
ana all other charges, n net profit of j.3l pc
cent still remained. This gratifying result wa
achieved In the face Of the fact that the charge
for carrying passengers and freight were lowe
on the New South Wales roads than in tn
| United Kingdom or any of the other colonies
The general opinion seems TO DO that the gov
ernment management has been fully as econom
zeal us when the roads were under private con
troll. 1t is expected that still further reduction
made.
Bids were opened In ST. Louis on Monday 70
the building of the Eureka Springs railroad
tuesday II was announced that there were ST.
bids, the lowest being Jones X Cowan, wei
known Texas contractors, and TO whom the joI
was awarded, They will commence work i'm
mediately and give bond TO have il completed
by December ist The company has purchase,
steel rails aud will lay Its own track The roa,
VIII run between Seligman and Eureka Springs
n distance of twenty miles The money TO builj
ana equip the road is put up by cX.GOvcrno
Powell Clayton, Colonel Taylor, Il Bacr, Logal
II. Roots and H. &, Kerens. The securities q
the company will not be placed on the market
heretofore II has been the custom for passen
gers starting from Chicago TO send their bag
gageto the depotby express Wagons or othe
conyeyances, with the expectation that the raj
road companies would receive il, store itand be
come responsible for II until the owner called /
have II checked TO his destination Many sneak
thieves have taken advantage OF the fact thg
this baggage bore no checks, and have elaine
1t, and have succeeded II appropriating Il goo
many pieces. To obviatc this difficulty In Ia
future. and TO protect the owners of the hagEag
the Chicago Il Northwestern railway Compan
hus determined TO issue depot claim checks ,
its Wells street depot giving duplicate To Ia
oxpreSsm0u or whoever delivers the baggag,
and will from aud after July 10 refuse TO Tccely
any baggage from any city conveyance unle,
the drivers thereof will receive aud deliver
the owners the duplicate claim checks. Raf
gage will not be received at the Wells street d,
pot after the date mentioned from the drivers ,
express wagons or hacks who will not receIy
the claim checks as indicated. II will be will /
well for owners Of city baggage TO bear thos
facts In In MUD and to arrange with III
drivers Of their sonVcylncos for tho return
them OF the claim checks.