The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-23
RAILROAD ITEMS.

THE Northern Pacific will sink thirteen arte.
Sian wells along its line.
The fact that the Denver ( Rio Grande rail.
road cannot pay for the engines 1t has con-
tracted for ought to induce purchases of that
stock by hungry investors.
The Toulumme independent says Our mar
gauge railroad is very quiet these days. II
seems to be principally engaged In fighting the
influence Of the Central Pacific in rie ht.of,way
through Alameda; In the superior court at
Oakland, May 25th. their suit against Charles
Crocker ct al came up, demurrer pending
MONTREAL June 1.-THE officials OF the
western section o the Occidental railway have
been notified that possession of the line will be
transferred tonight to the Canadian Pacific
railway company Eaker, of Ottawa, will be the
new manager. No change will be made in the
The Helena on. Tl independent says: There
10 a report which seems TO DO not without foun-
dation that the arrangement If any existed,
between the Northern Pacific and Utah & North.
ern has been broken off, and II is now said that
the latter company will again commence work
on its road between Dillon and Helena during
the summer
LITTLE Rock, ARK, June l9--To day articles
OF Incorporation were filed In the secretary OF
states Office of the springfield Il Southern rail
70 ID company of Arkansas, capital $500 600.
Among the directors are G. W. Rogers James
Dun, of st. Louis, b b, Davidson. and A. NJ
Wilson, of Fayetteville, arkansas The pro-
posed railway begins at point on the northern
boundary of Arkansas, below the line of fancy
county, Missouri, and runs in n southwestern
direction to Little Rock.
The railway lines between Chicago and
Omaha which are working under pool, have
notified the postmaster general that they cannot
put on q fast mail. Arrangements have been
made for q twenty -hve-hour train between New
York and Chicago, over the Central and Lake
Shore roads, to commence In July.
The Buffalo Courier of Sunday says the run
made by the Vanderbiltspecial from that city to
Erie was the fastest ever made over the eastern
division Of the Lake Shore railway. From East
Buffalo to Erie, eighty eight miles, the run was
made In one hour and forty-five minutes, In
GLIDING four stops, and from Erie TO Cleveland
in one hour and thirty three minutes, including
seven stops. The whole distance from Buffalo
to Cleveland, 1ss miles was covered in three
kirk and Erie the whole distance was run in
time equaling "a mile minute" though two
minutes were lost In making single stop.
Some figures about the St 60thard railway
set down at sl2 Its length at ll3 miles the
length OF the tunnel alone being % miles Two
million and two hundred thousand pounds of
dynamite were used In blasting, and about l..
90 200 cubic, yards Of rock were excayated for
the tunnel alone. The loss of human life was
great, owing to the extraordinary difficulties of
the work Work was carried on night and day
by an average force of 2,S7 men, aud of these
III were killed In the tunnel on the spot and 63l
| injured, some OF whom afterward died from the
injuries The total number of deaths for the
entire line was $40, and of injuries ST.
| A dispatch from ST. Louis stated that the visit
| OF the officials of the Pennsylvania railroad TO
that city was In the interest OF scheme for CON
structing another bridge across the Mississippi.
An official OF the Chicago and Alton said yester-
day that thatcompany had no. been invited TO
Join In a project of that kind. He admitted,
however, that proposal TO build another bridge
had been canvsssed TO some extent and that Il
appeared to have the support Of the Ohio h Mis-
sissppi. the Vandalia and the st Louis h Cairo
railroads. Ho said the movement was the result
OF fear that Gould Is aiming to control the en-.
tire transfer facilities between st. Louis and
East St Louis His roads, the Missouri Pacific
and the Wabash, own the existing bridge and
the Carondslet ferry, and, according TO recent
rumon are seeking to control the Virgins
ferry. Recently, too, an officer of one OF the
roads had been appointed superintendent OF the
bridge. Gould also owns the Union depot prop
erty, He said that this grasping control had
caused some apprehension among the road,
named that the bridge would be operated In IN q
interest of the Gould roads, The gentleman
stated however that he did not share this APP
prehsnsion.
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