The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-10

iio miles; also, the Kendall 4 Eldred
Drauioru &kinzuar, Mexican Il Buffalo and
Oiean, Bradford & Warren railroads. With
THESE leases is also acquired the property OF
the Buffalo coal company and Ii, GOO acres
OF iand IN Mexican and Elk counties, Penn.
sylvania
Mr. Calkins, Of Indiana, introduced bill
IN the house to regulate the coupling OF
cars on the various railroads which will at
tract considerable interest. 1t provides that
an cars shall have bumpers and couplings
OF the same height above the top rail. So
mat there may be no danger in measurine
by the eye the couplings when brakemen
step between cars To break them.
Inc report OF the Pennsylvania railroad
company for 1881 has been completed for
preSentatlon at the annual meeting of the
stockholders March Il, 1t shows the gross
earnings of the main line and branches
from Plttsburg to Philadelphia to be S27,-
eiroV9' expenses, 1886, 400; net earnings
from operation, So, l79,540 and interest on
Investments in cash, $S,2ll ,466 and sundry
o5nc ct,, items, Sol2,l6O, aggregate So.
902, l66. 90 w.
The Rock Island folks are making an.
otner effort to eradicate gambling from the
naoits OF their employees. few DAYS since
IT was reported to Mr. Chamberlain, sinner.
inienuent OF the Rock Island division
that three freight conductors, lodg.
III caboose at Rock Island
were in the habit of snrnd,
ing almost their entire time when Off duty
and supposed to be resting for the next
run, IN gambling. One of the strict rules of
the company is that the employees shall alb
sol1tely ABSTAIN from drink and gambling,
ana the disregard shown of this prohibition
Is especially aggravating in view of the fact
that the offenders have converted the Lode
ing place kindly offered by the company
INTO gambling den. Mr.. Chamberlain YES.
terday discharged all the transgressors, and
hereafter will keep a sharp lookout that the
restrictions OF the company in this regard
are implicitly complied with.
Inc management of the Erie railway is
hitting up a building at Hornellsville, New
YORK, with an ingenious apparatus, with
which brakemen will be taught the opera.
ton of the air-brake. The instruction Is az
iorded by set of air-pipes equal in length
10 What Is required Tor passenger train of
twelve cars. This is laid at u height of
about six inches from the floor and three
air-orake cylinders are connected with
the pipes. The air-pump is fastened
against the wall, and is operated by steam
which is carried through pipe from loco.
motive in the round-house. The model is
perfect IN all points, and its workings can
be Illustrated as clearly as if the brakes
were attached to train. 1t is believed
thdt by iamlllarlzing the brakemcn with
the alr-brake, many accidents, due to 10.
norance of its workings, may be averted
1t Is said that Jay Gould is about to close
a contract tor the lease of the Lake Erie AZ
Western railroad, consolidating the Lafay-
ette, Bloomington Muncie, and the Lake
Erie " Louisville railways. The road runs
through the very best agricultural country
OF OHIO, Indiana and Illinois 1t is thought
Gould desires the Lake Erie Il Western road
us a feeder to the new Chicago line i'm
which heis interested. 1t will pass through
fremont, and by obtaining il he can
have shorter route to New York than nv
the Lake Shore IL Michigan Southern. Ii
Is stated here that he offers to take il on n
dividend of per cent. per annum, and
keep the road and rolling stock in good
condition, or purchase the line, paying one.
half III cash and the remainder in two pay
ments of five years each.
The Paris Texan says: The SaE Francisco
road that proposes to come to Paris branches
on from the main line at Pierce City in
and thence to Fayetteville, Fort
Smith, Paris, etc. We have every assurance
that the bill for right-of-way through the
nation will pass congress The
Indian delegations opposing its
passage have quit and gone home Disguised,
and there seems to be no doubt of its final
approval. The charter, or bill, when ap-
proved, calls for Paris, and we have every
assurance that work will begin on it at once.
The interest purchased by Gould and Hunt
ingdon may retard the building of another
Pacific railroad, but is not intended to stop
the construction of the Frisco into Texas.
These are the facts in the case and our
people may rest assured that we will have
the Frisco road as our northern outlet.
FREIGHTS