The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-10
RAILROAD ITEMS.

TUI senate OF Mas sachusetts passed bill to
double-lrack the lloOSac tunnel and improve the
Troy " Greenfield road
The first rail- of the San Joaquin IL Sierra Nc
Nnda railroad was laid on the I'D inst 1t is eN-
pectcd that cars will run to Woodbridge by MAY
LIST ana TO Lockeiord In ninety days.
In the month of April the Denver 4 Rio
Grande road earned M9,Sl7 an increase of 1885,
$40 over April, 1881 From January the earn
ingS are l,ggl,S73 which for four months of the
year Is equivalent TO 5000, 600 per annum.
The wabash extension int! Des MoincS Will
be completed by July ], and the line to Boone,
Iowa, bye July 1. The high bridge ut pes
Moines was tested Il few days ago and proved
success.
The Central Pacific company now operates
$50 miles of roads lis earnings In lSsl were
Gross, 2be9llOl net l0,23I7gi The capital
stock is 59,27b, 800 funded debt 6i0l7, o.
JAY Gould has written to Mayor Grace of New
York hot letter In regard to the taxation Of
the elevated railroads, the amounts paid for the
past four years being $500
The Solucu division of the Mexican National
road has been completed. II Is furty-six miles
in length, and cost 100000 From Laredo
trains are running eighty'four miles over the
The report of the Chicago, Milwaukee aud St.
Paul road for 1851 shows gross earnings OF H..
02i idl, and expenses of lOSi7g3l IL owns
i,2l7 miles of track and has bonds and stock
outstanding In excess OF lli,O0nOlO
The Ontario Pacific railway bill passed by the
Canadian parliament will enable the company
To build q line from Duluth to Montreal a.
miles sh ,rter than that via Chicago.
There were whisperings yesterday of spir
tied cut In freight rates via the Illinois Central
Wabash, Chicago Il EaSt ri Illinois and LoNis.
| willie, New Albany and Chicago lines to Mem.
| phis New Orleans and slnor points. TWAS said
! the competing was mainly on meats and that
| tho new rate was on the basis OF 30 cents TO
! NJ .mphs and ~ cents TO New orleans
| It's reported In New York that proposition
has been made for the consolidation of the
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati 4 Indianapolis
and the Alton & rcrrc llnutc companies. on the
basis OF one-hnf shares Alton 4 Tctrc Euute
| preferred Tor one share OF Cleveland, Columbus
Cincinnati 4 indianapolis
| II was rumoted in railway circles last week
| That the Mexican Central and Atchson, Topeka
" santa Re roads would be consolidated. but II
| seelss 10 he settled fact now that the Consoi.
dalton was never thought Of
| II is reported that Joseph Cummin. master
carpenter OF the Long Island railroad, removed
| lAthcu nnd plascrcd dwelling rs by 20 feet In
size, from Bellpage TO .lcllp0rt distance of af-
| y.thfco miles, on two platform ears, mud placed
iton It's ionndaion In thirty.slI hours The house
was landed Without the brcagnge OF u window.
pane or crack IN the walls The cost was
| about one dollar and v half A mile
George Noble. FORMERLY general s,,,or,,,o,aon,
OF the Texas n Pacific isnow engaged IN mining
and.has a.hne coarmlne meanwhile Oak New Mex.
| leo. His business In II. Louis Is 10 nerotia /.
| for the building OF a road from nj p.so m his
mines n distance " sixty or seventy tnii.s nnd
he will probably be AIDED by the Comb ,oaIs
managers lie was In consultation with isoss
officials q few days ago. Wv" "'o'e
| GALVESTON. rsxAs, May b,-Thc Talucs A.
vision, the most important OF the entire Msx,
can National system In Mexico. was Completed