The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-15
RAILROAD ITEMS.

THE contract for grading the Knoxville & Gin
cinnau Southern railway has been awarded 10
Condor Bros, OF Knoxville
All but thirty miles of the new railway be.
tween Chicago and Buffalo has been laid, and
the gap will lie closed by May 10. The last work
will be the completion of the two great yiaducts
at Cleveland
that he knows whereof he speaks Is confident
that the Memphis, Selma ~ Brunswick railway
will be complete and In running order from
Memphis to Holly Springs by the LIST day of oc.
tcher
Twelve thousand feet Of pling will be used
in the construction of the Palmer sullivan rail.
way bridge across Galveston bay. Trains will
run out of Galveston for distance Of ten miles
by the LIST of May,
The following circular has bcen issued. "Thc
ST. Louis y Cairo railroad company is now the
owner of and operating the railroad heretofore
known Ms the Cairo " St. louis railroad The
name OF this comuOnywill he used In the future
Agents and correspondents viii be governed nc.
The Missouri Pacific and ST. Louis, Iron
Mountain y Southern railways have opened new
Offices In Chicago, and are now contracting for
frelghis via Hannibal ST. Louis and Cairo.to
points In Missouri, Kansas. Arkansas Texas
southern Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Ar.
IONA and California
The Boston Transcript understands that the
Mexican Central directors will In a few days
offer n No suhsCriptiOn 10 holders OF the No
Y
scripton will be sd032 500, and the price of each
uf the l,27O blocks Will be si,750 All the No .
bonds are 10 be placed abroad Mexican ad.
Vices state that the line OF the railway is now
completed 30 IL miles from the City of Mexico.
the gauge OF "a l2 miles OF the road from Cclaya
to lrapunio having Just been widcned and
placed In the main line The gross earnings for
March upon 1853 miles wcrc s62,O0n
Proceedings incident To the motion of Charles
o'Conor, Of New York, for the. appointment OF a
receiver for the indianapolis & st Louis road,
were heard by Judge Grcshman, of the United
States court, Mt Evansville, last week, and the
matter taken under adyiscmcnL Judge Drum
mond was also informed of the ease, and will
render decision with Gresham In n few days,
II Is certainly known, however that the decision
will be against the Petition, and that no re-
Cciycr viii be appointed
] A few years ago ten tons were considered 10 be
n maximum load for freight cars. Latterly,
loads have been increased 10 twelve and fifteen
tons, without q corresponding Increase IN
weight ofcat, aud now car has been contriyed
IN ,anadn with a capacity Of twenty'four tons,
Its wclsht Is twcnty.seven thousand six hun
dred aud ilfty pounds, against twenty-five thous
and 10 twenty.four thousand for the ordinary
car The additional strength claimed Is gained
by . system Of trusting.
The statements heretofore published with ref
crengc TO the agreement recently ratified by tn
Southern Pacific, Atchissn. Topeka 4 santa fc
aud -. Louis Il San Francisco railroad compa
mics. III relation To the extension OF the Atlantic
\ Pacific railroad. have failed TO impart an!
satisfactory information ns TO the nature an,
scope 81 the arrangement The Chicago Time
IL enabled 70 give, FOR the first time explicit In
formation. The amount OF subscription asket
for the complexion OF the Atlantic & Pa
cihc to San Francisco was si6OoOUOO. The pur
chase by Gould and Huntington Of an intcres
In the. b. Louis a San francisco road In
teffercd somewhat with the plan o
extension agreed upon The compromls
agreement reduces the total subscription 10 u,
9 0oo'-eso 90 90 for the western division, non
Albuquerque westward. and p60u 900 for the Cen
trail division. from vinita 70 Albuquerque III