The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-28
RAILROAD ITEMS,

The New York, Buffalo & West Shore railroad
company laid the first railsof the new road in
Buffalo on the 23rd.
A new railroad company. called the Fort
Wayne. Lafayette X ST. Louis, has been incor-
p0rated at Fort Wayne. The object Is the con-
structon of road from Fort Wayne to Terro
lIaute, along the line of the Wabash and Erie
canal. Contracts for the construction of the road
have been let
PRoyIDENoE, April 20.-The general assembly
passed bill authorizing the New York & New
England railroad to issue Sj,OOl,00O additional
bonds
Hartford, April 2O-The railroad committee
OF the legislature reported favorasly on the res
olution allowing the New York IL Northeastern
railroad five years in which to take land, and
upon the bill allowing the same company to is.
sue $1,000 900 additional, bonds with which to
purchase stock held by Massachusetts, and
double track between Boston and Hartford
The longest tunnel in England is the Box tun-
mel on the Great Western railway, S,l23 yards in
| length. The next In length is the KilSby tun-
| mel on the London & Northwestern railway
which Is 2,30S yards, aud cost neary 5000 per
yard run. The llonlt0n tunnel, on the London
\ southwestern railway, Is ,35j yards in length,
| i'll red mari aud green sand, and cost $3.50 per
yard: The Lydgate tunnel on the London X
Northwestern railway is 1882 yards in length.
| chiefly in the coal measures and cost Size per
yard. The Guildiord tunnel is 9G5 yards in
length.
BosToN April 10 The annual report of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf railroad compa-
NY just issued, states that the gross earnings for
the year ended December 81, 1881, were 81, 55i,
$50 81, and the net earnings, $685. O1 oG This
Is an increase of ~ l2.l00 per cent In gross
earnings and of 26 2Sl0O in net earnings over
the preceding year. The bonded debt is 81 gSi
500 being decrease of sSi2, 100 during the year
The total mileage is SOS i5-lo0 The cost of the
road to Springfield, l0S T-l00 miles, including
equipment was 81, 45j,S SIS 10. Its further extern
sion TO Memphis, 275 miles, is expected to b,
completed for business in the spring of 1883
CHICAGO. April 81 President Cummings, o.
7 the New York, Chicago & It Louis railroad, re
turned from New York to-day; He states tina
his road, in connection with the Eric has
bought tho controlling interest in tn,
Cincinnati, Hamilton Il Dayton road Il
afford Independent son connection viii
New York, hcago 4 st, Louis will .operat,
jointly makinga new trunk line to Chicago
giving Erie direct route from Buffalo, Les
than 60 miles of track remain to be laid between
Buffalo and this city A contract has been en-
tered into with the Pullman company for rolling
stock TO the value of sso),OOO.
A congressman who Is largely interested II
railroad matters said tonight that 1t Is probable
franchises will be granted TO roads TO go through
pressed with he bill which passed the senat
and is now on the speakers table, because
makes the roads pay the Indians SIS an acre 70
land occupied, and limits their rlsht-of-way 4
$50 feet There is a disposition 10 pass the bill
v
consolidate, providing they do not run parable, o
are In distinct competition. The main object O
this bill Is TO enable the Southern Pacific to com
east and make suitable connections 4 larg
y lobby of eN-mcmbers of congress and others |
working H. favor of the BILL under the pay.
Is said, of Mr.. Huntington, of the Central Ia
Cinc.
II has long been claimed that the first slccpin
car was run on the Terro llautc, Alton Il 81
Louis railway In 1856 or 1857. II now appear
that this promoter of convenience and comfoi
/, In modern travel had Its origin IN the eaS. 1
gentleman has informed Il reporter of the Hal
risburg Patriot that sleeping coachcs were 1
use on the Cumberland Valley railroad In 1888
, II was admitted by him. however, that they di
not ut all equal the present Pullman sleeper,
They had, he says seats running lengthwa
on each side of the ear rs In the city passcngc
railway cars of to-day lhe back turned u
and made second tier of couohes. and abov
} that there came out another tier, making thrc
, IN all There were no curtains nor sheets nc
. blankets, as there are now, but still these roug
, resting places were preferable to crampcd seal
; to sleep upon and were very popular"
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