The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-28
RAILWAY ITEMS.

THERE are rumors of new arrangement be.
tween the Pacific mail and Pacific roads g.
The eastward.boun emlgrant trains on the
Southern Pacific are crowded daily with China
men on their way 10 III Paso IN work ON the rail.
road
The New York Central has hit upon novel
device for reducing expenses. II is erecting
wooden indicators as substitutes for extra ilas'
men,
Attic request of the Northern Pacific manage
ment General Terry has ordered u company of
infantry to the hcadwaters OF the Little Mis-.
souri,. to protect tiecuttcrs from the Indians,
IL IL rumorcd that the AtchisOn, Topeka & Sau-
IN Fo road will build 10 Dallas and san Antonio,
Texas The arrangement previously made Ia
reach Dallas by the Gulf Il Pacific route
Is TO be constructed from sabine Pass to Albu-
qucrquc
A new union depot Mt st Joseph, Mo-, Is built
and will he ready for occupation thelst of April
IL will accommodate five or six roads. II Is a
brick structure trimmed with white stone, and Is
much larger than the union depot at st.
II is stated that the Ncs York, Chicago 4 st
Louis railway company agrees To pay the Illi-
noiS Central sl6O,O0l per aunum for the use OF
the lattcrs tracks from Grand Crossing to IN,
Lake street depot aud the occupation Of the
grounds ut Twelfth street
In the United States court Judge Caldwell rc,
fused TO appoint n receiver for the Memphis 4
Little Rock railroad, taking the ground that IN,
action IN unnecessary To enforce any rights plain.
tills might have, or provide means tn pay the
Judgment FOR $4,000 recently Obtained by thS S
state,
The Evening Post says II /, now beyond qucs.
ton that Jay Gould, and those who work with
and for him, have secured the price not being
given n majority OF the capital stock of the Nut.
ual Union Telegraph company. From this fact
y does not follow that there Is TO be consollda.
ton OF the two companies, but simply that thOy
will work In harmony instead OF being rivals.
We learn that the Mexican National railroad
has completed about sixty miles OF road on the
Mexican side, aud are now laying track NJ the
rate Of about one and one. quarter miles per day
II Is within about twenty miles Of Iainpasas
From the terminus Is regular limo OF stages to
Monterey.
The board Of trade. OF Houston, has received a
letter from G. I, huntington, that his company
will erect and equip machine shops for his road
NJ Houston; and he asks few reasonable iavors
from the cltlscns that will be granted,
sidney Dillon says the Union Pacific has just
effected the sale Of S,o0o acres Of scattering
lands on tho line of the Central Branch Union
Pacific, IN western. Kansas. The price paid was
$3.50 per acre. onc.third cash and The remainder
In equal payments In one ind two ycars, This
purchase, which he explained IL made by pd.
vatc parties, exhausts the company's lands on
that branch. but still owns hoo00eJ acres on
the line of the Kansas Pacific.
Milwaukee papcr says that during the past
Eighteen months the Chicago, Milwaukee n 81
Paul sompany has sold In northern Iowa 2os 100
sales are about go 600. These lands have
with few exceptions. been sold to actual settlers.
who are rapidly improving them. out of the
grnss receipts the company has related about
5000 To the settlers for Improvements made
upon the land.
The secretary Of the interior has sent irait Of
bill TO the house, granting oil railroads IN
whole OF In part constructed BY the aid OF grants
OF public lands, on condition that such railroad
rcmains public highway for the use of the gov.
eminent OF the United States ffec frum toll or
other charge f,r transportation Of any property
or troops OF the United States, authority 10 re.
for such transportation
work on the Rio urande a rScos railroad.
north Of Laredo has been commenced IN earn.
est. Two lafre outns Of teams and t,ols etc.
saturday last and second one ON Monday
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