The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-04

excellent authority that the United States Dor.
lowed siS oO0OOO in Europe with which TO con-
Suuct railroads When 1t Is remembered that
sNO miles of road were built In this country
during that period, Il will be seen that the
money borrowed was very small proportion
OF the total invested, he aggregate cost Of the
N2S010NoO
Two bucket shop'operators were discussing the
merits OF JAY Gould. when one of them said
, Jay Gould is mighty small man. You could
wrap him Mp in pocket Handkerchief" Yes
thal So, answered the other. but IL would take
mhleclolh TO hold his brains
SrBiNGllEiD, Mo, September 30-The la.
c.odc X Fort Scott railroad, together with 1900
Ions OF rails and a00e00 croSS-ues, was sold I'm.
der two executions by Sheriff GoOtall. Of aclede
county, at Lebanon today. The buyer was the
s. Louis u san Francisco Railway cOmpany
through it's attorney, John o Day Ii is under
stood that the company win huish building the
road nom Lebanon west to Nevada in Vernon
| county, and thence 10 Kansas City.
II report is 10 be believed Susan u Anthony
mas some regard for mems as well as women's
rights She len 81 Louis the other day for
LeaNenworth, with two medium sized trunks for
| pasgag1. Al first the baggage. objected
10 cheek them both on 4 single ticket and de-
nanded pay for extra weight. But said She,
lhey together weigh less than the ordinary sized
Saratoga ] distribute the weight in this
way purpoSely to save the man who does
/ the lifting The clerk looked at her
IincTednlously.' And you tell me seriously that
| you do this simply out of consideration for tho
| hsggagemen %' Il do" "H0w long have YOU
done itG' An my life. never purchased n
| large trunk for fear might add TO the oyerbur.
dened baggagcman'S Affections" The clerk
/ walked oil and conferred with the head of tho
! department. Then the two returned together,
| DO understand said the chief that YOU, OF
all women, have been the first to show humani,
| " toward railroad people, That is n tenet OF
my creed Check that baggage sad the
7 80 ,vlav r..
Office Miss Anthony, you shall have my vote
| Mine, too, echoed the clerk, handing her The
checks aud the trio parted happy
But few personS, as they see one of the fast
express trains iiit by, are aware of the value OF
such train What is known ~ the Royal lin.
tied express over the Pennsylvania road, as The
tain is ordinarily made up, represents ovci
$4,000, as follows Engine, Sl2,OO0; baggage
car, sl2uO; smoking-car 5000; dining-roou
ear, Sl,2OO; five elegant Pullman cars, slS0Ot
each, $4,000 While this may seem Ia be an ex
Coptiou, the ordinary express trains represent
$4,000 to SSi00O-the engine and tender whicf
are considered together valued At $40 500; IN,
bAggAge-Car. 81 900; the poStRl.car, g., 90; III,
cars $40 OOg each, and three palace cars, sl5tO
caCh-totnl, fS3,00 This is n low, rather than
m excessive, estimate Of one of the fast eN
presses The palace cars, put down AT SIS OOC
are in many cases worth SIS 600, aud some Pull
man cars now run which cost in the neighbor
hood OF $500 II is stated that the average
value Of u freight train is stiN greater than
passenger train, when tho rolling stock an,
value OF property carried are included Some
times the freight on one of these through train
aggregates in value $4,000 TO $500, 900 and wha
is II little singular is the fact that the train
moving westward are more valuable than thOs
moving caStwNrd-a large per cent OF the west
bound business is merchandise or machinery
while nearly scyonty.iiye per cent of the east
bound business is grain which is carried In
car costing $500 and the property carried wi
average 800 per car 80 that the entire train @
twenty-five cars. engiueinCluded, are'not wort
over $4,000 10 $4,000 while frequently one ca
load ofmercA0ndise coming west will rcpreScn
that value, and these palaces on wheels carry
ing thousands of passengers, and the thousand
of freight cars, carrying millions of valuabl
property are dependent for safety upon on
man-the engineer There are other month
conductor baggage hremen and tire
or four brakcmen-but the hand upon the leye
and the brain directing It have an immense II
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