The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-14
RAILROAD ITEMS.

THE mail and passenger trains between Walla
Nalla and the Dalles were blockaded near AL
kali, Oregon, for several days last week by
heavy sandstone, which covered the rails 10 the
depth of six feet
There was total of l79 miles of new railroad
constructed last week, making l,lSO miles thus
far this year against 81 miles reported ut the
corresponding time in 1881, Ig5 miles In 1850 2sS
miles In 1870, 226 mites in 1878 and lG5 miles in
1871 The weather thus far this year has been
much more favorable for track-laying than Is
usual at this season.
The superintendent of the Denver Il New
Orleans railroad reports that the rails
are now laid Scventy-0ne miles
south Of Denver, leaving only
forty-one miles between the end of the track and
Pueblo. lie thinks that the road between the
two cities will be finished by April 10th, should
the weather continue favorable
The East Tennessee Virginia " Georgia rail-
way has taken n departure which is entirely
new in southern railway management. They
have organized an immigration bureau for their
l,iQO miles of road. Every agent on their lines
is provided with blanks for descriptions of prop.
crty, and every property owner on the line who
has anything to sell is requested to I'LL out the
blank and send TO their general Office Accur.
ate descriptions and statistics of cach clunty
on their lines are being written and
when complete the whole with descriptions of
property and price will he printed In the pam
INLET and sent in every direction from whence
tScy hope 10 get settler. he lands for sale
acre but many large holders Offer to give away
alternate forty.acre tracts 10 those who will i'm.
prove them.
A bill was filed in the United States court by
Lafayette county, Mississippi, against X. y
Nicely, formerly receiver Of the Mississippi Cen.
trail railroad, NOV known rs the Chicago. st.
Louls& New Orleans railroad The bill asks
that Nicely be made TO give al full account of all
( funds, moneys, properties, credits earnings and
( profits which came into his hands while receiver,
and that all moneys unlawfully turned over by
hin to the purchasers of the Mississippi Central
| railroad, especially the sum Of s2l sol, paid by
| him to the Illinois Central, be paid into court
1 The Rio Grandes Utah extension has been
completed 10 Stephens ten miles from Gunni-
son. The grading for the entire length OF the
line has been completed. The Salt Lake Trl.
showed some, time ago, win bend every energy
to get into salt Lake City next fall. twill stop
some of It's other projects 10 do this Work has
been seriously iniertcred with In Utah by the
country is being secured for them. This scar.
city has caused delay In constructing that part
OF the line betwcene here and Provo, but Il |,
to he pushed with all possible dispatch"
Afier Gould purchased the Soligman interest
In the ST. Louis \ San Francisco railroad com.
pnny. the senate committee on railroads changed
Its ground and instead of reporting bill TO con
arm the grant OF the rightOf.way by the Chloe
laws reported u bill which ignored the Indian
title to The lands through which the proposed
upon the theory that the United States having
the right Of eminent domain noed not obtain The
consent OF Indians
The main question nj Issue now is the lngall,
amendment which makes the grant subject Il
future consent OF council OF Choctnws and Chick
asaws. Nnxey, Vest and others support tho bill
with considerable vlgor, but the arguments o.
Hawlcy, Hoar and ingalls, are having perpep
tble effect and the rcsult IL doubtful. The chic
object OF Maxey and vest ia 10 make sure that /
competing railway shall be built by somebod,
IN case the Gould combination neglect TO bullt
within y reasonable time
The following important circular has beef
issued from the ONCE Of General Manager Ner
rill. OF the Chicago. Milwaukee n ST. Paul road
Train baggagsmcn or other employees OF ,hi
company are prohibited from aklng any chsrg,
or soliciting fees or grsiuiios from passen
gers for the transportation Of dogs or guns II
Me baggage trains by which the owner or tespc
thereof travels rs q passenger. No dog or gui
will be received AZ Any station. or on board o
ANY Train, unlcss The ownrror Keeper thereof ac
. companies the sams. While these species 0
property arc st the sole risk of the owner in Al
cases, yet all employees concerned ia their trans