The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-04

RAILKOAD ITEMS.


The sauk Center Northern road is progressing
finely, and will soon be ready for the iron
twcnty-siX miles out
From data derived from the number and ca
pacity of locomotive shops III the country, and
the number of men employed in eacn, five men
can make Il locomotive in one year, This Is
with modern machineries. methods and iacii-
ties
A recent ruling of the post-oilCc department
provides that all classes oil railway mail en-
ployes are hereafter to be classed as postal
clerks. The object Is :, disburse properly the
appropriation made by congress which is in u
lump.
The right-of-way of the Milwaukee & Lake
Wjpnebago railway has been secured the entire
distance between Fond du Lac and Neenah,
with the exception of eight or ten lots in Osh-
kosh
The total mileage of the Northern Pacsc in
built, leased and acquired lines il l l50 miles
The lands acquired on constructed road amount
TO 3D. l35, 600 acres, exclusive of 49, t0 In Min
nesota, which are withheld by the charter until
the eastern terminus ut Lake superior il
reached fN-A'
CINGISNATf, July 3l-In view Of the great
amount OF money borrowed on yalueloss stock
issued by Secretary Doughty. of the Cincinnati,
New Orleans & Texas Pacific railroad company
all brokers of the city attended Il meeting this
afternoon and took preliminary steps toward
the formation ola board OF registration, where
all issues of certificates Of stock must be regis
tered.
| Ohio track after leaving Newport News has hut
one curve. The Old POint road will be finished
about August LIST. The lana lies very low, and
the distance from the News 20 the objective
pOint-thc creek this side of Fortress Monroe
is only eight miles.
1t is ulmorod that an order has been given ont
by the New York Central railroad company to
the effect that hereafter engineers and llrenen
will double up out of Syracuse and Buffalo In
| stead OF 1T Rochester. If this proves true it
will neCesstate the removal of $50 or 9 0 fami.
lies from the latter city and their settlement in
| Syracuse or Buffalo. This Is thought to be II
revcngeful blow at Rochester for the trouble and
expense that city has given the company
| through the compromises Or the location of the
| depot and the elevation OF the tracks
| OF the Louisville y NashN lilo road an cX-
change says: "A new aad vigorous policy in
management has been adopted aud a very ma
teral increase in rates, which covers all sections
! OF the road, has been ordered The president of
the company says that the traffic prospects were
never SO bright and that the company is now
making large increase in earnings while the
| line having been put in first class condition, u
material dimunition in expenses may be OK
pceted during the coming half year"
The fur direct rail lines between Chicago and
Kansas City, embraced in the southwestern pool,
are delivering daily average of about one hun
dred carloads of cattle i'll hiclgo This aver
age has been steadily maintained during July.
| The shipments thithor for the month amounted
10 $500 carloads The same road, delivered
Juigt looAs 'lll. WV Nul TOT NnO
the month of June, lSs2, the deliveries by the
| pool.lines at Chicago were l,439 carloads, aud
Tor the corresponding month last year they were
under 40 carloads. The railroad Companie.
are realizing large earnings from the cattle
traffic.
W. W. Nevin secretary OF the Mexican Ma.
tional Construction company, issues the follow.
/ ing statement OF the placing OF the Mex lean ma
tional loan IN London; General Palmer, prcsi,
dent of the Mexican National railroad company
has negotiated with die house Of Mattheson &
Co, of London, representing strong syndicate
$1,000 900 of tue first mortgage6 per cent bond.
of the Mexican National railroad with IN option
for s., 400 more. This completes the road from
Monterey to NcambOro, 40 miles, giving the
company continuous liue from the City Of Mex
leo to Laredo, Texas, and 10 the port of Corpus
Christi via the TetaS-Mcxican railroad. The
contract Is dated June %, 1889.
| LITTLE Rock, Ark July 81 In the ChanCery
court to-day suit was filed by the BateSvlle 4
Brinkey railroad company against the St Loui'
Il Iron Mountain company to enjoin the latter
company from building branch from Newport
u Balesville. Complainants allcge that they or
ganizod In good faith eight months ago, com
piled with all the charter requirements, and
have built ten miles from Brinklcy 10 Cottor
Plant also that the Iron Mountain company
claim TO build under an old charter of the Cart
4 Fulton road, aud this, the cOmpainuntS say
is an infringement on their prior franchise. I'll,
two lines being parallel and within ten miles o
each other, the suit Is important MS rniSit 4 III,
question of the right Of the Iron Mountain rail
road TO build aparallcl road within this dlstanc,
under the old charter.