The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-23
RAILROAD ITEMS.

! TIE south Florida railroad company have de.
toward Barlow.
The committee on Indian affairs decided to.
my 10 report invorably the senate bill giving
lhe nght.ot-way To the st Louis * San Francisco
railway through the Indian territory.
Rails are being laid on the Northern Pacific
rMlrOad AT the rate of mile to II mile and a
quarter day, and the road is already completed
10 the mouth of Fro1e.to-death creek about
| elghty-fivc miles west of Miles City
The Cape GirHrdeau Southwestern railway
company has just completed arrangements for
lhe iron for another extension of the road,
and before another year rolls round the road
WIZ he at least fifty miles longer than at pres
The Hudson river tunnel has now reached n
distance beneath the river of $50 feet in the north
tunnel and in the south tunnel ZOO feet The
work is progressing at the rate Of 4 IL feet por
For the protection of parties cutting ties on
the Little Missouri river for the Northern Pacific
road, General Terry has ordered Lieutenant
1arnum, ofthe 9TH cavalry TO march from Fort
18th infantry,
The tunnel at Montreal, under contract, will
De 600 feet in length and he laid with double
| track The centre will be about seventy six
leet below the level of the bank on either side
Inc cost is estimated at $1,000 Co.,
, president ingalls, has decided to relocate the
Inc Of the Ri. Four road for some two miles
east OF Guilford, on account of recent wash-outs
~ ~ ~ HoHS sotlSill curves IN Tie present road
BED viii be avoided. and only two new bridges
VIII be required The line will also be short.
ened about u third of mile, and many other
advantages secured. The rightOfway has al
ready been obtained
Inc managers of the Cincinnati New Orleans
~ Facific road have removed the order of April
TO- not allowing passengers to ride on freight
IaihS. Persons wanting to take passage on a
freight train VIII first be compelled w make up
plication To Mr. wilson general passenger agent
OF tue road, who will issue the necessary per
mission, which will be good for Il limited time
:, me bridge now being erected by the New
York, New Erie x Western railroad over the
hlngud creek, i'll Mexican county Pennsylvania
Wiil be the longest in America 1t is 2,05l feet
long. clear of the abutments. and Is i feet high
| IRON the bed of the stream TO the base of the
rails. There are 20 spans 81 feet long and one
b2 feet long. Work was commenced last August
and will he finished next August about the
same time that the grading will be done. 1t will
be sixty feet higher than Niagara suspension
bridge and 40 feet higher than the great bridge
over the ohio Mt Cincinnati 1Sg feet above High
Bridge, 40 feet higher than the East River
bridge and u feet higher than Portage railroad
prlugc, over the Genesee river.
The Northern Pachc's land sales for the
month of April were 49,, SIG acres, or 13l, Cos
more than in April, 1881, when only ll,2il acres
were sold The value was S466 92S, against $751;
sol last year. Of the acres mentioned, 123,2li
were on the eastern divisions against 63g las,
year; and 1862 on the western divisions,
y
lots were sold AN increase ofS9 i75 on the value OF
the town lots sold in April. 1851 All the in.
crease Is on the eastern divisions, the sales Of
town lOlS on the western divisions falling Off
s3523,
A dispatch from Atchison, Kansas. states upon
me alleged authority of President Perkins and
wee PRESIDENT Potter that those officials and
Others have formed company for the construc-
ton of = railroad northward from St Joseph,
MISSOURI to Forest City, thence across the Mis-
souri, river and due westward through Nebraska
TO Table Rock, to junction with the Denver
EXTENSION of the Chicago, Burlington e Quincy.
II is claimed the distance win be shortened so
miles by this cutoff 1t is also alleged that the
81 Joseph " Des Moines. owned by the Chicago
Burlington Quincy, will be changed to broad
gauge and operated III connection with this new
western line. There are also rumors of II con.
templated -. Louis connection.
Inc Cleveland Herald, of Friday, prints tho
iollowing Said gentleman who has Just re-
turned from an extended trip through Kansas
and Nebraska: The railroads leading west
viii certainly have plenty of business immedi.
0tely after harvest, l never saw such grain
gardens as those now on exhibition in Kansas
and Nebraska Up to the present time there
has been absolutely no drawbacks Everything
looks perfect Wheat is more than healthy; II
Is robust There has been an increase of fully
ITO per cent In the acreage of corn planted. No
one can go through that country without be-
coming enthusiastic over the prospects for pros
cially encouraged as it insures business to the
roads during the coming season II rates are
maintained, as they undoubtedly will be- some
regular old-time earnings will be reported
Officers of the indianapolis & ST. Louis, who
have, passed over the line within day or two
say that road Is loaded to the muzzle with crops
aud shortly after harvest win go of with re-
port that Will be largely heard
II is reported that the New York & West
Shore, Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western, and
Delaware Hudson railroads have Joined their
interests and that the Delaware & Hudson Ca.
NIL company will, under the terms Of their union.
atier the completion of the new road on the west
side of the Hudson and thence To Buffalo, carry
Ing passengers from New York and the west 10
Saratoga, IN opposition to the New York Central
line. u is also said that new line from Albany
TO the Hoosac tunnel is contemplated by the uni
ted route
Another electric railway, which Is the second
there, has just been constructed In Berlin and
formally opened II has u grade of In 80
which is perhaps the stcepcst incline in the
country. The motive power is led to the cars
10y Two thin wire ropes, about % ccutimetres
apart and attached To the telegraph poles
These wires are capable Of propelling one small
aighl.wheel carriage, Compared with the first
line. the system used In this, while more com.
pick, secures greater economy in the use OF the
current
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