The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-25
RAILWAY ITEMS.

One hundrcdmcn have been discharged from
the locomotive works at Dunkirk. y. Y
over two hundred immigrants are on the
/ trains that nrc showed In on the Siurrls They
viii undoubtedly get out in better shape than
did the Bonner pPFty.
II IS understood that the friends of the Union
and Central Pacific railroads nrc working vigor-
ously against the passage OF the Chinese hill In
the house They are Interested In the "head
money, and also In new Chinese labor.
The injunction which the Wabash railway re-.
Gently secured 10 prevent the uhcaguN Atlantic
from crossing the Michigan city division of The
/ formers truck has been dissolved, the roads
having made satisfactory arrangement for the
crossing, which win be put in at once.
Mr.. h. ! Horton. general ticket agent for the
chesapeake, ohio& Southwestern railroad, an.
hounceS 10y circular that this company has as
sumed control of the Cecilia branch of the
Louisville a Nashville railroad, and also OF the
consolidation of the Cecilia branch Padiicnh Il
EliFabcthtown railroad, with the Chesapeake
ohio " Southwestern railroad (formeriy the
memphis, Paducnh * Nofthcrnl under the mime
of Chcsapeakc, Ohio Il Southwestern.
The bill 10 compel the Kansas Pacinc railroad
TO pay for the survey Of their lands, TO take out
lheir patents, and then TO pay the tax on The
property, is resting quietly In the hands of
Ben ButterwOrth. tits the pet measure of An.
derson OF kansas, who claims that great ont
rage Is perpotratcd upon the settlers of other
lands by discrimination In the WY of taxes.
and he is Preparing to force the committee ON
Pacillc railroads To take action on the bill How
I long y VIII be before report is reached how.
ever, Is impossible 10 say The powerful lobby
of all the land'gfah roads Is fighting H.
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation company
finished the track.laying between the Cascades
ana The Dallos, and the first construction train
VIII run over the road tomorrow. The branch
is iorty.slx miles long, and was bcgnn inst on"
year ago. Nearly every foot of Tho vrndc Is
through solid basalt rock, aud the construction
At every point was u battle with nature The
line has eight and u quarter miles of bridges
the cost OF which was about s5,S0lobO II Mi
require about two weeks Ia ballast Tho rnnd
when regular trains viii be- put on. As Iasi
years wheat Crpp has been moved Tho bnr,nany
win net hurry the construction between pnpi,"n3
md the Cascades but will have II done bv S"n'
tcmber lst W.
The Railway Age is authority for the state
ment that the Chicago, Burlington ( Quincy
tai stock April Isl to the grand totHi of s6p S,Is
l96-au amount exceeded by only three other
companies In the United States. The cenitai
stock of the New York Central 4 Hudson River
company SWp YS,s last year was $50 that Of The
iant of the Pennsylvania railroad company
s6SS7G,O0 Tho capital OF some of the lpadifr
companies Is as follows Lake shore Il Michigan
So@ oSI5 ~ soSS So Few York rsnpsyygna
raciac, ii,Seooc0; Chicago & NorthwSs Ie y
s sSS philadelphia & Reading, SD.
9OGOG Illinois Central, se9,OOO,OOO: chi.
sass o Milwaukee 4 81 Paul s27soS 900;
siS5S5CCo; ChicssS& Alton slS eoS S,S o0H
will be noticed that the amount OF capital
stock ha; little comparatlvc reference either either
So.In Inc Length SSss Of {, lines the amount Of
clarcd some companies prefer to have their q IS
dcblcdncss In the form OF bonds The incrca Nv. W.
OF capital stock In several eases has been ~.
merkiably rapid Thus the Chicago, Burlington
1871 10 sdo nus OD I'm issS willis ,ba T,iss. ~
Rock Island Paciac Jumped from V c eniss 80