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

~ miles in lS74 l,s7e amiles in 1873 and s.2s7
miles in ls32
The new railroads are so numerous in Fores,
county, Fennsyivania, that an old farmer who
| had seven hens lied each one 10 a srnsrata
railroad stake in his yard. aud each stake rcprc.
| serted a different railroad company. Iha,
Would be a good place 10 build Il union depot
! Inc announcement that eastern railroads will
AFTER september l. make an extra charge of !
per chr on all grain loaded at Chicago elevators
ana decline 10 furnish men ior loading freight nj
the packlhg'h houses, has called forth general
protest from all the interests involved The
claim IS made that business will I've embarrassed
a,lH the Sly prospects as a commercial center
suffer materially.
some people down in Missouri have suggested
10 me Chicago " Alton a new scheme q, ex-
pansion. They want the conn any 10 ioin with
tneh III building an extension from Jefferson
Wy southwark TO Carthage. The distance is
aoo9t one hundred miles. The route suggested
would traverse Il sect on of country well al
vanced in agriculture and ailording a large
amount OF traffic. Ii is claimed that the road
could be completed at a cost not exceeding SGT d.
VUUper mile. A committee Of Carthaginians
VIII wait pom the officers Of the Alton Ia refer.
ence TO the proposal. The leaders In the scheme
siate That they can secure any am cunt of local
ana Tor promised connection with Chicago
UNAhA, NEE, August 3.-The Union Pacific
railway has entered into racing wool and freight
Trains against the southern route. Two trains
loaded WITH tea have made the run from san
francisco To Chicago, via the Union Pacific and
1ne ohlcago, burlington X Quincy roads in six
days and fraction. This run exCels that pre-.
liously made by train of twenty
ears, which made the trip from san
Francisco to Kansas City only via
Ihe southern Pacific ana the Atchison, TO.
peka Il Santa Fe roads in six davs and six
hours. u should be borne in mind that the
lraln on the southern route made the same speed
yer hour as those the northern route, hut had
we uisauyahtage OF nearly 500 miles greater dis
lance, and so fell behind one day en- route,
The New York, Pennsylvania IL Ohio en-.
giheers nave been engaged for some months in
ming III what is known as the Tamarac swamp.
on laSlr sharon branch, between Slarpsyille
and Sharon Junction, In Mercer county, Penn
sylvanla. This swamp is sort OF peat bed or
ancient lake, about 700 feet across and seventy
ieet deep In the center. The road
S WIS constructed on ,piling, seven years ago
reptile or fill in, and the latter was consid.
cred the cheaper method Clnder is the matc.
RAJ used and some sixty thousand yards have
slready been dumped in the bog, Instead OF
inding no bottom the cinder is now Ave feet
above the surface of the lake furnishing nm OK.
cellent foundation About thirteen thousand
yhr9S OF clnder will be required yet to bring tae
ROAD, bed up to grade, and then the track will
rest MS upon Nh adamantine wall
II is charged that the Boston roads have been
bllhng California freight 10 Chicago at western
rates, Instead of at the full agreed proportion OF
thT california rate, and that such freigh.is re-
billed here as coming from the east nj The mo-
portion OF the California rate, thus cilycting n
reduction In the tariff on frst.cass freight
amounting TO tho difference between 60 cents
ana u 81 per hundred pounds, which difference
is used as rebate. This operates to the disad.
vantage OF the Southern Pacific lines aud they
lhreaten TO adopt the same system of billing via
~. LOUIS and other points Commissioner
fink, to avert war calls on the guilty roads to
discontinue the practice at once Us II is in viola
ton of existing agreements
| ". 4. Nhnll0rne, general manager OF the Can
auian racine, in an interview, said his comr any
VIII blid 500 miles OF main line aud 100 miles OF
branches this year Track is being laid contin.
uously between Wnnepeg and Lake Superior;
distance, i56 miles. The road will be completed
by, August l, 1883. 1t has 1900 men at work. and
Is laying three and u half miles per day.
The great land sale Of 100000 acres, from its
grant from the Canadian government to the
EhEnsh syndicate with the Duke OF Manchester
at its head, was completed Saturday last. when
the syndicate paid 10 the road slj,tO0,lOO The
lands IRE not in one continuous block, but take
every fifth section throughout the grant. Ar.
engagements are being perfected to COLOMBO These
lands with English farmers