The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-17
This Year, Las, Year
RAILROAD ITEMS.

THERE arrived at the union depot. In st.
Louis, last week (the week Of the fair, i,lSO
passenger coaches, carrying, II II estimated,
i0OOn passengers,
The earnings OF the Chicago, Milwaukee AZ
ST. Paul railway for tho npt week In october
were SS09, 900 against SS6S,OOQ for the same week
In 1881, showing an increase of slil 900
W. q Corbin, president of tho alleged New
Mexico Central 4 Northern railroad, Is being
published by the Las Vegas Optic as u fraud
and beat
Tho sonora railway Is completed to within ten
miles of the line, and Is 10 be finished on the
18th instant when 8 grand celebration will take
place and gold spike will be driycd
The grading on the Cincinnati, wabash Il
Michigan railway has been completed, aud the
laying OF eight miles OF track will establish d.
rect Communication batwoen Anderson. Ind.
and Benton llMbor. on Lake Michigan.
Tho end of the Atlantic Il Pacific track Satur.
day night was i0i miles west OF Albuquerque
There remain about 10 mies'ts DO ifoned betotu
the Colorado IL reached IL Is probable that the
early spring will SEQ the junction OF the Atlantic
4 Pacific with tho Southern Pacific.
LItrLs ROCK, ARR, october ll.-Mansgsr
Nettleton, of the Memphis & .Kansas.City rail.
road, who was In town to.d.y, saws that next
week track laying on that line viii begin At
Hoxis, tho Iron Mountain railroad crossing, and
also At Ncttleton, the crossing OF tho knobcl
branch OF the Iron Mountain rsilroau. Gangs
will work both ways, and as for weeks steel rails
have been sent TO Hoxie aud thence out on the
road, no further interruption OF tracs.laylng i
anticipated This road runs entirely through
one ofthe most fertile portions OF Arkansas from
northwest 10 southwest
The Fort Worth Gazette says Whether or NOT
the Fort Worth 4 Denver railroad will at once,
or In the near future, or within year, be con.
strucied onward toward It's destination IL a qucs.
ton about which many. people are indetermi,
nate, and particularly those who live along OF
tributary 10 il proposed route. The road IL now
In operation W Wichita Falls, 10 which place IL
was completed several weeks ago, and those who
invested In town lots thcro or have business
interests At stake In that locality entertain
Gazette has sought TO obtain tho desired lnfor.
nation, but failed W ascertain Improperly. How.
ever. Mr. Il 4. Montgomery, tho righ,.ofway
agent for the company, informed reporter last
night that when he len New York q few days
ago, the bonds OF the road hsd not bean ncgotia.
ted, nor had the securities Of the Denver & New
orleans company boon placed. Mr.. Montgom.
to speak, gave II A. his opinion that the For,
Worth 4 Denver road would not be built fur.
Their during tho next twelve months
The Brcnham Banner; Messre. W. H. Wells
aud n. A roynet engineers for the Erlnnger
syndicate returned on Wednesday evening, hay.
INK rode over the proposed line frum Brcnham
TO Gonzales and back on horseback, making y
thorough examination OF the ground They
1ud tho line from LaGrange TO Gonzales 10 DO
entirely satisfactory, the line from ilrcnham
70 LsGrangs is the toughest on the
entire route from shreveport 10
the Rio Orsnde the toughest place on the line
IL In a5 miles aud Il will cost the engineers SAY,
$1,000 mile 10 grade II, they wanting Q fortyi
foot grade to the mile, From la Grange TO Con.
ysles the grade viii not cos, more than Maoo.
With the ,rillng exception ssN pWei between