The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-15
RAILROAD ITEMS

During the month of October i,n6S miles of
railway track were laid in the United States.
reaching total of g,ll3 miles laid from January
l 10 November !, 1882.
Nine thousand one hundred feet of railroad
| tnnne!ng is required 10y the Northern Pacific
railroad TO cross the Cascade mountains in
Ore ION.
The Northern Pacific railroad company have
contracted for the building OF a ferry boat capa.
Bile Of carrying whole train Of cars across The
| Columbia river
Jay Gould is investing pretty largely in Mi.sis.
| sippi properly. He has bought the residence
OF Col. Singleton at Canton, together with the
| Singleton House. lie is oliering 10 buy also the
cotton factory Al the same place,
A Berlin dispatch says: IN consequence OF
| the Unexpectedly large revenue derived by the
! government from the German railways recently
taken under It's supervision, the board of pub.
| lie works estimates that It's receipts will show 4
surplus Of gSO0O,0O0m. over expenditures
The Mexican Central road earned during the
| first three weeks In October sSl, SOL AZ on the
| 25S miles from the City OF Mexico TO Leon. The
Guansjuato branch, running from Silao on the
main line 10 Mariil, suburb OF Guanaluato,
| about II miles Is finished. A horse railroad
| built by local capital, connects Martil with qua.
najuato, over aboutthree miles.
| one OF the latest statements In New York Is
| that the agreement between the AtchsOn, To-
peka & Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific roads
| is to be dissolved, and that the former will
| build an independent line of Its own to tho Pa.
cilc coast In other words that the Atlantic 4
Pacific will be pushed forward TO completion.
| In the old times, when people travelled by dill.
gence In France, one traveller was killed in every
$4,000 ana one wounded IN every $1,000 Now,
when they travel by rail, one Is killed per D.
| Es,iv0 and ono wounded per 5S0,i50 Railway
travelling is thus nearly twenty times rs safe as
travelling by diligence.
The Mexican Southern railroad viii start at
Anton LiZardo where the company now own q
very large tract OF land where's harbor can be
formed very cheaply and where the new port OF
entry Grant City, Is expected soon 10 rise.
| Thence II will run, via Arenal and Pueblo, TO
the city of Mexico, and from Arenal, via oaxaca,
| TO the isihmus M IehuNntcpec. Regular freight
trains are now running between the City Of
Mexico and Toluca.
| An indianapolis special says, For some time
the 81. Louis, Iron Mountain Il southern road
has desired TO obtain control OF tho Helena Il
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern at Iron Noun.
] tain, aud connecting II With llelens. Tho In.
dlanapolis Rolling'Mil company hold sJOl 900 Of
the bonds of the Helena 4 Iron Mountain, aud q
claim for 100000 (unsecuredl for iron furnished.
| President Jones teegraphcd froM New York
that he has sold the bonds and claim at par 10
Gould, who thus becomes possessed Of the con-
trolling interest of the road
The Chicago Tribune says An attempt Is be-
ing made by the western roads 10 change the
mode OF shipping livestock At present live
| stock rates are quoted by the carload. The
railroads think they eau better themselves con.
siderasly by changing this and charging for
of +, stanford, of tho Rock Island; Il. Z.
Ripley, OF t,le Burlington, and N G. Wicker OF
the Northwestern, went TO the stock'yardt re-
Gently 70 see what arrangements can he made
for the weighing Of cattle shipments hereafter .
ST. Lows, Nov. lN-Two large blocks situated
at Eighteenth aud Poplar streets were trans.
forred to Jay Gould to-day aud the dotd record.
ed. This IN considered 70 establish the location
of the now union depot In this city between Sew.
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