The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-19

pcan emigrants OF various nationalities all In,
| tending 10 locate in the west aud northwest
onicsrs OF the Burlington road are said to have
| formed company 20 lay track from ST. Joseph
Missouri. to Table Rock, Nebraska 10 join ihs
Denver extension, making a saving OF eighty
| miles.
Last weeks Railroad Gazette record; iae con.
suneuon OF 20 miles OF new railroad making
2SoS miles thus far this year against Ols miles
| reported al the corresponding time IN ISL 2Si
miles in lSiO 1873 niles in 1874 ST. miles in 1873
| aud 304 miles In ISL
Application has been made for charter For
the Pittsburgh, Toledo Il cleveland railroad 10
run between New Castle Junction, Pennsylya
MIA, and Akron, Ohio, and to be built In The m.
terest OF the Buffalo. Pittsburgh Il Western and
! Pittsburgh ( Western companies which will
use tn ,ir own rolling. stock and keep separate
for maintenance.
Articles of Incorporation Of the Dakota. wyo-
ming x western railroad were fled In Chey-
| enne On the 18th. They provide for the con.
| llnuation OF the main road from the Eastern
| Wyoming line to the Yellowstone National park;
| also a branch from Cheyenne north TO interscct
With the main road near Hat creek Five hun.
dred miles is estimated as the length to be hui I
| N Wyoming The iucorporatorS are william
| Nichols franklin II Smith. Thomas II Wag-
Stait and Austin stevens, Of New York Robert
| W. Kennedy aud Hector d Mackay of Denver
and James HALEY, of Dakota The capital is
| fixed at Slg,5 0000
A decree of foreclosure Of the second and
third mortgages on the Indianapolis Il ST Louis
railroad has been entered in the United States
court The second mortgage is for n o O,00O and
me third for %, OO,0b. II. h. Hurlbut trus
tee, brings the suit asking for the foreclosure
The sale is subjected TO the first mortgage of 50 .
OOo you. IL IS ordered that the money is to be
paid into court in ten da,s after the sale and i'm
case of failure In this, the property will be sold
within fifty days from the entry of the decree
Railroad car wheels are now kept IN their
place without being keyed on. In former times
they were almost sure TO precipitate an accident
besides, keys would drop out by the constant
jar, and be weakened by the axle and wheel
ASles are turned TO ii the wheel snugly and are
driven In place by hydraulic PRESSURE
Previous to being driven the aNles are covered
with thin coat of white lead and oil, which
mar lens III a short time, and holds. the wheels
so nrmly nplacet hat'a pressure Offrom 100 to llO
tons Is required TO remove a broken axle from a
wheel in which it is placed
me lengths of some of the more important
tunnels Ill England will undoubtedly be matter
OF interest to some of our readers Tho box
tunnel ON the Great Western railway is nor
haps the longest its length amounting to some
9Sb9 feet. The next In length is the Kil>by
tunnel on the London II Northwestern railway
winch is Z 1874 feet its cost of construction being
about $500 per foot The IIoniton tunnel. on the
London Southwestern road, is 1850 feet long.
| aud cost about S50 per foot In length The Lyd.
ga tunnel, on the London Il Northwestern rail-
way, is 3,gs6 feet in length, chiefly in the coal
measures. its cost also being $50 per foot The
length of the Guilford tunnel is 1885 eet-[Iron
| Age
! Two young and aspiring railroad men, who
| were placed on the retired list owing to
! the consolidation of Gould's south
western roads expressed themselves
rather cmphaticaly and in language
that shocked the feelings of missionary who
was sitting close by Ii tening to their remarks.
He stood 1t as long as hepould. but finally he
| lost his patience aud walked up to the two rail
road men aud reprimsnded them for using such
profane language You ought to know" he
said III conclusion, that there are but two roads,
| one leading to hell and damnation and the other
| to joy and salvation now which one would you
| rather take p Well" replied one of the rail.
road men, after getting over his surprise at be.
ing thus addressed II don't think III take
either for 1t is ten to one that the two roads will
fall into the hands Of Gould and be cons ,lidated
before | get there" The missionary made no
further efforts to convert the heathens and lief,
disguised.
FREIGHTs
On cotton from DallaSare as follows.