Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-17
PERSONAL AND aEneeA1


single rock-cut the Memphis anc
Kansas City railroad is estimated to cosi
$4,000.
Little Rock Democrat, Monday: "The
frat regular passenger train over the Crow
ley Ridge branch of the ST. Louis and Iron
Mountain road left Kuobel Yesterday on
regular schedule time, 6:15 O'Clock m ar
irving at Forrest City at :15 pm. Left the
- latter place at 2:l5 o'clock pm, arriving at
d tIfSpobel at 7:l5 p.m."
We take sllatin Examiner: sit is with a great
v.,r al of satisfaction that we are able 10 an
n5unce anothef fsSofs6He Step toward the
fual solution of the question OF Completing
the Cumberland and Ohio railroad Work
will at once commence on this end of the
road, which will be put in order as rapidly
possible and cars placed upon il between
Gsllatin and Scottsville, KY. 1t is UNDER
stood that it will be continued from Gallatin
to Nashville by the upper or Long Hollow
route"
The Nashville American says: "The road
bed of the Cumberland and Ohio railway,
just purchased by the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway, passes through some of the richest
territory in Tennessee aud Kentucky. 1t is
all timely timbered. 1t will also develop the
oil wells Of Sumner county, Tennessee, and
Allen county, Kentucky, which have not
been utilized in consequence of the want OF
cheaper transportation. With this line CON-
pleted, Nashville will have direct road to
Cincinnati"
The Supreme Court of the United States
has decided, in the case of the Memphis and
Charleston and the Mobile and Ohio railroad
companies against Gaines, comptroller, that
the Mobile and Ohio is exemp pit from taxation
until 1883. This road had a provision in lis
charter that the exemption should exist until
a dividend of seven per cent. should be de-
clared, which would probably have given
perpetual exemption. 1t is understood that
this decision overthrows the possibility OF
perpetual exemption.
According to statistics recently worked out
the number OF railway travellers killed in
France is one in each 600 000, 900 kilometres
run, which Is distance equal to 40 900 times
the length OF voyage around the world
This excursion would last during 8, 044 years
travelling day and night at the rate of sixty
kilometres per hour. So that, surprising an
average lifetime Of sixty years for a healthy
man, before he could be killed by a railway
according TO the law OF probabilities. he
would have died City times natural death.
1t is stated on what seems to be good au.
thorIty, says the Cincinnati Gdzetts, of Tues
day, that the Memphis and Charleston stock
holders have determined TO buy back the
lease OF their road from the East Tennessee
and Virginia Company at the price asked by
General Thomas, namely, S400,0 Coloue,
ColYer, OF Nashville, with Mr.. Duncan OF
claims that majority OF the stockholders
have been secured, and that the purchase
will be concluded at Huntsville on the 22J
instant.
PAdncah Ners, Monday: "Engineer Hill
house, of The Chesapeake, Ohio and South
western road, ia at work to-day making
final survey OF the Acre for the CLARK
street extension. He yesterday made sur
very of the west end oil Clark street for the
same purpose. a Neirs man attempted to-
day to learn when the extension is TO BE-
made, but without success. He learned,
however, enough to impress him with the .
idea that the work would hardly be com
msnced until fall, if then, the Chesapeake.
Ohio and Southwestern having other more
pressing work TO do elsewhere"
The Ohio State Journal says: "a Bald
win locomotive on the Cincinnati Southern
road was fitted with patent smoke eonsum.
ing and rapid steam generating device about
three months ago, and has been steadily used
in freight service since. The average con-
sumption of coal on an ordinary freight en-
CINE, hauling average trains, is los bushels
per 100 miles. The locomotive with this
new device shows 654 bushels of coal used
per 100 miles. Counting 800 miles as the
average run OF freight locomotive per year.
this means a saving of 1887 bushels, OF 3551
tons of coal per year for each engine"
Texas is a very thinly -peopledj State, and
most of the railways have been built far in
advance of population and business 1t i.
not an uncommon thing on some of the
roads for finely equipped passenger trains 10
run for a hundred miles or SO With only hall
dozen passengers, and sometimes with non,
at all Many trip is made by splendid
Pullman cars without an occupant except
the conductor and porter. Aud yet in Texas
law has just gone into force limiting railway
passenger rates to three cents per mile on all
roads. regardless of business or earnng.,
although the siage-driver may charge what
he pleases for torturing travellers in his mis-
cradle, slow-going vehicle. Texas legisls
tors seem to take the view that if rascally
outside capitalists want the privilege oil
building railways in that State they ought
TO b., made to pay Handsomely for it.