The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-25
RAILROAD ITEMS,


The surveying party of the Tucson Il Port
Looos railroad have reached point sixty miles
distant from Tucson.
The Arizona Star thus pertnentiy remarks
Railroads pay taxes, develop values and bring
Enumeration They are the great industrial
agents of the age"
Work on the Wheeling & Lake Erie road Is pro.
crossing rapidly. The track was completed TO
Fremont last week, and from thence will be
pushed TO Toledo. Eighty miles are now com.
pleted and the road is doing large business.
me lac will be in running order to Toledo, ii is
4 Washington special says; 1t is authentI.
cally reported that new railroad company,
WIN Jay Gould and cx-Secretary Blaine at
US mead, VIII build road from Baltimore to
OHIO along the south side of the Ohio river
The estimated cost is sl5, co., 90
us proposed TO extend the Vacayille Il Win
ters railroad up through Putah canyon into Der.
ryessa valley, and 1t IL said that the Central
laclnc offers TO furnish money for such an ex-
tension II property.owners along the route will
give the rightof-way, and 1t will have the road
through IN time TO take Off this years crops
party beaded by Alexander Ramsey of St.
raul, and Colonel Richard Chute of Minneapo.
rs. has gone out with civil engineers to trace
railway route through southeastern Minnesota
und northeastern Iowa, and acrosss the Mlssis.
sppi to the Illinois coal region.
ROCHESTER, Ind, May II -Track-laying on
the main line of the Chicago & Atlantic railroad
began yesterday. There is a gang of sew.
enty live men and they lay rails by the.new pre-.
cess, by which one mile of road is completed
every day. They have 1000 tons Of steel rails
here.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that during the
past thirty years the United States government
has given away to the railroad corpora tons not
less than 1911 6SS iO acres of public land, ri h5I
Texas.
Jay Gould has established an experimental
| farm on the Staked plains of north Texas The
known tbal
American desert aud the general idea is that IL
| is sterile and uninhabiable. Mr. Gould and
| others think that the whole section may be
turned into line grain producing country
II seems quite probable that the projected cleo
trlc railroad extending through the south side OF
| Chicago to Pullman will be constructed very
soon The company, which has already been
| incorporated, Is composed orc b. Farwell. Louis
Wahl, A. j.. Meeker, W r. Rend, 7 j. Clark,
Cyrus Bentley and J. NJ. Hannahs. At a recent
neetingof; the company the plans for the future
ana probable cost OF the improvements were full
ly discussed, 1t is estimated that the road will
| cost about sl500OO per mile to the city lImits
| making total OF COZ TO that point From
the city limits 10 Pullman the company propose
70 construct surface road to Pullman, the cost
employ electric engines Of the kind used success.
| fully on similar road In Berlin
Inc annual meeting of the stockholders Of
OF the Atlantic Pacific railroad was
H. G. Mutt In the chair. The only business
transacted was the election OF the following
iamed directors: II e.. Mutt, w. i. Strong,
Thomas % rs Nickerson, Levi g, Ward, !, ]. Burr,
y; T. Cheney, A w Nickerson, Edward +.
winslow,, Jesse sclegman, q. P Huntington,
jay Could James d. Fish and William +. Buck.
ley, all but four of whom were on the old board
OF directors-Mr a. W. Nickerson In place Of
Alden Spree Mr.. Huntington In place Of General
Horace Porter. Mr.. Gonld In place of Frod
| lutterield, and Mr.. Buckley In place of
Hayes, After the adjournment of the stock.
holders meeting the directors organized by
eloctng the following officers: President II a.
Mutt; vice-presidcnt Edward + Winsow: secro
iary and treasurer, c. +. Tuckerman; auditor
| s. W Cummings
The Albuquerque Journal say; Through tho
excellent arrangements put forth by Supsrin-
tendent e. W. smith, the employees of the Allan.
tic 4 Pacific railroad have erected neatly ar
ranged hospital In this city, which will be
occupied this morning The building is located
and grounds have cost several thous and dol
lars. which have been paid for by an assess
inc o 5y SSns PsG @S on The emSye
TO provide for any OF the railroad employees who
hMS,,,, be T.. disabled or sick The
other additions are to be made at once. which
WIZ increase the accommodations of the hospi-
thL The grounds are neatly fenced trees are To
DC planted, and comfortable home provided
ior me unfortunate sick entitled 10 admission.
IN the rear OF the main building a neat kitchen
IL erected, containing every convenience for the
curative comforts Of the inmates A building
Tor dispensary is TO be built wherein full
and where operations can be per.
| formed by the surgeon In charge.
| Dr. Jason ii. Conley has received the appo,nt.
mont otsnrgeon of this hospital and pr ]. V.
| Noel will have charge OF the building as stew,
ard; No more necessary improvement has been
made In the city and Il reflects credit on tho
officers and employees OF this excellent railroad
company.