The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-09
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RAILRO I'D ITEMS.

n, There arc now lacking to complete the road to
0hihuahua only 49, carloads Of rails
I'm, me sonora road will reach Magdalena in
=, Officers of the Virginia & Truckoe railroad saw
that there is no truth In the rumor that the road
Ia 70 DC changed TO narrOw-gauge
Inc railroad town of Rock Island In Missoula
comfy, Nj consists of thlrty-seven tents,
hi;Vell OF winch are occupied by saloons
Inc big enginois now making regular trims
over the Tehachipa mountain. It readily per-
forms the work oftwo -wheelers
Inc International u Great Northern railroad
company has authorized the immediate con.
.truction of thirty miles of tho Trinity K Saline
fass Dranch, from Moscow, Polk county to Form
Gcsnnection with tho East Texas railroad Mt or
near Woodville, Tyler county
new style OF car Is aboutto be introduced on
the southern Pacific railroad, destined TO be rru
from California TO the gulf as wheat cars and on
tneir return ~ immigrant cars The interior
VIII DO IKE all other freight cars Along Inc
saueS WI, be sleeping bunks lowered and sus.
Peilueu py an iron rod aud hinge, but CAPABLE OF
beng closed up flush when freight Is carried
! Ihere are windows, of course and II is said Inc
cars VIII be MS comfortable and warm as IN.
most luxurious Pullman Sleeping car.
nne oiIcinnati ENQUIRER hears rumors of 0
purpose TO 'freele OUT the Cincinnati, New Or.
leans Texas Pacific stockholders who nrc moi
IN sympathy with The Erlanger syndicate Tho
ROAD mas Just passed itsquatterly dividends
anu tne passing OF other dividends is not i'm
! f''pHuiS. II tllt DcHIlnp OF the stock is uugup
cessiul, the syndicate will stand ready 10 Absorb
| the holding of discouraged ckholdcrs
inc ~ Augustine Weekly of the 9Sth ult
says There are now about 200 hands at worl
on ite Iachsonville ~ 81 Augustine railroa,l
| ana inc grading Is being pushed forward q,
rapluly as circumstances will permit Tn,
amount OF grading finished Is as follows: Four
| Teen ana oneh half miles from Jacksonville lrct
anu one,iourth miles from the nine.milg pos
toward the city, then from the terminus oi III,
h,ln -, a.,
| ilghtoi-way has been cut, aud the grading viii
! be finished in short time" W.
iron express cars have been put on the South
cru racine railroad. The eur is described a
being very strong, and is bul.et.proor A yer,
important item III the Arizona country, nj
| nauc IN TWO compartmcnts-On for treasure aut
aie othtr Tor i've or six expressmen and guards
IheTe are doors, only on the sides, an,
,oophoiss IN me side of the car give the express
men whonre fully armed, q fine opportunity to
PICK OIL train robbers. In addition to this fore,
| OF men, arms ana ammunition, there were fuu
siberian bloodh. unds in the car, The hounds
with each train. -
Chicago Railway Age who gets the mos
out OF the railways, the bloated capitalists wht
nave the lmpudencc to build them or the down
lIoddGn people why ride on them and shin h,
sleil w asloillthlngly cheapra cS, and the vas
army OF men, women and children whom the,
| support Let us see. In round numbers in lss
| the railways earned Si25 OOl thuy naid ON
| Tor WORKING expenses silqG0N GOO: the iuterrs
on thelr ponds was Sl2S 60GWG they paid thc
stockholders in dividends 500 10000 Win
farmer, ont OF every 800 which he receives fo
bis crops pays his laborcrs aG4, the holders o
MS mortgages SlI puts into other M Ccssary ont
'ys ~, aud Keeps only Sl2 for his capital, labo
q ID risk Not one"
The American public, says the New Orlean,
Times Democrat, knows but little of the Difficult
ties attendant upon the construction of rail
rOads IN Mexico, or OF the obstacles, phySiCa
and otherwise, American engineers have TO con
tenu WIN ana overcome IN the prosecution y
their work, The mountain ranges that corn
gate the surface of the country attain surpris
ing altitude, while the passes and canyons tina
break their monotOnouS uniformity are not nj
ways practicable for railroad routes In thcil
progress through the interior the locating en-
gincets of the Mexican Central have had many
difficult problems IN solve; but they have over
come them all, and to-day the liuc rests ut Leon
the second city in size and population in Mex
leo ana the center of one of the most flourish
Ing agricultural districts OF on
sister republic. Nor have tht
obstacles presented by the topography of Tho
country been the only ones this company have
had To coutcnd with Thematerlal for the con
structon of their line from the City OF MeXIco Il
Leon had TO be hauled over the coast mountain
range from Vera Cruz to the capital by thu
Mexican railroad a. great expense. II has been
estimated that the Central has paid the latter
railroad company very nearly II not quite g..
NNNt'NN iiNlhhN VIZ 'uHNuNNllNl luultIml NllulI
the past two years. Notwithstanding tho grca
expenses Incident 10 construction, the president
OF the Central, in his report TO the company
states TINT the average cost per mile Of tho road
from Mexico to Leon is but s2L2Si From Leon
through the interior the route of thS
Inc tends in n general northwesterly
direction 10 the city OF chihuahua. x
fair portion OF this division has beer
graded, while the entire line from Leon to the
frontier has been surveyed and the route To-
Gated The company have for the last yea
been working ON the northern division with the
most commcnda6le activity This section will
connect chihuahua the capital OF the state OF
The samc name. with III pds!; on the Rio Graudc
frontier. Tie material for the construction OF
this eud of the enterprise Is laid down at st
Louis, Mo-, and from thence transported by rail
10 FL raso, Ibis division, Of over 500 miles
will be opened TO freight and passenger trailit
about September 10Th Thus the Central, the
Mexican Iricntal, and the National railroad en-
terpriscs are working as cxpeditously as can BE-
expected to bring about that lOnRed.ior 9esid.
cratum, rnil communication with the interior OF
Mexico; nor will 1t be long before American On.
orgy will have solved the great problem Of
bringing 10 the MississiIp i valley the vast