The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-15
RAILROAD ITEMS.

an II LEe vi Incorporation o. inc DeS ARC "
Brinkley railroad have been filed, the road to
run from Des Are Prairie county to Brinklcy,
where the Pargmore narrOw-gaugo road crosses
the Memphis Il Little Rock
Vice President HAYES, of the Missouri Pacific
railway, telegraphs from st. Louis ~ returned
from Texas by the Missouri, Kansas " Texas
and Missouri Pacific on Sunday The corn crop
looks well over our entire system. aud favorable
reports continue. Promising reports of cotton
also continue from Texas and Arkansas We
can hardly fail TO have good crop"
OTTAWA, August 10 1t Is announced that
$3.50, 600 of the 10000 900 Pacific railroad bonds
have been taken up The duke of Manchester
company took 5,00o,009, 800 0u0 were taken up in
Toronto, and the remaining 3,Do,oO disposed Of
in Canada.
The Atchison Topeka 4 Santa Fs COMPANY,
has about 5000 stockholders. Dividends will
be paid next Tuesday to over 4, IOe stockholders
Al the annual election in April, ISL there was
but ], $50 stockholders of record, In previous
years they numbered from 800 to 7C0 Thenum
Der OF stockholders has more than doubled the
past year, aud tho names of about 100 new stock
holders are being added each month to the
Atchison books. Tho Chicago, Burlington "
Quincy railroad company had 5 745 stockholders
TO whom the dividend OF June -, 1852 was pai1 !.
Twelve months previous, or juno lj 1851, the
number OF stockholders was 1850
CITY or MEXICO August 10. Tho rOlca diyi.
sion of the Mexican National railway, extending
from this city 10 IOluca, opened to-day.
A dispatch to General Palmer, from the City
OF Mexico, says the government has approved
the Toiuca division OF the Mexican National
railway, extending from tho City OF Mexico to
Toluca, and the road thus far is opOncd to pub
lie traffic.
The Kansas City * Memphis railroad com
pany are pushing work on the line rapidly, and
expect to finish to Memphis early in March
one OF the attorneys OF the road says it has been
definitely decided to build branch To Little
Rock to connect with the Arkansas system
Mammoth Springs, Fulton county, is the point
OF me ROAD entrance in Arkansas and Augusta
station three miles north, will DO the end of the
first division Three contractors are now ut
work on the limo, and work Ii now progressing
on every mile of tho road. The total force OF
,lOi laporers and 500 teams has beon ordered
doubled. Inc track Will be of steel rails and
the bridges of iron.
DkTRolL M1cH,, August 0.-The Western as.
soclahon OF general passenger and ticket agents
met here to-day. Representatives were In ut
tendance from thirty-onc lines OF railroad M.
lnerous subjects or interest to the railrOae fra.
tenity were discussed but tho business was
hurried through, aud no changes of importance
were made in tho resolutions adopted at tho last
preceding meeting Among the questions dis.
cusSeu. but not dti,nitcly acted on, were tho
rates Tor theatrical combinations extra bag
gage, ETC., the storing and handling of general
baggage, the management Of excursions and the
list of land points. lankton. Dakota, Norfolk
ana Creighton, Nebraska, and Albany, Texas,
were stricken from the reyiously-nrrnured
list Some questions OF internal interest were
lalh over Tor action ut tho Montreal meeting
september ID Another meeting uf the Western
assoc iation viii be held In Louisville Ken
iuGSy' on The second Wednesday in November
Inc Northern Pacific is now running regular
trains 10 Forsythc, forty.Seven miles west OF
Niles CITY. From there west an accommodation
train runs to Pompey's Pillar, thirty miles from
touIson and l9O miles east of Boleman The
bridge Is being constructed across the Yellow.
stone TO CouScn, and the track is now laid within
twenty miles OF that place. II Is contemplated
having the construction trains running To
Coul.on and Billings by August 18th, and
regular passenger trains some time In Septem.
Der. Passengers going east take train nj
Pcmpeys Pillar In the morning and arrive at
Forsythe in tho evening" where they remain
over night From these they take Il through
train 10 = Paul time iorty.eight. hours,
Through Pullmans run between Miles Civ and
st, Paul every day. Tho road will probably
cross the range on temporary switch back into
Bozeman by autumn. The track Is now being
laid two miles per day,
Or, Norvn Green, president of the Western
umon telegraph company, upon being asked
whether the statement Telegram he'd that he will
resign the presidency OF the Western Union
company TO accept similar POSITION In the Lou.
Syille " Nashville railroad company was true,
.ald There was no authority for the statement
whatever and The matter had not oven been
mentioned, much less discussed. The whole
story has no foundation In fact The doctor
says he has never been approached by the rail
iONu OlllVlNlS CONCERNING tnlS SUBJECT
The New York Herald says Henry Willard,
president OF The Northern Pacific railway com.
nany, has addressed a long communication 10
the committee on judiciary OF the house OF repre-.
seniatives In answer to Inquiries a. To the cost OF
construction OF the road; the net proceeds Of
lands already disposed OF OF any facts tending
To hinder the construction OF tin road when
caused unavoidable delay: what proportions Of
the lands unearnod are valueless, II any, etc.
IL appears from this letter that the cost Ut
la0s1s miles ofcompleted road and OF l7s miles
of finished grade, including rolling stock. motive
power and other equipments, 10 May |, 1872, was
a. follows,
Construction, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sl,0lg, i02
Improvements and bettcrneuts ..,,,., 2iO2 500
Construction material on hand. say 90. 100000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sG2 iGCSs
The net receipts from the sale of g. Vs., g.S,aofes
ofland to May ], lSNl, wero.as follows.
In the company's bonds .,.........m i.siGiO,
IN the company's preferred stock 80, 903t 81
Total ......,,..........,...S ii,5ia, t66
Bonds are received IN payment for lands In
compliance with tho terms Of the several mort.
cages under which they were issued. The above
amount includes bonds of the original $50 issue
before the failure Of the company, and bonds Il.
sued since under new mortgages, In regard TO
the valuelcss land OF the company, Mr. Willard
states that IN Minnesota out OF iSOl, 600 acres
only 40nc00 ara 1T for cultivation. or the lands
granted To the company IN Dakota all that por.
ton included within the Coteaux IN tho eastern
part OF the territory and ths so.cslled bad lands
third Of the lands granted, IL believed 10 be
vund nptv fnr vtasIug purnoapa In Montan ma