The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-22
RAILROADS.

II "a reported that the Southern Pacific !
irving 10 buy the Paso Robes, Ho
Springs. ,, 49,.
Citizens Of Fargo are arranging to con
s,ruct n railway from that city 10 the Yves
end of Devils lake, aud thence into Mon
tana.
New clocks nrp being put up at the mos
important stations along the line OF Int
Chicago. Pittsburg 4 St. Louis rsilrosd.
| Boise City, Idaho Territory, Is making W
A 500 200 subscription 70 Induce n orancn
The snort line railroad to find It's way u
that place.
An agent of railway projected from III
Crosse to Kansas City, is no" recording II
the COUNTIES Along the route IN Iowa I
mortgage for 5llu0O 600.
Chinfmen spies are Dad to be employed
on the Oregon SHort line 90 "epot, con
dnctnrs who tail to give 40 account OF pas
sengers' fares paid 70 them.
1t il semi.otltcally given oui
that the expert sent to
this county by Fog ish capitalists 70
examine the orazing lands offered for sale
by the Atlantic and Pacific railway, has
made favorable report, aud that sale OF
=. 600 eco acres has been agreed upon.
One hundred and fifty pounds OF baggage
will be carried free over the Atcnison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railroad Tor all passengers
travelling over that line on elther i Its
second or third.class tickets hereafter, Inc
limit formerly was 100 pounds
Ifrailway construction is to continue IN
this country until a mileage of 800, 600 miles
Is reached, as Mr.. Poor, in his manual, con-
fidently predicts IL will, and II the rolling
stock shall continue to bear the same pro-
norton to mileage that it does now, we
shall then have $500 engines ana l,9lo,'
600 cars.
Some progress has been made in vienna
with the electric railway, ana great energy
is said to characterize the management.
Already have the working plans OF the
first section been lodged with the govern
ment, and they are now receiving the ex.
animation prescribed by law rs necessary
step before further work is begun. Mean
while similar plans for the remaining sec.
tions OF the railway are being proceeded
with. r.
The Indicator says that the work OF con,
STRUGGLING the Panama canal is being pushed
with energy. More than 10000 men, 30
steam exca yators, 40 locomotives and 500
up-cars are employed, and the force Will
soon be augmented to 1900 men. Inc TO-
tai length of the canal is As miles. Mean
time CAPTAIN Eads is actually at work on
his ship raj way 9cross the isthmus, much
farther to the north, and it begins TO De
question which will first afford highway
tor shipping between the Atlantic ana "a
cific oceans, and thus furnish competitor
TO the tran continental railways.
Only in Boston could the project Oh re-
ligious railroad have originated. 'ucn q
com bination of business aud pie'y Wou'o
be out of place in any other city In the
known world; bus there is something
which strikes us IS having a touch OF the
eternal fitness OF things, when we read thata
Palestine Railroad company was started III
Boston to build railroad from Caro- to
Jerusalem. not for the purpose of making
money, but to afford an easy and quicE
means of access for pilgrims to
the Holy Land. We regret to say
that the promoter, the Rev. j. A.
Smith having recently ed, the company
has been dissolved and the scheme aban-
doned. Boston should not have let this
die it should have been preserved as one
of its peculiar curiosities.
The latest attempt to construct success
full electric railway is the one now nearly
finished between Portroush, Ireland, and
the Giants Causeway. This railroad mas
been built by company OF shareholders,
who raised f45 900 to construct SIX miles OF
rail. The guage is only three feet. The
rails are laid level with gravel SURFACE.
The grades are very heavy; in parts as steep
as in 80, aud the curves are very sharp. III
has been proposed to connect 1t with an
electric railway from Derrick, and thus TO
have narrow guage road from Ballemena
to Larna and Custerdall. The power is OBJ
tanned from q water fall and the current is
coLducted over a separate rail parallel TO
the railway, being taken off as wanted by
brushes attached to The train, in control
OF train employees.