The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-04
LIVERPOOL.
RAILROAD ITEMS

SoMs hngllbh railway companies have adopted
me American syst IN Of selling tickets at places
ONE lhah Tue station, and advertise The fact
as au extraordinary facility
The North Pacific railroad, In selling their
agricultural lands In eastern Washington, in.
corpumled clause Ia the contract that one.
elHhlh OF me lands shall be p we'd and cultiyat'
ed before itlc will be given and the provision is
strictly enforced
The Oregon Short Lin the UuIon tactic
ROAD III now opening agIt NtL-watefed graz
| NIX region, capable OF sup ,iug o.0OJ COO head
ul cattle and 1000 600 sheep and when IL Ia NC.
cupled eau yearly export 80 900 cattle $40 90
hhetp aud 'OuUO,WO bounds OF wool
X VI. feCR, superintendent Of bridge, for tho
lN.hWcslstn system OF the Gould lines, is erect
! ing new dOO.ioOt combination wood aud iron
bridge for the Missouri. Kansas 4 re,a. over
! SNs ARKANSAS tiNei, three milcs from Muskogee,
| ~ we ludian Territory. Another new bridge,
! OF hhe construction, is being put up for the
sGtsC company vt New Niriilu Both s,ruc.
/ lures VIII BE- completed some time next week.
| Tine BTotherU. TOD OF Locomotive Engineers or.
gained lhitN-tWo new divisions during the
| past TWO Yeas, making u total OF 49, sub.di.
visions IN good stan ting, aud DURING The same
/ u,ne INC sum OF sllOOa1 20 was paid 10 the fem
l lies snd rel Ht,yrs Of deceased members, and to
/ mvmycn who were unfit Tor employment
! thrup,h railroad aCiduuis During The past
luui,ccn years 'l2s6gH has been paid out Of
/ Tie Insurance benefit nd If the society.
! The indianapolis Journal says: The ir clad
Orier issued by sup uuteadcnt Watts, OF the
] third division q. the u sburg, Cincinnati Il st
/ Louis road, which prohibits triinmtn using IN.
toAt auug lqupfs ald the wishing at taluoun or
gambling houses during the hours of duty. gnd
which alsI requests that When o1 du,y they
. avoid such places, Is working admirably Dunug
| lle mouth, however fourteen men have been
discharged for d .'obeying the oder.
The monster locomotives watch the Central
Pseluc ami thy southern Pacific roads have re-
oeu1y ordered are - feet ~ inches long the
Me,gnt OF the engine In running order is l2i,OO0
the weight Of the tank Is 6S 900 pounds; the "a.
paulsy OF the tank, 5000 gallons OF water and G
MS oi 0oai the diameter of the cylinder is 10
lnohes, with SOtnch stroke The engine Is cal.
eulaIed ~ hau ~ cars or 8sSs tons, up u l05 foot
gtauo, ana on All average So curve, which 10 the
same loud that two ordinary l0.wheelers take.
~ H. ingalls,, President Of the Cincinnati, ln-
] uianapolis, St LOUIS & Chicago road, after
/ twenty years absence, recently visited the home
OF MS Childhood, small town In Maine. He
| tooR strull over the town and finally fesohod
me grocery where no used to often spend his
evenings lie found tbs same old boxes sitting
around several OF his old comraaes AMI few
Old men ny stepped up 10 one OF the latter and
said; "Cnola josh how arc your Uncle Josh
looked Mt lnsall, over for momen, or two and
broke out "Nhy, Melville, how do you do?
WGy SS be stc %c Tying on, w,t And
lusalls. y sm liringou wsst Uncle Josh then
femarsed why they soy you are running a
ta,hoad, aud getting $1,000 = year" "Ye.. {"
Mys Nj ingalls,, am getting 5000 ayear'
mouth, suaiehtened himself up' ora unmarked
"Dat1d u u . I astonishing MA s.eim-
staucc, aud g IL will DO Tor nfslsh
lih well \ own that one Of the bs. materials
ssu s;' wSsS (. I, paper II NOW .sa ha,
rails ~ place Of suel which has almost dis.
placed irou II Ia said In favor OF The new n,s II.
/ hal That the cost per mile viii DO ess by ons.
third than Ma. Of stosL and II VII ~, mach