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

UArLROAD ITEMS.

rhE legislature of Minnesota is about to pass
bill that the use OF intoxicating drinks by rail
road employees be prohibited by law, as In Mich.
igan This is police regulation.
A new timetable for the passenger trains goes
Into effect next Sunday on the Frisco line
There is no change made in the time of leaving
st. Louis, but the long runs will be quickened'
Henry Willard and his associates In New York
control 1852 miles of the railroads OF Oregon,
viz The Northern Pacific company, 4S3; the
Oregon Railway and Navigation company, 357
the o. u G. railroad company $40; the Oregon
ian railway company. AS; the o, I. company,
The Gould lines changes referred TO in the
Globe. Democrat few days since came 10 pass
yesterday II. q. Ports resigns the claim
agency 10 go into the legal department. W. d.
J)nes, at present general western freight agent
a. AtChison, takes the claim agency aud H. A.
Emerson, commercial agent in Texas. succeeds
Mr.. Jones AZ A,chison. The office OF commercial
agent IL abolished
The Chicag'. Milwaukee & st. Paul company
have built and erected hundreds of miles Of
narrow boards placed about SIX inches apart
End are eight feet high. They are placed nearly
fifty yards from the cuts which they are intended
TO protect on the windward side of the track.
The snow piles up in large drifts near the fence,
sloping gradually to the track and leaving Tho
cut entirely free from snow.
woman riding on Pennsylvania railroad
on free pass was badly injHred by collision,
aud the company resisted her claim for damages
on the ground that by Que of the conditions Of
the ticket the user assumed all risks. The Jury
gave her a verdict for OoC0, and, the case be.
ing appealed, the supreme court affirmed the
decision in favor of the plaintiff
Articles of incorporation for the Deiling &
Clifton railroad have been filed with the secre.
tary of the territory. This road Is To be built
from Silver CITY TO Clifton-estmeied distance,
ITO miles. Capital stock, S250006 The inCor
porators are J; ?, Whitney, Elijah Smith, R. NJ.
pulsiier and William J. Rotch, Of Boston; G p. !
The company Is incorporated under the laws OF
New Mexico, and Silver City is named as the |
principal place Of business of the company |
The names of the incorporators are a sufficient |
guarantee that the road win be speedily pushed
forward to completion. Some of The most
prominent railroad men in Boston are among |
the subscribers to the stock, and 1t IS the design
OF the company to build the road by subscrip. |
tons to the stock. and not by the sale of bonds |
Jay Gould would secure the Pittsburg Il West
ern road at the compile ion OF the Saupatch TIM
mel. He has, and this line will be added 10 the
Wabash system. But that is not the
Sn sw Castle ahe and ne sasman Gs between NsS
built by Jay Gould's friends, and the theory Il,
his line will be the New York outlet OF the
Gould system, as against the Mckee plate, the
Lake Ia Shore and Other lines By controlling the
pittsburg 4 Western he has an outlet AT New
Castle via the Pttsburg & Buffalo, but not en-.
irely independent of the Vanderbilt lines and
hat Is what he wants. Gould has purchased
iepoA grounds in Pittsburg, bought the lower
Allegheny river bridge, and now he is after The
lpsolute control OF the Junction road, commonly
allied the Belt. This line will connect with lie
Baltimore q Ohio at -Four Mile Run. and The
unnel to be made for this connection win he
'yer mile and half long. Besides this. Gonld
las charter for a bridge across the Monogahela
iver at or near Jones Il Laughlins mill, and by
,uildiug this will get transfer with either ths
'insburg 4 Lake Erie or Pittsburg Youghiogh
ny & McKeesport line