The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-12-30
RAILWAY ITEMS.

The frs. track on the South P,o1syl.
wanna road was laid e week AGO at tbs kit
lAllnhy Mountain Tunnel, near RoN1ury
N'ih Is belt < pushed ahead rapidly ON tIo
tNn tuhIr.a, which are known astbp tygIn
tNnhels. The one on the kitatInnv IN
500 ie"t d. lenbth, aud thc Outia tne I'ns
Mountain 400, making the iWagD.l E..t
/ Iht opening between them m CUTTERS V,i.
/ ltN 's only $40 iCet Tta macbispry usrl
/ ln driiinrNcr will cost 100000. A nisht
/ l"'ao rs 10 De put uu as soon as possible. and
/ tl- WORK ot digging the luGuel viii be-
/ lnshtd forward without delay. day and
/ 'Rht' Ihe tunnel will be lighted by olcs.
tiC lights during the work.
and the burners at The m,nGi
q the tunnel will bn olsuilrieut pavrsr
H spread o. ligh' several huutrsd mst In
circumference. The distance from, fIal.ysi
1' 'He uuc6 % the top 90 the mountain I'M
u'st. line ls GO feet. L. Will take about
$40 years aud a half 20 finish the tunnels
Hlt % IS expected that traIus will be run.
uilg down asIar as the tunnel before that
lime.
The constructing force on the Cincinnati
* EASTERN road have proceeded with ths
aging Otthe track as Tar rs the east end of
toe tunnel, which Is Csc feet long. M Inc
Uut crossing over Soio,a Brush creek. and
The laying OF The track will progress "a Is.t
as the bridges are erected over the Greet
which has 80 be- crossed tive times before
The SciOta river IL rescued The heavy fail
OF snow has intericred with the WORK al
erecting The bridges during the past few
days, but the material is ell on the ground
a ld ihe work OF traCk-Inyinr will be pusbsd
forward vigorously as soon as the weather
will permit 10 the weather should prove
favorable within the next ten DAYS. il Ii ey.
paC,ed that the new road viii be into
Portsmouth, Ohio, hy the lst Of March.
The unprecedented storms Of rain and
snow reported yesterday cas- ana north.
IVES. iutCrletgd greatly with the running of
trains, To THIS locality % wbs lCared last
night bv railroad men mat thr snow, which
was being followed by continuous rain.
would ut Damaging TO railroad prlptrtv
Ald cause great destruction.
The tep.rt OF the lessee uf the ALBANY
and Su.qua launa Railroad Company h a
IUoWs, Capital stock paid boo. So .5IUOuO.
funded debt, s. $4,000, NOT funded. 81 Dos.
1'6 6}. tola, cost of the road ana ,qupment
90 date, ;l2 ip,S2l go, Tor interest. lb3i..
ial 2li log dividends at seven per cent. per
Unuum $4,000.
The report of the Rensselaer, and Sl5atl.
ga Railway company, filed ln Albany late.
nv.
81 $1,000, funded debt 2Ujl OOO. torsl
cost OF road and equipment, $09B7iO "a
or interest S-3i5oJ; ior dividends. t2ls..
go.
On April l6.h, .oSi, the Pennsylvania
line wlu celebrate the semi.ceutenuiu OF
the completion otthe road with appropriate
ceremonies, The dtst train on she rad
was ran from Philadelphia tc Columbia |
April l6th, 1884.
The passenger department Of the Nsrth. /
era Pacific has appoiutad J. X. Berry I
special passenger and tourist ageut. to take /
effect January lsL HIS headquarters will |
be- IN ChcsgO'
The Buffalo Car works ara building two |
hundred coal cars for the Rochester 4 |
rushutg road, aud Fix hundred freight |
cars tor tie Delaware, LaoKawanna 4 West. |
VTu.
James 7. Gardiner, the newly appointed |
superintendent OF the Rochester a Pitts |
nurs road has entered upon his duties. |
his headquarters are ht Rochester,
The earui0cs oi the 81, Paul system for |
the second week CO. December we're Ssil. |
UO against $4,000 for the same week last |
year.
Go 10 Meyers bali tonight and hear the |
graud concert. This troupe appeared here !