The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-22

II was decided Immediately to open subscription
BOOKS Tor sou 700 worth OF first mortgage bonds,
AUD 70 solicit from private individuals, the city
snu tne county snthonues assistance and con-
The annual meeting Of the New York Lacka-
wanna \ Western railway company will he held
IA New York February 10 Thee is eonsldera,
Ole POPULATION regarding the ousoms of this
meeting. and predictions are nade thai Jay
Soold VIII virtually secure control of this road.
and that he viii build an extension from Baf.
islo 70 Ioled1 10 connect al thai point with the
wabash system
An improved escape door for railway cars,
which can be opened to permit the exit Of the
Passengers In case the car has caught IRE OF has
been overturned, and the usual outlets are not
accessible, has been patented by Mr.. homas
I. Flint OF Miidlebury, Vermont The inyen-
,lon consists III a car provided with openings
In Its bottom, which openings are closed by
doors connected with Stats resting on sliding
oars IN the car hoor the sliding bars being pro-
Vided with racks engaging with pinions ON
shaft below the car floor When the shaft is ro-
/ lated. tina sliding bar, the seats and the door
VIII be moved in the directionoi the length OF
the ear leaving the openings In the car bottom
uncovered 10 permit persons leaving the car
through the same,
ihe Boston Advertiser says: The Atlantic Il
racine had completed AL miles of its line up 10
/ SATURDAY night leaving only eighty-nine miles
to build to the'Needles When Inc road reaches
that point the directors viii be con-
iroAted with severel important questions /.
whether TO 10 on and build All independent
line TO san Erancisco, as authorized by its char.
| ter; whether to build to II connection with the
Calitornia southern or 10 have the California
souihern build 10 connection with the Allan
tic X Pacific; or whether 10 make the Colorado
| river the terminus and the Southern Pacific the
Western connection. These points must be set
tied; mp TO the present time they have not been
seriously discussed.
Tho Boston Transcript has the following:
The Chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy and the
! Union Pacific are at work arranging for some
kind OF UNION of Interests, which, for want of
better term, must be called by the slang of tho
street a deal IL Is. however. intimated that
consolidation is not the proper term for a con-
soldauou of these two properties would antago.
nize other Iowa lines and force them to build
beyond the Missouri river for their own pro.
lection The Union Pacific, the Chicago
Burlington Quincy. and the Ato6i.
son, Topeka Santa Fe are the
only lines between the Missouri river
and the state Of Colorado and they are all Bos.
Ton companies, projected by Boston, built with
her capital, and still managed from and having
their central offices in Boston. They have now
more than ever before a community of interests
by reason of having much the same stockhold.
ers, and they should be managed to protect
their stockholders interests as friendly and hon.
Orable rivals"
An English exchange describes some I'm.
proved sleeping cars" Just built by the Pull
man company for the Midland railway, the
Improvement consisting chiefly In the tact that
they are built on the English pattern, with side
entrances instead of end doors, to which British
preluulce does not seem to get reoonciled
However, it must be admitted that the privacy
OF an English frst-clsss carriage" which
is dear across the waters, has some
especial advantages In sleeping oar.
ana II is not by any means certain that the idea
III modified form might not be introduced to adj.
! vantage in this country. The Railway Times
London, thrs describes the new cars:
These carriages differ from those at present
IN use In having side entrances thereby dis.
psnslng with the end platforms, and 1t being
divided into four compartments, 80 as to com
bine the comfort and TO a certain extent the
privacy OF an English frst-cass carriage, with
the convenience of the sleeping.car Each COM
partment contains cushioned seats as well az
pertns and beds for four persons There is
CONTINUOUS passage from one emo of the car to
the other. Tor The use ofthe attendant but ordi
narlly each section Is separated from the rest by
doors and curtains. Pne new cars are each
rather over twelve yards long, and weigh about
thirteen tonS. They wero built In America.
shipped TO England In sections, and put together
ana finished at Derby, and have been named
"BalmoraT and ''Culross,"
According TO the figures compiled by tho Com.
mercisl and Financial Chronicle, sixty-Ope
railroads In January earned $40 6v2, 1888, against
lS,S2b 1853 for the same month In 1882. increa,
for 1883. l.376,E5 Mileage In 1888, Al. 43Oc In
lSs2, S,2'7; increase, 4l53. Nineteen OF the.
SIXTY -one roads show decrease In earnings. the
heaviest ,a IN Northwestern, s262, 2sO Union Pa.
cine, III zoo. The roads that show the heaviest
increase IN earnings are, Texas Pacific, $40 $40;
missouri Pacific, us. S65; Grand Trunk, of Cana.
a. Oh YoS; Kansas Texas, g. $685. Northern Pa.
cine. 1867; Iron Mountain, liS, $50
The Pullman Palace Car company's earnings
show an Increase of 81, 900 per day In January,
and ! 500 per day so far during February.
The earnings of the roads in the Gould South.
western system for January were.