The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-26

nronaises 10 be a month Of railway changes and
new combinations that will surpass even the
of many of the usually well IN
formed OF the street. When these are secoln.
plished the cause OF the present s,reng.h AND ana
ACTIVITY OF Jersey Central Recalling Nickel Plate
aud Wabash win be better understo0d. swo
western lines will, in the new arrangement cen
ter at AlNntown and reach New York city over
the tracks of the New Jersey Central This COM
pany has the most valuable waterfront ON New
York harbor, upon which facilities TO almost I'm.
limited extent can be erected Tor handling
The Quincy Herald says 3ohn F, Whitney,
an engineer on the Chiea. 10, Burlington q
Quincy, Is row enjoying lei days SUSPENSION
under rather peculiar eircuu tanoes, The 9TH
CT day he was on his engine the depot ready
TO pull his passenger train ort ana between his
teeth he held the remains OF cigar, uhhghted
man walked up TO him looked az MN mo-
ment and asked him his name, temarking that
he was III b Stone superintendent o the Chi.
eago, Burlington & Quincy road, Johu told
his name and thought no more OF ~ unul he
found that he had been suspended Tor smoking
while on du,y There is rule against smok.
ING which is occssioning considerable kickins.
especially among the engine men. IL is all
right enough to prohibit smoking by passenger
train men, as that may be oohoSious TO The
travelling public, but the boys IN mont mink II
is stretching point to absurdiiy when the rule
is made to include them. However the rule is
made and, from the example made oil whitney,
1t seems that it s to be enforced
The Mining Record says: The Gull, Colorado
& santa Fe nov operates Isl miles of road, eX.
tending through the choicest counties of Texas
and lis nroected extensions will make II one of
the large ST and most important lines in the west
The main line stretches nom Galveston to For.
Worth, with two branches, one being the old
Dallas & Cleburne, recently purchased, aud the
other leaves the main line al Temple ana runs
10 Lampasas, distance of flly-six miles.
IL the intention 10 extend tue former branch
on in Il nurtheasterly direction, TO Paris, where
II will meet the ST. Louis Il san Francisco and
form part of through line between Galveston Il
ST. Louis. Lampasas division will also be eX-
tended in northwesterly direction through the
Panhandle of Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico,
crossing the Atchison, Topeka Il
Santa Fe at Los Vegas The COM
pany have Just completed a branch from Arc0la
TO Houston, which will give II short line be-
tween that city and Galveston. short piece OF
road twenty eight miles long, running from Ma
vaSota on the Hous ton Il Texas Central to Mont
gomery has also been bought and VIII be eX-
tended westward TO Lyons on the main line.
twill easily appear that this road connecting
Galveston with the mines on the NORTH with the
pine woods of Southern Texas and with St
Louis as well as furnishing an outlet for the
productions of the central and northern parts OF
the state will be able to do lucrative and con-
SANITY increasing business. It's earnings now
begin to indicate It's future prosperity, for, with
an Increase in mil age of % per cent its earnings
| for December show gain OF 10 per cent. over
| those of the same month of last year. The OH
GERS may well be satisfied aud proud of such an
exhibit