The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-29

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RAILROADS.

THE Western Union Telegraph company
have extended their line along the North
ern Pacific railroad as far rs Horse Plains,
Montana territory, the present terminus.
There is less snow on the Sierra Nevada
mountains this year than there has been
for many years past. Along the line of the
Central Pacific railroad fire trains are en-
ployed in wetting down the snowsheds to
prevent their catching fire from sparks.
1t will probably be the last of May before
work is done upon the excavation of the
Siskiyou tunnel. Mr.. HurlDurt's party,
consisting of u dozen men IN all, left Ash
| land, Oregon, Tuesday, and are now camped
near Byron Coles, having begun work on
the southern slope OF the Siskiyou.
The railroad laborers below Haley, |. I. q,
are a rough crowd at feeding time. An
eyewitness states that they assault the
long clearinghouse tables, when the TRAN
gle rings and with hats on dive ior every
dish in reach. The table looks as if struck
by lightning inside of two minutes, and
every man Of them tries to get away with
the most grub.
Last week the graders commenced work
on the extension TO the Newport lorD rail
road. A. A. Sutton is experimenting the
business. Noble mas ready and expects to
bring up raft containing about fifteen
hundred pieces of the timber TO be used in
constructing the wharves and the road.
The RAFT is about six hundred feet long, and
seventy-iive feet wide, and Noble thinks 1t
the largest raft ever floated in the bay.
1t is announced that the Atlantic " Pa.
cifc railway will be completed to the Colo
RADIO river about June |. This will be the
terminus of this road. At the Colorado
river it will connect with line now being
built eastward from the Pacific coast by
the Southern Pacific Railway company,
over which its trains will run to San Fran
cisco. The Southern Pacific exteesion to
the Colorado river will probably also be
completed by June l, so that this new
route to the Pacific can be opened at the
latest by July 1, 1883.
! The railroads in England are not flourish
ing. There has been no improvement in
the dividends, although an increase in the
gross receipts. The Lancashire and York.
shire gained IL per cent. in gross revenue
| but its working expenses increased as much
as Z. per cent for the half year. The Lon.
don & Northwestern had an increase of 9
per cent. in gross receipts, but there was a
similar increase in expenditure The Great
Northern was obliged to reduce Its
dividend. The Great Western shows an in.
crease of II per cent. in receipts, but makes
no increase in net earnings. There was al
|
| These are not pleasant figures for the Brit
ish investor, and the outlook is all the
more blue as the prospects of the crops are
| so bad.
A very elegant private car is being built
| by the Pullman Palace Car company ior
President Sidney Dillon, OF the Union Pa,
clfC. 1t Is si&ty-two feet long ten feet high
and the standard width. The observation
room at one end is seven feet six inches by
nine feet, elegantly upholstered and sup
piled with a lounge, which can be converted
| intoa berth. Next TO this is toilet room,
with improved folding bed and other fur
nishings of q tirst.class sleeping.room. The
parlor is eighteen feet long and elegantly
furnished with easy chairs, lounges, organ,
| fine writing-desk, etc, In addition there
are kitchen, pantry and porier's room, all
supplied with every needed conven-
fence for the uses to which they are devoted.
The cost of the car Is said to be something
| over $4,000.
Another circular has been issued regard
ing the Knights-Templar pilgrimage. 1t is
signed by the general passenger agents of
the Union Pacific, Atchisoil, Topeka &
Santa Fe, Texas Il Pacific, Central Pacific,
Southern Pacific, Galveston, Harrisburg &
San Antonio Including Morgan $ Louisiana
& Texas, ana the Denver Il Rio Grande.
iHN NuhNt-uullltu Tpuus Will UlnCt lutlT
tickets on sale June | next, which will be
good ior passage westward up to and incud.
ing August 10, Returning they will be
good up TO aud including October "a next,
but will not be honored THAT Is, for return
passage) previous TO August Goth next.
Stop-overs will be allowed ut any point,
both west.bound and east-bound within
the time limits as given above. These
arrangements apply only to knights-Tem.
plar their wives, daughters, other female
relatives, and male children un-
der II years OF age, except that
members of organized bands OF music (uui-
tormed) accompanying Communicates will
be carried on the same terms as Sir knights
themselves, when properly vouchcd Tor.
Children OF either sex under the age of IL
years will be carried on hali.farc tickets at
half OF any OF the rites named below lex.
cepling special rates made for members OF
the Grand, Encampment), but their Names
will have TO appear on the certificate OF