The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-20
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IL II sad that the iF1 unfinished tunneI
| on the NJrtoern Paoiii road Will cost 80,
| 600 600.
The Central Pacific railroad compsny |,
/ erecting waEeI-,aDk no Wi1beinu cca, Ne
vada. that will hold 80 00D gallons Ut wafer
| A rule has been adopted nv the New
| York railroad commissioners recurring the
| railroads OF that state make quarterly
lbnanciaf reports.
\ Evsry employee OF the Erie railroad ad-
diced 70 The use OF hqnor Is 10 be dis
| charged from he service Of tie cCmUauy
iPhe Mexican government ba, published
regulations ior the construction, conserva-
zion aud operation OF railroads
At the Instance Of the Northern Pacific
express company the WrlIs-FargO express
has been enjpiOed fr0m establishing agen-
Gics IN Washington. Idaho ADD Montana.
Within The corporate limits Ut the city Of
BnffilD are more miles Of railroad track
han there are III any Other three cities ON
he tace of The glope. The Erie alone has
1874 miles Of track here.
fhe Kansas City 4: Memphis raj road now
within u duyot conpletion, has established
passenger rates. FOCAL in Aikanst-. OF
cents per mile; Kansas City TO Memphis, 3
cents; emigrah's. 2 cents. and thousand
mile tickets 2 IL cents. This Is the lowest
rate Fixed by any standard gauge in Arkan-
sas.
The Sioux City Is Pacific railroad COM
pany is taking steps for the speedy extsn-
sion OF its line toward and into the Black
Hills. This will be u direct line into the
gold and silver bearing regions az Dikn'a
and Wyoming, and will open new and
important market for the farm products OF
Nebraska.
According to The Indicator, the Mexican
Central railroad will be fl nished through to
the states by next April. The track will
reach Aguas Calienrrs by September 1G or
20, II tcatpcas December l. and Fresnil o
January /. From this end the northern
division will reach San Juan de Guadelnps
December l, leaving gap of only l6O kiIo-
meters. The last spike will be- driven ut
La Soledad in the state OF Iscetecas. Track
laying on the Mexican National has been
resumed toward Movelia.
The fastest Train on the American CONT
nent we believe is now run on the Canadian
Atlantic railway. between Coteau station
and Ottawa. From u timetable just re.
ceived we lind that express train No. 4
makes the distance of 10 miles 10 an hour
and GniTty.four minutes. an average OF ovrr
fly miles per hour toF the trip, and OF
over fifty.two miles perhour actual running
time ater deduc'ing for one STOP, This is
a little faster than tins fast limited express
between Ph,l4delphia and New York
The senate Judiciary committee of New
Hampsbire has under consideration The
bill Incorporating what will he called ne
Southern Pacific company, by the provis-
ions of which any railroad -or am0oat
line or lands in the United states may be
purchased by the company with the right
10 increase ne capua stock tn An unlimited
extent by the w .es of the parties interested.
The incorporarors named are: Cnarles
Pierce. G. Cocker, M. Hopkins and Isaac
e. Gath. attorney for Governor Stanford,
wto ara laid TO control the California sys-
tenn. Pierce, who testified before the COM
mittee stated that iJ was proposed If the
bill became Il law to consolidate the Louisi-
ana Western. Texas E New Orleans. Gal
weston, Harrisburg d. San Antorio. Hous-
ton e Texas and Texas Central and other
railroads AS well as steamboat lines. having
An aggregate ca pital of upward of $50. 600
600, besides owning G,000 900 acres of land
in Texas.