The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-08-05

tember LIST Monday next passenger train viii
be put on for Walnut Ridge and NeIIleton
sixty days.
The aIuiuda Of chihuahua is 400 feet while
that OF FL paso is B go snd the highest point on
the Mexican G ntral between those two places
Is few miles soWh OF Ganeys with an eleya'
lion OF s, iS6 feet
Lat week the Iron Mountain Railway com.
pany sold A. 100 acres Of land situated In Saline
county, thirty miles south OF Little Rock.
Arkansas, TO syndicate OF New Jersey capital
ISIS The price was ill0O0. The timber Is
pine ard oak. The sale was negotiated by
George Rciss and ". W Pierce, Of Newton, New
Jen ey, head OF the syndicate.
IL Is said thar one Of the newest devices prac'
ticed by the New York Central TO make 1t ap.
pear prosperous is to pAIt pictures OF men and
women on the windows OF The passenger cars.
me effect Is most satisfactory, according 10 the
wall Street News. At a recent test nineteen
experts out Of twenty declared the COACHES
were hlled with bon. Ode pass, myers.
re Rob Roy bridge, on the Parsmore road
near I ne Bluh, about which there has been 50
much contention, was on Monday turred over
10 the sheriff Of JEFF, rsOu county, John NJ, Clay
ton, by the ieceiyer, George DOugheTty, They
ssy mat by Friday they viii run train over
the structure
The quantity of through freight shipped over
land nom California In June was the largest OF
any month this year. The increase WAS entirely
on the Central Pacific road A. the usual
weight given to car, there must have been
l,S7 cars sent OF In that MONTH ofwhich S57
cars took the northern and 400 the southern
EOute
The watermelon market at Chicago is I'm great
distress. Immense cOnsignmentS IRON 'etgta
are flooding South Water street and the dealers
refuse TO accept them. The freight ON the
melons ranges from S65 TO Sl25 per car, while tue
dealers can on y get from $40 10 Isl per car for
them Thtsstate OF atiaiSs mpels lhe railroads
To enter Ihe market as sellers and dispose OF the
q o
The Central Pacific railroad has hled iI brief
win the department Of the interior, in support
OF lIs claim for the l6O00,OOl acres awarded 10
Ihe Texas Pacific road ON condition OF buildinga
road, which the latter not ouly did not do hsv.
lng Sold Quito the Contrhl Pacific but bound t.
self not to build The latter now claims the
land grant to the Texas Pacific, on the ground
OF lts contract with that road. II virtually says
70 The government: You We're prepared 10 give
That land 70 have that road built, and We have
bullt II. The road was wanted 10 hrt ak up the
Yen trh Pacific monopoly, aud this is what 1t
iailedto do
In answer to an inquirer as to (which is the
largest railroad company IA this country" tho
NewIork Journal OF commerce gives the follow.
Ing interesting information Tue Union Pacific
Is the largest 4,269 miles, capital t6JS.2lb.
The Pennsylvania Onerates LIS miles, capital
s. 1872 3OO New York Central gq3 miles, - i2S 500
capital Wabash, 33iS miles. 1924 70O capital.
MISSOURI Pacific controls 5,h35 miles, capital So
0O0 900, Louisville & Nashville 202S miles, capl.
tai 21,O0,0 o. Lake Shore, "a miles, capital
bO,OO0,l0G Illinois Central, 1872 miles, capital
% OlO,0OO Chicago & Northwestern, 27s mics
capital 1885, 400; Chicago & Rock Island, 1881
miles, capital Al 100000 Chicago, Milwaukee &
81 Paul 1853 miles capital s4,SO5,Hi: Chicago.
burlington IN 4 Quincy 3 lsS miles capita 6SSli,-
l9l; Central Pacific 2,995 miles, capital 50 30.
SO Baltimore 4 Ohio 1853 miles capital TO-.
5p5, Sc; Northern Pacific, 1901 miles capital
20 iO9ilS2; Erie, 1,02O miles, capital S5,915,lO0