The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-12-20
RAILROADS.

Dogs and people with big bundle6 can
not ride on the New York elevated rail-
roads.
railroad Tor the first week in December
showed an increase of $4,000.
The National Cable company, with q
capital OF $500, 900 and backed by heavy
capitalists, has been started IN New YORK
for introducing into that city the cable
motor for surface street railway.
It is understood that for the present the
office OF superintendent Of the Missouri and
Arkansas division of the Texas q St. Louis
will not be filled, but that Master OF Trans
portation Buchanan will attend to the du-
ties Of this Office a. well as his own.
A correspondent OF the London Tele.
praph calls attention to the utter want ut
many railway stations in England OF he'll
ters for passengers, who have no protection
against the bitter, frosty air and piercing
blasts Of cold wind which sweep through
the cherries openings.
Five THE locomotives recently ordered
for the Texas q st. Louis arrived on Mon.
day, and five more are on the road. The
first installment OF the new cars ordered at
the same time from the Litchfisld and Mis-
souri, cal. works will be ready for delivery
saws correspondent Of the New York
Tribune: recently saw on they Pennsyl.
vania railroad locomotives NUMBERED as
high as 1000 and over, and freight cars
with capacity Of $1,000 pounds. Is
wonderful road. At one poin we passed,
while running tor several minutes. scores
of engines fred up and ready for dutA. We
came from Philadelphia in precisely two
hours by straight, steady pull the Whole
| istance.
The New York Central railroad has es.
tablished the lowest rates OF fare forpassen'
! ee-s that are known in the world u has
| reduced rates on all tares betp cen New
! YORK and Ponghkeepse II ssfIs 62l tripe
zone each way for every week day III Gle
yesy) for $40 The dista9G5 is seventy
Three miles and the rate, Therefore, iss
little over three mills nile, Tickets to
Yonkers fifteen miles .aa0ls'ssyn rate o.
about six mle anne.
The Tmes-Belnocrat says the New Or
leans y Northwestern road Is dstermloec
to rnake lot fight for the eastern bust
meas out OF Ttxas, and, with this IN view
live, wide"Rwske passenger agent will 81
stationed a. Dallas. Que is already ut worb
ct Houston aud has succeeded in making
O very ha1dsome showing for the HorGh
western, as its business out OF Texas i
daily increasing. In few day Mr.. x. Il
CARAT general Southern agent, will Tisi
Texas ior the purpose of establishing
psrtecI system FOR handling passenge
travel
The road, II is stated, will be well adver
lise6 In all the principal cities OF the Lon
star State, and its ADVANTAGES AZ shor
route TO Cincinnati set forth In proper sly e
BsowssvfLLE, TExAs, Dec. 1.-The lei
feuer railroad people here do not appea
10 DO In very good heGrt. The PROPOSE
Mexican railway, with the draw bridg
over tho Rio Grande, will cost q great deal
and the local traffic this side OF Plscadarya
1876 miles south, will be next to nothing.
1 is reported that the efforts to obtain mone.
i at London and Paris have proved fruitless
The MERIDA & Peto railway. Is completes
for thirty.eight kilometers. That fror
MERIDA to Calkins twenty-five kilometer'
aud that TO Villa Dalid is completed 10
twenty-five kilometers.
The PROCESS q Cankal railway in luci
tan has nine Klometers completed.
/ The proposed railway frem San Andre
Quatla, via Catcmaco 10 the port OF 81
kampau, on the coast OF Vera Cruz, Is d
ing surveyed. =.
4 Advicss from Mire states that work IA
been stopped on the International and or
entail railroad, on Gould's line, on acccur
of lack Of money with which to pay col
tractors.