The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-16

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three months, shipments from New Orleans
and other southern markets northward
nave been fully SO per cent. heavier, il IA
stated, than ever before, and there has been
handsome increase In south bound tom
mage over this route.
The earnings of fifty-nine railroads for
the month of May, published BY the Finsn.
clai chronicle Of Saturday last, show a
Total OF 81 ,497 ,037, against SIS, 66S, 735 for
May, lSS2 an incresse Of 9.3 per cent. The
mileage OF this year is l06 per cent, larger
than IN May of last year. The total earn.
mss OF these roads from January to Nav
81 are $9L All, against SIS. 34l, IA for the
corresponding period in 1852, a percentage
OF net increase exactly equal TO that of the
month OF May. w
The Helena (Ms IT, Herald of the 9Th
inst; says: 4. A. Smith. assistant engineer
IN charge of bridges and track, in the CITY
to-day informed Herald reporter that the
track this evening will rest al point nine
and one-half miles east of Helena. On the
closing down OF work on Friday the track
layers expect to be at the Prickly Pear,
ABOUT Six miles from the city limits. Re.
pairing OF the Missouri river bridge was
supposed to be crossing today.
The st. Louis Republican saws; Estate
regulation of railways has reached strange
outcome in California, where the people
have begun a series of mass meetings de.
manding the Impeachment of the commits
soners Tor glaring disregard OF the public
interests. Or course, o. in all these issues
arising on the Pacific coast, the Central Pa
cine railroad Is the bone OF contention, that
company having practical monopoly of
the railway system west Of the Sierra Ne.
Vada. 1t Is declared that California gives
the road about 50 per cent. of its whole
business, and yet the California people pay
double the rate charged on through traffic,
ms unequal tariff beng so unfair that the
Central Pacific actually collects two-thirds
as much money as the New York Central,
while doing but one.sixth as much work.
This IS bad enough, but when it Is added
that the Central Pacific owns lands in the
state OF Cnlifornia valued at SIS, 100000, on
which not dollar of state or county tax is
paid, It will be seen that there is very lust
cause TOR compliant. The railway commits.
sioners come into the grievance through
the fact that the inclinations of their official
acts are always toward leniency to the rail-
way company. So pronounced is this len.
lency that some OF the San Francisco papers
openly charge that the commissioners have
ucSH urlutu ny tle company
Late advices from the interior OF Meuco
bring, important railroad news. Several
new charters have been granted, one for a
line from Sulla. on the Central, TO Cenetos,
on the Tampico d San Luis Potosi line,
thus connecting the important branch OF
the Central with the trunk line. The Mer.
chanil Central Railroad company of Mexico
have charter 10 bulld line of road from
Z,cacatas to durango and thence to the
Bay OF Topolobumpo, connecting with the
line, thence to the frontier. The line must
be Begun in nine months and finished in
len years. 1t IL to be three feet gauge, and
will receive q subsidy of 81 900 per kilome-
tire, the payment OF which is guaranteed by
3per cent OF the custom.hOuse receipts oil
the republic.
The state of Michoacan has also been au
thorlzed to give companies the right tc
build roads from Patzavero via Moreley tt
APPOINT on the Central railroad near Ciaya
one from Piedad Cavadas to Logas, in ia
lisco, and another from Marauvatio Il
Queretaro, with branches TO various i'm
portant towns. fit is broad gauge 81, 90,
subsidy per kilometre is to be paid, and /
narrow gauge $4,000.
The charter Of the Cameron Ind Puatosict
railroad has been amended. and a subsid,
'pf So, 800 per kilometre given. This las
Vine is to be built by local capital. Tn,
Tampico and San Luis railroad Is in opera
ton for ninety kilometres from famous, OF
Tameri, river. About ninety.five kilo
metres have been completed and IN
kilometres have been completed ant
graded.
The Morel railroad is completed to Eu
tepre, and the Frisbie line, eighty miles
south of Piedras-Negras,to the Atinas river