The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-07
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This Year. Last Year
HALLWAY ITEMS.

VLxpER8LT has secured control of the In
dienapOlis n St. Louis line for tho purpose u
making western connections,
The ST. Louis & San francisco railway com.
pany has closed the sale Of 100000 acres OF LAND
to Il Scotch syndicate At about q per acre.
IN the southwestern part Chickassw county
Mississippi, there Is great excitement over The
discovery OF 4 supposed silver mine.
Over l,000 miles OF rails will be laid In north
Dakota ana the Red RIVER Wiley duling the
year
About /. 500 miles of new railroad were pu
Into operation III the southern states last year
The gross earnings Of tho southern roads
reached t69, 90 coo asd the net earnings in
creased from tlSO0O,o 600 in 1881 10 more thar
$4,000 900.
The Railroad Gazette reports fifty-nire miles
more OF track built in 1887, making the tota
heard from 1854 miles, and for 1889 a total o
. 49, making 1895 miles thus far reported for 1889
against 80 miles reported at the corresponding
/ time In 1882, and II miles In 1881
The Fargo Republican says; Yesterday morn
ing the west bound passenger tain over the
Northern Pacific was supplied for the first time
this winter with grub box To be used by
the passengers IN case the train should happen
/ " get showed In on its journey The box con-
tanned bread, crackers, canned beef and Boston
baked beans.
/ TO suggest an idea OF American distances III
Paso Texas. which is the halfway house on the
great southern system Of railroads cOnnectin X
! the Pacific coas with the fouthern seaboard, Ia
! ll63 miles fiCm New Orleans, 1855 from san
Francisco and 1850 from the City of Mexico.
| The Mexican Central, constructing from Fl
Paso, Texas, Ia the City of Mexico, via Chihua.
hua IL completed to the ast.na ed point about
2?5 miles, with nearly 10 additional miles
graded, besides being built from the City of
Mexico, north via Leon. about "5S miles. With
It's thirty odd miles ON the Tampico division,
the company have completed over 30 miles of
railway In less than two years. besides the
GuaunJnato branch, recently flushed into that
great mineral city.
So rapid has been theComplctou of the Can.
ada Pacific railway prairie section that already
they c,aim that 800 600 acres of their land sub
sldy have been earned Owing to the fact that
the dominion lands survey has been unable to
keep pace with them the dominion government
has been forced to grant them al the unoccu'
pied odd number d sections In the Old province
OF Manitoba
A g. 900, 90 mortgage was recorded In Cairo
Thursday TO secure bOuds Uf the same valus-
ton, which were negotiated by W Phramore
and John G, Black, trustees for tho construction
Of the Toledo. Texas 4 Rio Grande railway
This Is the largest mortgage ever recorded In
the state Of Ee.lnOy.
IL reported in New York that syndicate ia
being formed 10 build II royi from Wichita rails
70 Pueblo 10 connect with the Fort Worth 4
Denver City aud Denver & New Orleans rail.
ropds
Tracklaying on the Atlantic & Pacific reached
point i6S 10 miles west of Albuquerque Sat
urday night making 8 g.. miles the work of the
week before Snow has been interfering with
the work The Albuquerque journal maees
this prophecy; within one year from this time
the transportation to Albuquerque OF the ores
pnd coal mines along the line nj the Atlantic ~
Pacific will furnish traffic sufficient to nay the
operating expenses OF the road" Regarding
tho suit on behalf Of the Pacific Of Mi,sori
stockholders ~ inst the Atlantic & Pacific Mr.
John Darrill, counsel for the company, Whites
20 the New York Evening Post that the lease OF
the Pacific OF Missouri to the Atlaut 4 Pacific
provided that on The termination Of the lenso.
whenever Il shou 4 happen, all liability
OF the lessee under II should cease, and also |
that the lessor should pay the les co any bal. |
gnco of the account due 1, arising out of the |
making OF permanent Improvements on tho |
ptoporty. Two foreclosure suits were brought
In the United states circuit court In Missouri 10
fotclose Il mortgage ON tue NtlRntics Pacific.
and mortgage on the Pacific Railroad In
these suits the court took tho leased proper v
out q tho hands Of tho Atlantic 4 Paddle, and
appoint receivers of Il and operated Il until
Il was finally sold, and by It's decree adjudged
that the lease has bsen cancelled aud surrender.
cd In addition 10 this, the Pacific Railroad, by
lie directors, and with the assent OF Its stock.
holders, accepted the surrender Of the lease by