The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-15
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RAILROAD ITEMS.

RuMoR says railroad will soon be bu III from
La Joya, on the santa Fe rold, TO the Magda-
lena mountains
In the five great western states north of the
Ohio ana east Of the Mississippi river, the In.
crease OF railroad miletge fov the last year has
aggregated 20I7, or nearly o. per cent of the
total new miles of the entire country The new
track is distributed thus: Ohio. sol miles;
Michigan 2Isls miles; Indiana, SIS miles Iii
nois, SS} miles, and Wisconsin, 81 miles.
The Wlnnepeg sun says there are at present
In the Canada Pacific railroad yard about sixty
disabled locomotives. About half OF The IN are
being repaired. The fighting through snow.
drifts causes much OF the injury. Many of the
disabled engines are the old Kingston build, but
by being properly repaired may last q Couple of
years on tho western diyision there are only
lOi engines altogether, and 1t must be seen how
greatly traffic IL interfcred with by over half
that number being disabled.
1t is estimated that the railroad officials of this
country, In all departments, give employment TO
fully 1909 stenographers When the number In
this branch of railroad service FIVE years ago did
not exceed fifty, some idea OF the number now
In this service may be formed from the fac. that
there are in the employ OF the Pennsylvania
railroad, at Philadelphia 81 stenographers: the
q N, W. 20 the G, NJ y 81 Z 80; the C., B.
\ {, SOi the l.. 4 Fl, IS; the B. 4 o., %; The
Erie, lG; the Vanderbilt system, 2O0
L. V. Smalley in February Century: "The
consumption of beer In the camps Of the railway
builders Is enormous. AT Bismarck saw an
entire traln.of 80 cars laden with bottled beer
from Chicago brewery, bound for the town
nearest the end of the track. The chief engi.
neer OF the construction force said that an aver
age of bottle for every Tie laid was consumed,
aud that the tie aud the beer cost the same-5O
cents Thus the workmen pay as much for their
drink as the company for one OF the important
elements of railway construction.
There is much speculation as to the salaries
paid railroad officials and employees filling i'm.
portant positions In railway arrangements, For
various reasons II is very difficult 10 determine
the amounts received by this class OF men. The
payrols cannot be taken as evidence as In
many instances the vouchers drawn from time
TO time for what is classed special service
fully equal the sum named on the psy.rols. In
the west general managers receive from $40 O0
TO $1,000 per year. general superintendent from
1000 10 $1,000; assistant general suporintcnG.
ents, 900 TO $4,000: general traffic managers
$1,000 TO sl0,o0G auditors, 5000 10 s6600 diyis
ion superintendent 81 900 to 81 500. general mas
ter mechanics, $40 per month; master mechau.
| les, sl2g general foromen, sl0o TO $685. master
car.builders, 5000 car foremen, si00. Ii
addition to these salaries tho officials ar,
provided WIN one o, or more business
necessaries aud provisions, the company paying
| the expense of all, including the salary OF M
attendant Those cars and contents arc at Tho
disposal of superintendcnts, managers, and The
general agents An official states that fro
qucntly among the bills rendered against III,
departments are found those reading ION,
dozen Mumm's Extra Dry $50. Business car,
The tpeod of railroad trains Is discussed b,
the London Engineer aud some interesting In
formation is given THE prominent fact" I
states, which comes out Is that the time takor
to traverse any given distance between tw,
places countC,ed by rails shows that speeds ar,
much slower than most people suppo,o." Tn,
II irJm London 10 Edinburgh, q distance o
S91 miles via York, Is made In min,
hours 10y Great Northern trains, being al
ovtrage "a miles per h ur Some OF the fast
est uains In the world are those run between
Leeds aud Lonhtn where the average speed I
Is imilts IN hour The fastest train IN Ia
world j. that of he Plying Dutchmau broad
gauge. which makes the run to Swindon at d3i
mites "a hour Tho Great Northern trains iui
from London to York 1855 miles at Is miles an