The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-23

tensile strength Of sdpe' structure according to
the drafts. The report was forwarded In The see
legary OF war, who alone lie authorized 10 gave
the result.
general MANAGER and q ". Ii " general
irright agent Of the 81. LSUis & reXss railway
company arrived here last night aud this morn
ing Accom- painted bV Chief Engineer {. r Sue
ysns, pr,cseltd 10 The front in the ditection Of
White river. there Il good deal Of activity on
this road, aud the remaining gap In Arkansas i
being very rapidly pushed TO completion, a con.
summation deyouuy wished for
Track .laying ON tie NatChc1, Red River 4
Texas railroad is making yely favorable prog
ress The lagOons have been crossed, ana ms
track ha. been laid to the open field beyond
them There il now clear, clean road 10
Black river and with nothing 10 prevent IT, the
road viii in a very short umo be constructed 10
that point The actual business ut tbs road will
commence when Black Ilyer 10 reached Con
The Completion OF the line of The st Louis Il
San Francisco railroad 10 Fort Smith, Arkansas
is officially announced The track between Van
Buren, and Fort Saith Was laio during the last
two weeks, as the gtsutt : had been finished be-
fore the track was laid 10 Van Buren,, Al one
time it was supposed that the 'Fr,co would not
run 10 Fort Smith until the completion OF the
bridge across the river a. Van Barren. 70 sc-
complish this will require seVe al months of
hard work. as the river IN not only vide. but the
approaches that are 10 be butit VIII cost large
. Va, a
ture Until the bridge is completed a ferry will
f be used to transfer cars. The next undertaking
. on the part of the ~. Louis 4 san Francisco in
/ that portion OF the country IS the extension OF
tho line through the Cboctaw Nation to Paris.
Texas. The people OF northern Texas arc
/ looking forward auNtuusly 10 the day when they
/ will have connection with Chicago via the
Frisco, and are also rejoi ing over the fact that
/ atGbout the same time they Will have running
iutp PsTis tho tfhiuS OF Two of the leading lines
OF the Lone Stsr Statv-the Houston n Texas
. Central aud the Guu Colorado * santa Fe.
/ In an Interview President ttovket said. THE
! Southern PAChc route viii be opened from san
Francisco to New orleans in a few days Ky
/ the TIA We will have trains running, but tina
route may not be thoroughly organized before
. the list OF February The relations between the
Pacific roads are very harmonious Our new
route has BEEN recognized in the pool rs on iu.
portant factor in the through business, | b.
l'eve the percentage has been fixed. but that is
4 secondary matter after ths formal recognition
of the new route We expect to butts up a
great deal of new business over the Southern
Pacific. There will be Il good market in The
south Tor tue fruits and wines of California
We alsS eXpeC. TO carry great deal Of whea
to New Orleans for shipment thence 10 Europe
We believe that this business can be carried on
| successfully. There are 2,O0O 900 tons of siail
In Southern California for export ana tha
of itself will make a good traffic. We vii
do All excellent business to w orleans wher
our line is in operation. The time by she south
ern route will be considerably less than 10y tht
Union Pacific from San Francisco. NatUall!
thSre will be some diversion OF business iron
the older Pacific routes to the new line Man,
tourists will take the now route for one way o
both ways for tho sake Of variety. There 4
considerable complaint a, present the delay
suffered by merchants in California in the 70
Cept OF their goods from New York Th
runk lines, OF course, when they sro presse,
with business, will not let their cars 90 heyOnt
their western lermini We DO not propose L
have any Of that trouble. Our cars will be pu
through without any waits or sdc-irscking
We have already had applications for the trans
portation of negro labOrers from the South t
California. They are needed in the vineyard
and in tho cotton fields that are being opened 4
Ihe southern part OF tho state. Since the eX
Clusiou Of Chinese immigration the demand fo
cheap labor IN California LAS become serious
looks to me AZ IL there would be y call there TIN
the Chinese must come