The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-08-12
LlVEHPUOL.
RAILROADS..

A WAsHISGTOE dispatch says that the Union
Pacific Railway company has CunsC nted 10 the
filing OF claim by the government for the
amount for which Secretary Teller insists Is due.
This was done 10 prevent an independent sui
by the government Ia which the securing ofau
injunction against the payment Of dividends
would be involved
The annual report Of the Federal District
(MeNlcO) Railway company shows that during
the past year the receipts from passengers were
S676iSG7; freight s2l 2SS and the funeral ser
vice sI02 90. The receipts from other sources
amounted to SIC, l3l, makinga total OF 500, ijl,
The running expenses We're s396 los, and for re-
pairs t23S, 3S9, leaving q profit OF sl29,9j7, OF
more than 5U per cent Of the invested capital
which is s2iO,Oe0. while the nominal capital is
Is 100000
SIS FRANCIsCo, Aug. S-The greatest com
pettOr the Wells-Fargo express has yet encoun.
tered on this coast is about being inauguratsd
w. ]. FOOtncr general superintendent OF the
city is completing arrangements. He Will open
offices In this city, and commence busin rs sep
TENDER !, makng.San Francisco and Portland
the two principal branch oiiiccsOf the western
division. Agencies will be established NJ Other
points in California
In the early part OF 1880 there was not sir gle
mile Of railroad in operation In the territory OF
New Mexico, To-day the Atchison, Topeka 4
Santa Fe, including three branches, has bSl
miles, the southern Pacific l9S mileT, the Allan
tic & Pacific IA miles, the Deming n Silver Clly
60 miles and the Denver re
Graude l2l miles, making totaI
OF LAO miles All hsse railroads
are paying we'll. executing the Denver Il RiC
Grande branch, which has no outlet to the cen
| trail and southern part OF the territory, bu
whtcn will be supplied when the branch of the
| Texas, santa Fe q Northern is completed from
Espanola to Santa Fe. There are dow Ia course
of construction In the territory railroads who's,
plans call for sol miles of road within the boun
| danes OF New Mexico, when they are com
| pleted Tue branch Of he AtchisOu Topeka 4
| Santa Fe from SOcOrrO west TO the Mngdalenl
mouut ,ins is As miles; the Denver New Or
! leans, running through the northeast part q
| ColfaX county, 100 miles, aud the Texas. SAINT
Fe Il Northern, 7iS miles. indianapolis jour
nal.
information OF the laying of track ON new rail
roads as follows:
Chicago. Milwaukee 4 st. Paul-Thc Jane
river btnnch is extended from New Ashton. 4
H., south to Huron, miles, Chicago x North
wcslcru-Track is hid on the Aurora branc
from Batavia, H., south TO Aurora milc'
Eastern Junction Broad sound fier & Pom
Shirley-EXteuded from Ocean Pier, Mass
southeast Ia Point Shirley miles. Gran
Trunk--The Michigan air line branch IL eN
tended from Pontiac, Mich, west 10y south I
South Lyon, "A miles Little Rock a Fol
smith-A branch Is completed from Russelli
VILE, AK, south to Dlrisuoc, niles. Ne'
Orleans q NOrtheas,Oru-rfaC laid To pOiI
Il miles southwest from Haiti, sburg, Miss, a
extension of a miles gauge feet. iennsy
vsuia--rhc PhuniNyil c and Westches'cr hranC
is com lctel from Frazier Pa, northwest
phuniXyllc, II miles.
Thjsi,n otAl of lO3 miles Of new railroa,
making 2,Gil miles thus far this year again
Ih473 mites reported vi the corresponding tim
/ lSS2 2.g2i miles In 1881, 1885 miles in lsS
| ! lS7 miles In l>59 al miles In lSlS $50 miles I
1871. lUlG miles IN lSi0 hl miles IN 100 "
miles in 1874 I 500 miles In 1873, and 1872 mil,
In lc7L
The report of work done on the Mexican Ger
trail railway fol the month OF May shows mi
the amount OF track completed on the man III
= from Mexico towards Aguascalientes was D
. kiloS GuauAjuGto branch, lS.it6 hloS siding
81 OH kilos; rampioo line, ~ 0.6 Gilosi Chinu
hua division (up 10 May TO- GOO kiloS making
total OF ,9Sl 723 klos, or little over SOS mile
q ON the Pacific division II kilos OF grading Ia
- been finished The total length OF Telegram
lines constructed amounted TO l,82l klos. ~
. number Of men employed was, ON the ma
liue between Mexico and ZacNecas, " ~ irq
Tampico TO san Luis Poosi, 5000 Faoil
division, 1856; between Paso d
@ Nerte and Durango goo MAXI
9 | A total ofgS $50. The number OF Sleepers bong
q for the maiu line dutiug the month was 49l'
r aud for the line between Paso del Norte and ID
Z range, 7SYSS. The report states that In July !.
A provisional bridge at Enosrnaclen VIII bo n
ished, att which the track w0nld be rapid
o laid between that point and Aguascaliento
n The company requests permission before ~
/ ting In the permanent bridges lacking betwe
i Lagos and EncarnaCien, IN run its trains oN
n the short stretch Of track between and
:, O'clock. making one trim each way, This cou
a be done without, danger IN passengers, and
v this means the rough diligence journey
y tween Lagos aud AguagCalientes could hs
:, duced by so much. The locomotive arrived
IS Hualuqu,lla, chihuahua. on May lG