The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-13
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LIVERPOOL.
RAILROAD ITEMS,

TRAcK,LAYING began Saturday morning n
Anthohy terry, on the north side of Yazoo
river, on the Vicksburg < Memphis Railroad
and one-ifth of d mile was completed n viii
be pushed forward now with rapidity.
ne tonnage movement of the northern di.
vision OF the Southern Pacific railroad for 1850
MAS MAS zoo,v., tons, against 2634 tons in 1881
There are about 90 900 tons or SIS 900 buShels NJ
wheat in store on the line awaiting tral,sporta.
ton.
During the year of 1882 the Chicago & North.
western transported 70 GAS emgrants into cen.
trail Dakota Emigrant moyables 10 the amonnt
OF l3s $40 tons also passed over this liue for CEN
trail Dakota, Estimating the number of emi-
grants per car at forty, the Northwestern carried
ii9 carloads OF emigrant', an average of about
two carloads per day.
MONTEREY, Mex, Feb 7-Gradng is being
actively pushed on the Mexican National he.
yond Garcia The contractors will employ zoo
additional men, and, in AL probability the road
VIII pc completed to Siltillo by June, notwith-
standing the difficulty of the work. 100 feet to
asce ID in 45 miles,
The projectors of the proposed Olney. Albion
and Shawneetown railroad, which, IL built to-
gether with THE Paducah & Shawneetown
ROAD, womb give an almost air line from Mem.
phis to Chicago, are at work preparing for It's
construction. Tney have already secured the
right of way through Gallatin county
me annual meeting Of the New York, Lacka-
wanna Y western Railway company will be
held In New York, February 20. There Is con.
siderable speculation regarding the outcome of
the meeting, and predictions are made that Law
dOuld VIII virtually secure control of this road
anu thut ne VIII buId an extension from Buffalo
70 70 Ioedo, TO connect at that point with the
Wabash system
The Alexandria Express says: 1.-THE Morgan
railroad company have completed all their
buildings at this place-a passenger and freight
depot, coach. house, round house stock mems
etc., all OF which are models in design and con.
structi0n The lower portion of the city has
oeen greatly improved In appearance by the
buildings the Morgan company have erected"
An Arkansas exchange gives the Little Rock
" Fort Smith railroad credit for developing
quite large section of the state of Arkansas
nee 1879 1t has sold of its own lands 40S 3l7 IS
acres. The AZ erage number of acres to each
sale was 5S.i, showing tnat the sales were made
70 actual settlers, ana not to spectators. Dur
ing the same period the general government
disposed OF 500, 900 acres of land in the immedi-
ate vicinity of the road. This shows therefore
nat tne Little ROCK " Fort Smith railway has
been the means of selling along its line, and nj
its own expense. 1000. 100 acres of land, amount
ing III area TO very nearly the whole state of
Delaware, and 90 per cent more than the whole
territory embraced in the state of Rhode Island
Inc BRUSH parliament is again asked to per
mt tne cons ruction of n tunnel under the
channel to connect England and France, and
the company this time asking The privilege. in
order 10 assuage the fears Of the British lion
proposes 70 bring the exit of the tunnel three
and a-half miles inland from Dover. What
England, with standing army of 2O000) men,
ABOUT 'o,UOO OF whom remained at home even
during the war in Egypt has to fear from a
freneh INVASION by means of a subaqueouS pas
sage, 1t Is difficult for citizen of the land OF the
eagle bird TO imagine.
The annual report of the railroad commissions
erS OF Iowa shows thlrty-six roads, with a total
miieaee OF 6,S3s The capital stock and debt
statement is based on the entire lines of nil Tho
roads, including those running into other states
the aggregate mileage being Is $40 The com.
missioners estimate OF stock covering the roads
and and parts OF roads in Iowa, is sl2i, iGO,,
aS5, or about SO 1lz5i per milo.
The estimated total debt of the roads is
sllSO57ls or about els 62S 40 per mile or this
amount SUP 1896 is funded debt ana So. 40 2l7
locating debt The STOCK and debt of railroads
IN Iowa given as $3.50 2l72G7, or about ss7,746
permile. Thirteen roads report net excess of
IS 49, Nc, and seven roads deficit of s577 Is7,
showing net income of 81. $50 ESQ., an average OF
net earnings for all the roads In the state of 81
$50 81 per mile. The property valuation of The |
roads reporting increased during the year s45. |
575 ISL, OF which amount go 372 2O6 is clarreabIe
70 Iowa proper, an increase In property Of 500. |
S722,6 beng at the rate of s22, S3s per mile for
the I'll miles additional. OF the total mileage of |
Iowa, o.ls2 q miles are owned by the companies |
operating them, and l,15i % are leased lines,
The side trackage Is more than II per cent OF |
the entire length OF the roads, being 700 "a miles
which is small proportion, and is considered |
py tne commissioners to be serious embarrass. |
ment IN moving the trains. II Is said that little
has been done To- develop local travel, and the |
passenger rates charged are generally the MAY.
mum fixed by statute. The taxes paid by the |
several companies OF the state In 1882 aggregated
SO7 $40, which is Q per cent Of the income to the
stockholders. w '''
Tho Times Democrat says A short time Ago |
when Mr.. william b. Strong, president of the |
Atehispn. Topeka Il Santa Fe road visited this |
city, he was In i'll health, but after remaining in
New Orleans several weeks he recovered and
continued his journey westward. Nothing of |
Importance was attached to his visit 10 the
southwest until he commenced travelling over
the Mexican National and the Sonora railroads
when many reports were put In circulation. II |
now appears from an interview published IN A |
Chicago paper that the Atchison, Topeka 4
Santa re road, In considering the plan 10 OK.
tend Its lire TO Benson connecting with ina
sonora 'ailroad, at duaymss, Mexico n fine h,r. |
Dor town on the Gnlf Of California, ifthis nIan
Is carried out New Orleans will have nnothar
route to the Pacific Ocean, for the reason that
the A., I & = owns the southern California
line. which connects with the Southern Pacific
road. "'''''
Mr.. Strong, when In this city, doubtless had |
an eye to Its business and from the fact that he
wishes to get his line into Texas Il Is very prob.
able that he is DIT sirous of securing some of tho
traffic of the southwest The supposition il |
that the A., T. & S. + road, AZ gets into
Guaymas will put on line of steamers from
there ~ the ports Of Japan and Aust ALA. II il
claimed tnat ousymas is coo miles nearer these
ports than San Francisco