The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-23
LIVERPOOL,
- @ q -1n -
RAILROADS.

THE board of directors of the Frisco met
in New York and organized, re-electing the
old officers General II. f. Winslow, presl-
dent Captain @. W. Rogers, vice president
and general manager; James ID. Fish, sec
ond ice-president 4. w. Lille, secretary
and treasurer; George Butler, assistant
treasurer.
The Northern Pacific Railroad company
has purchased tour hundred acres OF land
in two tracts, one III and the other near st.
PBul. Upon the tract in the city there will
be erected n union depot, and at the other
stock-yards and Strengthening and packing
houses will be established. Other improve
ments are also planned by the company.
During the present year 600 miles of new
lines of railroad will be built in Michigan.
The Pontiac, Tuscola & Caseyville railroad
will build seventy-five miles the Michigan
railroad will build from Beaver Lake to Al
pena, seyenty-five miles the Michigan IL
Ohio will have 100 miles running this sea-
son, and the Milwaukee, Lake Shore IL
Western viii extend into the upper PENN
sula of Michigan
The secretary of the interior has decided
that the New Orleans Pacific railway COM
pany is the legal assignee of the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge IL Vicksburg railroad
company, and therefore entitled to the
land granted by the general government to
the last named company in 1871 known as
the backbone land grant,, SO far as said
lands have been earned by the construction
of roadway.
On many of the cars of the New York and
New England railroad it is noticed that
boxes had been placed under the floor, to
which access is had through trap door
from the inside, or by breaking off u thin
side piece from the outside. la this box,
as per notice inside the car, will be found
an AK, q crowbar, saw, etc. There is also
another good thing at the Boston terminus
of the road, and that is, lady will be
found in one of the ante.rooms, where a
satchel or any reasonably. package
may be left and checked, and remain until
called for free of charge.
A circular issued yesterday announces
that agents have been appointed at the fol-
loving named stations, freight consigned
there can now be received and forwPrded
without requiring prepayment:
McGirk's, in Missouri, on the main line of
the Missouri Pacific.
Hassard and Huntington, in Missouri, on
the Hannibal section Of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas.
Granger, Texas, on the Fort Worth line.
Hughes Spring, Texas, on the Jefferson
extension of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas.
Handley's, Texas, on the eastern division
of the Texas & Pacific.
Midway, Carson, Odessa, Metz, Antelope,
Boraoho, Wild Horse, Van Horn, Carlo
and Monahans, all in Texas, on the Rio
Grande division of the Texas & Pacific.
Negro Foot. st. John, Davis, Crosse Tete
and Fordoche, all in Louisiana, on the New
Orleans division of the Texas n Pacific.
CHICAGO, ILL, March 19.-Exhibits for
the National Exposition of Railway Appli-
ances, which opens here March "a, are being
| - ha ID la bara Sarrataru
Talbot to-day received a Cablegram from
London stating that the engine Rocket"
built by Geo. Stephenson, and the. first
locomotive ever run upon q railroad has
been secured. 1t is now among the curiosi-
ties of the South Kensington Museum.
The exposition will have the four Oldest
engines in existence. The other three in
clude one from England, one from Nova
Scotia, built by Stephenson, and one owned
by the Baltimore and Ohio road.
Hauling dining-cars on express trains as
yet has not been profitable to the companies
running them, unless they are OF some value
ms an advertising medium. Doubtless the
Chicago and Rock Island and the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy roads have the
finest and best operated dining-car lines in
the country, and upon both reads, IT Is
stated officially, these cars have been run at
loss pecuniarlly to the company, and
general managers are not encouraging this
feature OF railroading to such an extent as to
indicate the introduction of dining cars gen
orally. NJ. Il. Ingalls, takes strong grounds
against their use. He remarked recently
that good roadbed, clean coaches. polite,
accommo dating conductors and train-men,
and running trains promptly on schedule
time, would draw travel and better satisfy
the travelling public than the hauling Of ex.
pensivc dining.cars which the wealthy only
could patronize.
The Greenville Banner says: The sub.
scription list for right Of way aud depot
grounds for the Texas & ST. Louis railroad
10 In the hands Of Judge A. 8. Marshall and
our property-owners generally are renewing
their subscriptions. 0reenville needs this