Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-06
pEa.oNAL ANp GENERAL.


ONE OF The largest amounts ever granted in
auy country Is compensation for raj road acct.
dent to one person was Teeeauy glYen Ia seotisnd
was $3.50, or 81, go
The Mouit Plea-ant, Santee and Little
River Railroa& Company has been organized, to
build railroad from Mount Pleasant, s; e., on
Charleston irbor, northward to the North Caro-
liza line about 80 miles.
ST. LOUIS RdiluOy Register: Gan important
work before the Southern railways is the change OF
their gauge to standard width. Most OF them real
ize that the sooner this IS done the better IL VIII De
far them Ever siuce the CnicsgO, 81. Louis ana
Nsleans narrowed its gauge, 70 CONFORM Win mat
sSortnern roads IL has resn gaining steadily In
ea'r-f1gs An the larger lines the South have
been quietly making preparations Tor the lmpeno-
ing change"
: THE RaiiiouV ReyisW Gays that during
March, 1882 railway earnings were very heavy,
exhibiting an increase over the CORES, ouding
month Of the previous ear Of p per cent; but
ree s5f99 81 da over he prosperous month
of last year Of II per cent sixty sl1 ioaas iepoIs
81 SOC AS Ia March 1882 an increase OF % $50
The mileage producing these revenues were re-
speCtIveiy o. ,ezZ aud ~ SIT MITES.
The changing Of The gauge Of he Vicks-
burg. Shreveport and Pscitc railroad, between
Monroe anc lts, commenced at Monroe on
MONDAY last. aud the WORK Will b. pushed for
wsrd rapidly as the high stage OF the waite. viii
permit. ne guags OF this road a presents ieet
8 inches, the widest in the south. II VIII e
chans ed TO / feet 81 inches, standard gauge.
When the work CT changing the gauge OF me
above road IS completed, all broad gauge RAN
roads west Of he Mississippi VIII be standard
gauge
VlcKsBURG HeralI, Thur-day: "One hun
dred coils # wire was received by the manage
Iaeut OF the Louis lille. New Orleans and Iexas
railroad 70 complete their Telegraph nne IRON
Authony's Fry 10 Memphis The new loeomo.
tive recciv At this city by the road on Tuesday
Is being loaded on fiat and viii be put on at the
National Cemetery, where track laying will com
mence at once. The Pa isOt-Line steamer CaIrou
tooz M "A lgt Of switch irons and iastenings last
1Fsraf e., he AntnufIN L
mOre than p-obable that this company Wlll , run
their own sleeping coaches aud not use the rum
man"
THE Liule Rock Gazsus recalls the fact
that several months sge Judges McCrary aud Csld-
vel Of the Unfted States Court decided that the
railroads 10 which bonds were issued by the siA
Of Arkansas are l able Tor these bonds, aud that
the sta is not liable. The state was also declared
not liable By the Supreme Court oil ARKANSAS,
owing to faial def cts in tine usage OF the act a
,aofizta the issue OF the bonds, and De,iIes, the
I rms OF he issue dehn t-ly nxcd liability ON the
,iIroadg accepting the bonds. Among the cor
poratiyns to which DO DIS were Issued IS the AR
kangas Contra railroad. Z hat com any ieceiv
and used 81 $50, OO0 and a tele ram printed in
THURSDAYS Gd-.tte announces that on Deha Of
the com pauy lis president A II. Johnson, has ae-
ouissced In Inc DECISION mus virtually placing
the road In the hanos of the holders OF the bonds,
resident chiefly in Amsterdam II tne'F con 1
now stop. ing at Clarendon, on u Little kock'
THE newest project in railroad consiruc.
ton is the proposed route OF the sontnernmost OF
the Pacific railroads. csled the Fop2i5oosmPo "a
- oFar
Rio Grande river, commencing at POint lvyo
miles south of San F ancisco aud crossing the
M-xIcan States of suAioa, Sonora, Cnihuahus
and Coahuila. An engineer who has been l9ce TINS
the line from the west eastward says; FOR tne
first lsO miles the road passes through tropical
ana intertropical belt,iu which rice sugar cane ~
Aer-snner OF vegetables medicinal aud dyeins Dark
and roots hard WOODS a4d fiber plants, etc, are
produced, aud with bat lit g iabori then ioL
lows belt OF 200 miles OF the sest wnlH
pine, oak and cedar timber and sllve
and copper mines. which fJr quality ahe
quantity have no equals ia a liEe area OF
IN worlds surface afLer this zone Is crossed alt
while stii within the humidity OF tue slerrss' W.
have for 100 miles, the great cereal Dc OF th'
plateau of Mexico this is suece sded for w mile
by cotton and grass belt IA the center OF Wnic
sre found the fsbulOusly TieA iron mountain 0
Jalco and the famous lo9-grade but easily,worXe
silver ores OF the Sierra Mojada' where piehty q
line passes over he coal fields of santa Rosa
those on the Rio Grande, between hagle Pass an
Laredo: hence as Il line of railroad pays in IN
proportion that one section OF its line LACKS ma
which another section can supply, II seems lar
predict for the ropJiobampo Pacific prosperou
aud brilliant future"