The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-12-23
RAILROADS

The survey of the Ncllnwsione brarcb OF
the Union Pacific has been completed. The
! junction 10 Edison
The earnings Of thirty.iwo roads for the
| arst week Of December showed an Increase
81 SoS},32O over the returns for tho CORE.
| epending week last year,
| a patent, the invention Of a Chnrloites.
VIE wa man, Tor indicating stations dur.
Ing inc passage of cars has lately been
| tried on the Chesapeake e Ohio railway
| IL wofgs automatically.
| lhe railroad commissioners OF New York
are turning their attention to the fast.
freight lines, with view evidently ul learn
NIX something deHnites concerning their
methods Of d Jog business. Blanks have
| beeh sent out requesting Information as To
| whether they are incorporated, how thew
are operated, whether they lfr ludepeud.
ent or controlled by some railroad com.
pauy, etc
North Carolina has thirty railroads com.
pletea and others building. There arc
three important lines under construct m
uow-the DucktoWn hrarch ftbe W,s,arn
North Carolina road, running from Ashe.
vile IVES; the cape ht.r ana YanEin Val.
ley road, running from the southwestern
section oi the state diagpually across 10 the
northwestern section, Hud then the Nir.
glnR aud North Caroli1r road, making a
shorter route through Raleigh and Rich,
mond.
A Cincinnati paper SAYS: "N. K. War.
wick, agent OF the Missouri Pacific ana
wabash system lt this point, leaves ion
81, Louis on tho Sth OF next month 10 take
- party OF cScursionists TO points iu Ar.
Kansas and Texas The party will leave
d. Louis over the Iron Mountain railroad
~ $40 on the night of January o. they
will Iti uIenFIF al rf.
| return to 81. Louis over the Missouri Pa.
cifo ,"
Occasionally a brave nud nob,e.heartsd
tnan comes TO the surface; one who will
strike for the honor ota friend Az soon ~ on
/ his own behalf. one who will even face
delth, II 10y 40 doing others eau be saved
| rom misfortune or danger Tuesday night
/ Hauk Small, the brave engineer of 90 :
stood with his hand ON the lever. i'm an
instant hrs prActiced eye told him that the
switch had been opened, aud his train was
RAINING ON to destruction. Quietly he
| turned 70 his son, who wss his fireman. and
said Jump Save your lie" Then, with
hls engine reversed and his air brakes on,
Tue noble fellow stood at his post iii the
danger was over. He had stopped his train
within few feet OF tho tfesile work and
his passengers were safe. We honor sucn
men as Hank Small; they are "unarmed
hetoeN true, brave, noble.heaTted men,
A Oallas correspondent OF the Times
Democrat sayf: The Gulf Colorado a
Santa fo are striving to correct a fatal
nundar made IN running tina liue north To
Fort Worth instead OF 10 Dallas. Az the
Fort they are At the mercy Of the Gould
~ tenn an' as that, or any other such sys
tenn, has no mercy II IL getting no through
business Ata,i Had they built the main
line W Dallas II would have been p'a'n
sal ! * from hence to Paris and Fort Smith,
snh 4 through connection with the 81.
LDui. & San FRANCISCO. Bat they are con.
templAting aud have determined 70 bui a
rom Fort Worth north acr as Red River
me indian Territory ard theace on TO
knsas CITY osloner had this plan be-
come known 10 the Gould people then
they Determined w cherktnate Il bv turn.
Ing their Denver 4 For, Wcr,h line
nonh nom present terminus at Wichita
Falt, and lead 10 a grand handloap race
Tor Kansas City As they II hav, 100
m,h the start they will be about at Kan.
sas Oiiy with the road by tbs time the q
ana T. layout gets to Red river II lie
WI DC lntrodnctd IN The senate by Marcy
a1d IN the house by rhroakmorton TONER
riy TO open the territory for both GONNA.
mes, The managers ot the t,ulI Color.,io
aud santa Fe are still trying 10 rally DI.
las, " the hope they intend 20 build
north rom here as vel as nom the Fort
They have promised this 80 often and djd
nothing, no attention 1, paid 10 H. We
must have that road, howe YER. In soma wnv
or other. The country through which !,
VIII pass is the richest 10 all Texas, and In
the territory II will tap large coal mipeN
but the greatest blessing will be 10 new
outlet TO northwestern markets-an inde.
pendent line. This will come 10 pass, for il