The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-22
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RAILROADS.

THE Northern Pacific railroad was opened
to traffic as far rs Arlie, COG miles east of
Portland, Thursday.
1t is highly probable that after July |
connection with the Union Pacific will be
made at Omaha, the trains of all eastern
roads crossing the bridge instead OF stop.
ping at Council Bluffs, as they now do.
The Railway Register says. We would
llk to see the St. Loms & Cairo CONSOLE
datt with the Mobile & OHIO and both
roads made of standard gauge. When the
latter company can run its cars into the
Union depot and have its northern ter
minus at THO point, then ii will become
vastly more valuable, and st. Louis will
gain an additional independent line to the
south, of great importance.
This is some of the uses to which the
Russians put their soldiers: The Jabinsk
Paisk railroad has been constructed by one
corps. 1t is about 40 miles long, has nine
bridges. cost the government a little more
than Sl5,VOO mile, and was finished in
five months. By the middle of this month
the Trans.Caspian Krasnovodsk will be
finished as far as Arvat.
A striking illustration of what railroads
do for a city is shown in the growth of .os
Angeles, California. This city was first
connected by rail with San francisco in
the latter part OF 1876, and in 1881 che
Southern Pacific was completed TO Deming
and furnished another outlet for its pro.
ducts. In 1870 the taxable property of Los
Angeles county amounted to $7900,000.
In 1852 It had increased to $2l 600, OO0-an
increase III ten wears OF 300 per cent.
Pittsburg Jury gave a verdict against
railroad company for the amount of
money stolen from passenger in asleeping
car. since the defendant, said the Judge,
sold ticket for 81, in addition to the reg.
MAR rates OF passage, and offered the facll-
tiles for sleeping as an induCemeDt to pay
the extra money, il bound itself 10 protect
its patrons while they were asleep and for
the time being helpless
Daring the four months ana six days
ending on the 9th inst, the railroad com.
mission of the state of New York has re-
ceived reports showing that II persons
were killed in that period on all the rail-
roads OF the state, OF whom 3 were passen.
gers, 30 were railroad employees and AZ were
either trespassers or tramps. In the same
period 20 persons were injured, 20 of whom
were passengers, l31 railroad employees and
80 trespassers aud tramps The list includes
$ persons killed and IL injured by falling
from trains; 10 killed and 81 injured by
Jumping WI VT OH tItlns III NlUllOD, 20
killed and 20 injured while walking, lying,
sitting or otherwise occupying track, and
s killed and "a injured while coupling or
switching cars.
Superintendent W. ]. Murphy, of the
Delaware division of the New York, Lake
Erie & Western railroad, has Just issued an
order prohibiting the use of wines or liquor
at any time by men employed on his diyis.
ion. There are many extras run over
the road every day, and bis idea is to have
sober men only employed so that, no mat =.
| ter when called upon 10 report for duty"
his men are sure to be in condition TO prop.
erly fulfill their labors. There was an or.
der issued some time ago prohibiting the
employees from using intnNicants while on
duty, but Superintendent Murphy is the
| frat man to require total ab Thence. His
division is the most dangerous on the Erie
road extending from Susquehanna TO Port
Jeryis.
The affairs of the Mexican National rail.
way, in Michoacan, are complicated. The
Monitor Republican, says that the state
govern mcnt Intends 10 transfer to another
company the new concession recently
granted the state by the national govern
ment tor the construction ola railway from
| pptlCuaro TO a point on the Mexican Cen
tral railway. The National railway com.
pany has already spent large sums on the
construction offs road from Morelia TO
Patzcuaro, but has forfeited its charter
granted by the state by noncompliance
with the terms OF It's contract. This is the
Palmer Sullivan road.