The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-18
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wilob, n Was stated, vas ilkely N psss III
The hands of n feoeivef The eWpinfs
ilie Mlsscud Pacific we're estimated w ~
sIdefss, ~ per cent, icr The ytaf.
n American methods In Japan, about Thirty
eight miles In length, bttsesn Toxic ant
Khmagsye, en- ronte 10 Takaiaki, wa
opened on The Goth OF July. The llne ira
!, verses district that will bo much benefit
ted by u, ~ II IL one Of the best SILK pro.
duclLg local ties IN The empire.
The Gould management (nassorRer de-
PatmenD, soys the Globe:Democrat, -
!. displaying great travel.coaxlng ability. at
both ends OF the line. Few bills OF fare
arc out Tor the Wabash dining cars at the
, north. and the advantages OF Galveston as
o winter resort are being loudly proclaimed
for the south. One tact Is strictly nndcDi
abie-tbat south. pound Texas travel over
the Could lines was never heavier than
now and never promised so weli Tor the iu-
turn.
In the early part of 1880 there was not,
according to the Indianapolis Journal. a
single mile Of railroad in operation 10 the
territoy of View Mexico. To-day the Atchi-~
son, Topeka & Santa Fe. including It's three
branches, has 5S7 miles, the Southern Pa
citc 1893 miles, the Atlantic IL Pacific III
miles. the Deming Sc Silver City 60 railes,
and the Denver IL Rio Grsnde 12l iniles |
making a total of 140. The branch Of the |
Atchison, Topeka u Santa Fe from Socorro |
west to the Magdaleu mountains is 40 miles: |
the Denver Anew Orleans, running through |
the northeast part OF Colfax county, 100
miles, and the Texas, Santa Fe & Northern
743 miles.
a correspondent writes: The other day |,
while passing through the Susquehanna
yard of the Erie railroad l saw car about
fifty feet long standing on a side track. On
an oval panel on its side was painted the
following Legend
TOOL CAR.
"This car has history" said the gen. {
tleman who was with me, an official OF the
road, by the way. TT used to be the Josie I
Mansfield and was the private car OF that Q
and he was Prince of Erie. She wrecked j
Jim, and now the car is used for wrecking
PURPOSES on the road. Rather singular CO.
incidence, isn't it?" Thought it was. In
the days spoken of the car was the scene of
many Ssrdanapalus riot.
The electric car which recently traversed n
the streets of the French capital covered q n
distance of thirty miles in three hours. 1t |;
WAS an ordinary street CIR running in tie :
ordinary tramways. The power was stored
In FauIe accumulators placed under the =
seats and was communicated to Siemens !
machine under the floor. This machine, !
making 1900 revolutions minute, brought :
to bear upon the wheels by means of pulley,
axle and chains. The car was completely
under the operators control and could be
stopped instantaneously. The highest We.
locity attained did not exceed ten miles an
hour on level ground, but the inventor con-
tended that much greater rate of speed
could be obtained on rails especially adapt
ed to the car. The cost Of operating the
motor was estimated at one-half that Of or
binary horse-cars.
The Railroad Gazette of October con-
tains information OF the laying of track on
new roads as follows:
Boston, Hoosac Tunnel & Western-Ex-
tended from rear Schenectady, New York.
southwest to Rotterdam Junction. miles.
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley-Extendeo
from Gulf, North Carolina, northwest s
miles.
Chicago, Fairchild & Eau Claire River
Track laid from Fairchild, Wisconsin, east
by north, IL miles.
Chicago Il Great Southern-Track laid
from Pine Village south to Attica, 124
miles.
Chicago & Notwithstanding Sioux
River branch Is extended from Castlewood,
Dakota, north by westlo Watertown, 49,
miles.
Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
"A branch is completed from Wakefield,
Nebraska, north to Coleridge, "a miles.
Columbus & Esstern-Track laid from
Hadley Junction, Ohio, east II miles.
Corning Cowanesque &c Anirim-The
Cowanesque Valley branch is extended from
Westield, Pennsylvania, west 10 Harrison
Valley, Ct miles.
Cornwall & Lebanon-Cempleted from
Lebanon, Pennsylvania. south and south.
west to Conewago, 90 miles.
Denver e. RIO Grande-Tbe Maysville :
branch is extended from Maysviile, Colo
RADIO, westward TO Garfield, miles; gauge,
3 feet.
Galveston, Sabine & st. Louis-Track
laid from wilkins, Texas, south to Waldron
Mills. miles.
Jacksonville Southeastern - Extended
from Smithboro, Illinois, southeast to Gen.
trala, 20 miles.
Milwaukee. Lake Shore & Western -Ex-
tended from Eagle river, Wisconsin, north
to Bass Lake, NJ chigan. 80 miles.
Northern Pscifc-rhe Puget Sound
Shore Line branch has track laid from near
Puyslup, Wyoming north to Black river
q miles.
Oregon Railwsy & Navigation Company
The Baker City branch is extended from
Mikecha, Oregon, southeast to Meacham,
2S miles.
st. Paul Minneapolis 81 Manitoba-The
Moorhead Northern branch is completed
from Moorhcad, Minnesota, northward to
Holstaft, IS miles.
This is total OF 2S6 miles OF new railroad,
making 251 miles thus far this year.