The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-03
RAILROADS..

THE Northern Pacific, it is reported, will
require $40 600, 900 additional (making $780,
600, 600 in ally to complete and thoroughly
equip the road
Railway earnings for the second week in
April aggregate $30S3 ,l55, against $685.
734 the same week last year-an increase OF
l4.6 per cent
A seeping-car porter, who Travelled $50
miles with ten passengers worth over
$3,000000 each, says that his perquisites
were only fifty cents.
The Norfolk e Western railroad company
has ordered the construction of l 900 freight
cars and a number OF new engines.
The Northern Pacific railroad has in
structed agents during the season of 1888,
to build fruit and ornamental trees free to
actual settlers along the line of the road.
According to the law in Florida, the first
IA lroad that is built to Tampa will get the
State land grants, and five different COM
panies are making preparations to get in
first.
The blockade of immigrant outfit trains
on the Pierre line of the Northern Pacific
road is most remarkable. Passenger trains
are obliged to run off at every side track to
permit them to pass.
In Austria Hungary 562 miles of new
road were opened for the traffic during the
year 1882, against 235 miles in 1881. The
longest single line was 100 miles long, and
eleven lines were less than ten miles long.
The country between Winnipeg and
Hudson's bay will be surveyed for a Iail-
road as soon as a bill providing for consoli.
dation of the Winnipeg Hudson Bay, line
| with the Nelson River company has been
passed ty the government.
The Scientific American says that the
haulage of the United States railways en-
ploys over 1900 locomotives, and that the
aggregate cost of running them, such as
| fuel, water, repairs and engines, IS about
| $90,000,C0 or rather more than 5000 for
each engine.
A contract will shortly be let by the
Northern Pacific Terminal company to fill
in Couch lake, near Portland, as site for
union depot. The filling will be done with
sand from the Willamette river, and the
contract price will be beO"een 100000
and $500 100000.
An application was made to railroad
superintendent for the position OF brake
mau, when the official replied that there
was ''no chance for the application then,
but probably some one would be killed in
side of ten days, when he could have TIE
vacancy"
The proposed bridge across Niagara
river, at Niagara Falls, for the Canada
Southern, is decided fact. The contract
has been given to Buffalo bridge con- pany
to build double track steel truss bridge,
with stone piers on each side of the river
from the waters edge. Work will be
finished by December LIST. Men have been
cutting trees from the waters edge to the
top of the river bank on both sides. The
site is bout 400 f.et to the falls side of the
railway suspension bridge.
The Salt Lake Tribune states that the
Union Pacific officials are discussing the
feasibility of shortening the time of the ex-
press train between Omaha and Ogden, so
that it will arrive at Ogden about 0 |
o'clock in the morning, instead OF 6 p. M, |
as at present. To do this they will have to
reduce the bulk of the overland train IN
some manner to enable them to make the |
speed. They also talk of reducing the time
of the emigrant train from four to three
days.
4 certificate of incorporation of the Rail |
way Telephone company has been filed in |
New York. The object is to construct lines
of telegraph throughout the United States |
and adjacent countries to convey messages
for railway purposes. The capital stock IS
fixed at $500 900, which may be increased
10 $5,0O0,0O0.
The New York Indicator, of Tuesday has |
the following The expectations of the
Memphis & Charleston stockholders that
their road is to become a part Of the new |
arrangement between the East Tennessee, |
Virginia & Georgia and southwestern roads |
are about dispelled, and they are looking in |
vain for some connection that will give the |
road business enough TO pay expenses and |
charges They seem to have discovered |
the mistake they have been making since |
the connecting link is to he made via Vicks- |
burg and Shreveport. They will now be |
compelled to pay up and shift for them
selves"
The Southern Railroad Record says: "All |
of the railroads leading from Florida, south |
ern Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, !
are making ample preparation TO carry |
north the immense early vegetable and |
fruit crop. The Central road will put on a
fifteen-hour refrigerator-car schedule be- |
tween Savannah and Atlanta. The water |
melon crop will be overwhelming, and the !
peach crop very large. The value of early. ,
vegetables, especially tomatoes, and of
peaches, lies in getting them 10 market
quickly IN good condition. To do this re- |
frigerator-cars and fast time are indispensa-
be. Car companies and the railroads are /
prepared TO oil both requirements"
Mexico has three great railroads, says the |
Cincinnati News-the Mexican railway, |
Mexican Central and Mexican National.
The Mexican railway, which is called the |
English road, is owned in London. IL was
started twenty-five years ago, and has
been running over its entire line, from /
Vera Cruz 10 the capital (2t3 miles,, since /
1873. Including branch lines, the total
mileage of the road is 34 miles. In the
asst fiscal year a dividend Of nine and one
half per cent. was paid on the common
stock. The president Of the road Is an
American. The road Is standard gauge, /
The Mexican Central is controlled by one
Of the great railroad syndicates Of this |
country. Trains are running regularly be-
tween II Paso and chihuahua, distance |
of 22j miles. Work is rapidly progressing /
on the remaining 400 or 500 miles. /
Its American conn ectiOns are with the
Atchison. Topeka a Santa Fe system. The
gauge is standard. The Mexican Southern
rair1ad has been incorporated in New
York by Massrs. Grant. Sage, Gould. Dill |
lon, Romero and Diaz but no rails have
been laid. The total amount Of railroad
subsidies granted by the Mexican govern
-nent is given, in round numbers, at $780,
600 O10.