The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-04
RAILROAD ITEMS.

DURING the last year fOrty-lhrce railroad ant
elght canal companies FLED articles of incOrpora
ton In Florida
The last spike Of the Clarks Fork division o
the Northern Pacific was driven on the 10th
Work on the Berenda & Yosemite rhilroad
which was commenced two weeks ago, has beer
suspended
Tho Union Pacific is reported as having
thirty-swo detectives in the employ of the com
pany 70 watch employees along he lines.
On the Northeastern railroad, between New
Orleans aud Meridian, there will DO ninets en-
bridges from GU 10 80 feet in length.
Genera, Bntterield,. now in Guatemala, re.
Gently paid Mr.. SchlesingeT 81, 260. 900 being the
lalance due for the purchase of The railroad
from San Jose 10 Escuntla
President BALDWIN and the directors OF the
louisville u Nashville system OF roads are con
sidering the project of building n line of road
from Montgomery to ChatIahoochee.
The work of building n railroad bridge across
Tue 81. John river. In Maine. viii probably be
commenced the present year. To build II viii
lake eighteen months time, and its cos viii be
In Great Britain the large sum of $4,000 COO,
900 is invested In railways Some of the engines
weigh fOrtY'fiye tons. and take n load of ninety
tons at speed OF FROM forty to fifty miles an
hour
The Alabama & Great Southern road has lust
turned out their shops at Chattanooga fist.
class Mogul engine which was the frs, locomo-
i've ever constructed entire south of Louisville,
kentucky.
Statistics assert that one out of every GIL
railroad employees In the United States last year
Was Killed. Passengers make better showing,
WIN ratio OF one death 10 every 4,il9who rode
on the cars
=, The Erie Pennsylvania coal companies will
THIS year build railroad across the Moose
mountains from llawley to Port Griffith, a dis.
lance OF torty-six miles ailording direCt out.
let Tor anthracite coal IRON Scranton 10 Boston
II IL reported that Count Tefcncr has paid
elUOOJ for land ON the Texas coast near Mexico
Tor railroad facilities, and that as soon MS Ia,
port OF Soto Ia Marina is opened by this govern,
ment construc ion work In Mexico will begin
inc wall Street News says; In June, 1874, Mr.
Jewettmade a contract To serve the Erie Railway
COMPANY S ior ten years at salary Of slGoOO q
year sl25, 200 payable In advance Since he has
DO n president and receiver the funded de, ( has
incn ased from 5,000000 to ST., OOOOO0 His cor,
uact VIII expire next ysar-June. 1854
=, report OF the progress of construction on the
ManEanlllo division OF the Mexican National fol
august september, OCTOBER and November has
peeh published There were employed 3S6y
laboreis; S62 Of these were natives On Nc.
vsmOer is the road was opened from Manzanlllc
10 Armenia
A winnipeg paper says: The Great Western
Dlspa1ch are now quoting a rate on sack tlour OF
u per 100 weight from Winnipeg TO London, by
iast Height and steamship. II Is understood
that several trial lots will bo sent shortly aud II
they prove remuneratiye they will, no doubt, be
we commencement OF large export trade In
this article
The board of directors of the Memphis !,
Little Rock Railroad conf any, pursuant Ia an
adjourned meeting OF the stDckhuld ~, met on
the 2'th, at the oilce of the Missouri P,clnc iu
81 Louis, To organize There wers presen,
Thoml. EsseN, J. " Goodwin and ] II Wynn
OF Arkansas ID. s. II Smith and Il, 8. Hayes, oil
81 Louis In few minutes the following ON (.
GERS were chosen; II. $. Hayes. president J. W.
GOODWIN, secretary; ID, 4. II. Smith, assistan
secretary and assistant treasurer; A II Calef,
treasurer IN New York This road il I'm In.
hands OF q receiver, and there appears to be no
prospect OF an early change, although the abo, Q
IL Of officers shows that me Gould .outhwe,t.
srn systom has the property In signt
work on the grade the new survey OF the
Mexican Central, from santa ROsaia soulh %
fArral, has begun A number OF very hos,y
contracts have been let Traoklaying conllnus I,
w tns rale OF two miles per day The end OF the
track Is nhy'Hye miles south Of Chihuahua. an
within sxly'nibe miles OF sants Rosaiia. Coal
exl.h IN abundance twenty miles east OF that
oily. The machineshops, round-houls and
gyu i hospital OF The north half of the road
WIZ be erected NJ once op the north side sacrg
menlo river, MILO B Ward has been Appointed
surseon'ln.chicf Of the whole Mexican Central
system The hospital plans are drawn after the
beat French system,
The railroad officials of this city do not nppear
70 oehsys that Gould had anything to do with
the purchase OF the Morgan interest by Hunt.
lnglon, The impression Ia that Huntington has
me iexas central road and will keep It. for the
s .ns ,nai IL Ma valuable piece Of property
alone u was stated several months ago that
Gould had his eye on the rsxas Central railroad
aud wished W get control Of II In vr,ier 4, head
OH tho prosperity OF the Gulf. Colorado 4 Santa
Fe,a line which has ever been thorn In Goulds
side, for the reason that It IL the best paving
rad In Texas, Gould at one time made All All
tempt TO yobblc the Gulf Colorado Il santa Fe
road, aud would have been successful had he
NOT b,en oh,ekmaied by the mercantile interest
o. Galveston. which fully appreciated the value
VI the property.
smoxr Duke Of Durham Gross cut. Best