The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-18
RAILROAD ITEMS,

THIRTY thousand o., 90" being hauled from
Mono lake to the Carsu ys Colorado railroad 1T
Benton, Nevada, distance OF forty miles.
II Ia reported that work ON the Eureka & Colo.
do River railroad, In Nevada, will commence
o. Eureka aS soou as the weather permits. and
lat II will be pushed theoretically during the
'ason. IL is also stated that Cherry creek will
b the first objective point.
The Texas Il Pacific machine shops at Mar.
slall Texas, contain u working force OF COO men
the largest 1t is said OF any similar institution
In the south, The monthly disbursements
amount IN nearly $50 COO
number OF suits are on the docket of the cir
cult court now In session at Macomb Melon.
ough county, against the Wabash Railroad com.
pany, brought under the statute which requires
that whenever railroad company ~ notified to
fence land through which the road passes, the
owner, II the company refuses. may, within
thirty days, build the fences aud collect OF the
road double the cost Of the same, The Wabash
is making determined fight Ia these cases TO
test the validity Of the statute.
ot0CeTs of the Northern Pacific company saw
that the road has abandoned only one through
train out OF St. Paul this winter This was due
To distinctions on the Sank Rapids line. No di.
vision on the Nothcru PacidC proper has been
blocked more than six huuis Snow in light all
along the line aud cattle are doing well The
January land sales were u ST. acres for sl7i,iiS,
and town lots for GIG, n total NJ $3.50, 06g
aeeiusi s7Ss3i IN 1882, gain Of slhi,S3t The
average price per acre was ia97 In 1883, and
A Little Rock dispatch states that there has
been recorded In the clerks oalcS IN Carroll
county a moIlgage executed by tho 81 Louis &
southern railway for bonds rs be issued bv said
company fot building railroad from Newport
In Jackson county, 10 Eureka springs The
mortgage bears the signature OF Jay Gould. and
requires niue pages TO record IL Tho new road
VIII DO known as the Whitn river branch OF the
~ Louis Iron Mountain 4 Southern railroad.
The survey Is TO commence at once. and work
Will begin shortly,
The hatcher tMisssslppD Democrat says tina,
100 200 acres OF land will be su oscrbcd the Para.
moro system Of narrow-gauge railroads for the
purpose OF aiding In the construction of line
leading TO Bistrop, Louisiana With the exccp.
ton OF ten or twenty miles, the road will pass
through the richest table land IN Louisiana.
above overflow. Tho people along the line from
Vidalia to the northern boundary of Louisiana
arc enthusiastic concerning the projected road
The Cleveland Herald says. Some surprise Is
expressed nj the continued decline In the value
Of Nickel. Plate stock since the purchase OF con.
trolling interest by the Lake Shore road was
made public II seems to have been the general
belief and anticipation OF tho outside Nicks,.
P'nte stncf holders, the VI n |, rhars. being
father n ,hnngpt that Nhcn ,nv announrc,
mvnt v made tn II the ual wou'd be operated
rs an iiavpcnsoni lite tn stick should hav.
,rp"ris ~ " -o'" his BET T. however VAS
probably based upon a IN isappl, hcnsion, for
iudeuenavnuy, II win necessarily be prart - Y
= save The Lake slore company own, u.
control Il Ihe stock aud it Is licked NY IN