The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-11
RAILROAD ITEMS.

SONS idea of the magnitude of the railway
traffic of Peoria may be had by the fact that
something over 200 trains u day airive ana de-
part on the various railway lines
A trunk-ne war il thought by many people
TO be the inevitable consequence OF the Invasion
of Dir. Vanderbilt of the Pennsylvania railroad
territory
The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad company. hay.
ing spent more than tl6O00OOl IN crossing the
Rocky Mountains, is now within 100 miles OF the
California state line
Work on the Atlantic & PNinc road IS being
pushed along, TrHck Il now laid G8 miles cast
OF Calico station, ana 1913 miles from MOhaye
Graders AMI other wOrknon 0ro OF course
out ahead of this point
The first railroad In the shah of Perslas do
minions is 70 be laid from Trheran and the Cas-
plan port OF RuSeht, distance Of 245 mi rs, Iho
dtAicnlu,s of the Khmzan Pass. in Elburle
rage, 1000 feet above the sea- VIII have " be-
overcome by the French engineers
Mr. Willard, of the Northern Pacific Is now In
New York, ana tells his friends that by no pos
ibility can the land grant be nunulled. he
company Is sure To get i0O00. 600 OF acres aud Is
entitled 10 $1,000 00l and only hUOi 900 have uoen
prr-emrted by settlers and he thinks that the
common stcck ought 10 sell 0t5li now.
There are now 10000 miles OF railway In the
United states which haveCosL with the equip
mentS more than 5000. 100000 In 1851, lG1O .
COO persons were employed in operating aud in
constructing these rOaus, this numbor heiug al.
most equal To a seventh part of the male adult
same year the roads paid out $4,000 00J for
wages aud maieriaL
The reports OF the Maine railroad commits
ers for 1889 SHOW very gratifying condition of
prosperity In the roads OF that state. rhe total
income of all the roads amounted TO $7,57l. 80.
ca, and the expenses TO 5, 22S 76S 10, leaving 4
balance Of 23i2, 5Sli9. The whole length OF
the main lines operated has been S.OG6GS The
total assets of the Main Central are tn largest,
amounting 10 II S27, sos 81, the Boston & Maine
coming nextwth Il, $50 Gl3 IS.
Chattanooga Times. 1T was rumlred on the
streets yesterday that the Alabama authorities
had levied on The stanton house which is owned
ny Fred VOL WAC is said TO b. implicated In the
deialcauon OF Treasurer Vincent OF Alabama
This is hardly probable however es the stanton
was mOrigaged several months since to A New
York capitalist for lt00OOn
The International Railway and Improvement
company has declared final division of Its
assets as follows: Twenty-Five per cent Mis-.
souri,, Kansas u Texas general mortgage bonds
~ per cent IN scrip, convertible Into stock N =,
o, &. Railway company, when that road is
completed, and stockholders Of international
Improvement company have the privilege of
subscribing TO the extent Of 80 per cent OF their
holdings 10 stocks OF Oriental Construction com.
pany.
Within the past few e. monster locomo.
lives, weighing. from IS ton. each, with
rassed through MexiCo, Missouri, en- route
TO California, 10 be used by the South.
ern Pacific railroad, The Wabash has the
contract for the transportation west of these
large engines. twenty-five In number. aud on
II, emp lug 10 run them over the bridge at Han
nlOal was forbidden by the bridge Inspector 20
DO so, the structure being pronounced not
strong enough 10 bear their weight, consequent
ly hey were TRANSPORTED over the Chicago 4
Alton bridge at Louisiana.
STOCK TO the amount of 800, 600 has been sub.
scribed Tor the construction OF railroad bridycs
over the Niagara river NJ the cataract John
Hodge is the treasurer. ofthc stock subscribed
| for William II. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Wander.
bilt and william X. Vanderbilt took 200 shares
| EACH Augustus schell, Chauncey W. Depcw
Mr.. Barger, James rillinghast and William L
| Taylor 2lO shares each fhe managers seem to
be IN great hurry TO have the structure COM
| pleted, and already have several gangs OF mpu
NJ work excavaung fora poser foundation on
both sides OF the river
Trauscontncntal travel will soon have A va.
rie,y Of routes, each with It's peculis, charms
fer scenic grandeur II IN exptc,ed that at least
| MALI dozen'muies from Chicago viii be com.
pletcd during the presen, season The lnmoi
Crntrai and southern Pacific now tuh connecting
/ trains and ooinnete Tor part ot the Paddle busl.
ntss. The Atchison, Top ka 4 Santa Fe Is nm.
ished TO the port Of Guayma,, aud the Atlantic
| Il Pacific will be- completed SINE time this sum
| NOR Besides the old Central Pacific rnd uuiOn
Pacific route tho Northern Pacific will be- an
ished before the snow lllvs again The Butlnr.
ton wiz, within the next sky days, arrnug, 10
| iNh NNlilNthHH WIN W.T. bf.lANtT ~ hlh
9iaude, through 10 Ogden. The Union Pacific
is rapidly pushing It's Oregon line 1t Ia es.
pcoted that before the close OF the ~, Sen, year
this line will DO completed from Granger H.
Baker Iity, whe,e II will connect with the oregon
Railway y Navigation company, thus opening n
new line IN Portland and ~ get sound.
| An Arkansas exchange gives the Little Rock
Fort smith credit for developing quite lara
secuou ot the state OF Arkansas.
Since 1873 II has SOLD OF liz own lands aQs
Sf1 US acns OF land. The average number Oi
acres tn each sale was 5sS, showing that ihu
sales ectc made To actual settlers and nj, iu
Spectators.
| During the same period the general govern.
ment disposed Of sou o. acres ~ land IN the I'M
mediate vicinity OF the road, This shows, there.
fore. that the Little Rock & Fort smith railway
has been the means OF selling along It's line and
at Its own expense lse0VlV acres OF land,
amounting In area IL very nearly thewhole state
OF Delaware aud 30 per cent more than ,hs
whole territory embraced IN the s'sta NJ Rhode
| lslani.
Iiorsford'. cid Phosphate
Is very va table for professional men. II
supplies the i'ho.r""',s watch are always
lost by sever, nleni.. laavr.