The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-06
RAILWAY ITEMS.

1T is Nicks-PlAle," wrote a man who
m sde an inspection OF the New York, Chi
cage d ST. Louis railroad Immediately after
it's conn letiOn. he description was 40 APP
that those who went over the road later
adopted IL,
ThS Illinois Central has paid the state
treasury 50 100000,
The Chicago d. Eastern Illinois is, with
its spurs, operated between Chicago and
! Terre Hautp, 27S miles long.
The Chicago, NJ YANKEE 4 81. Paul road
Is one OF the oldest in he Nnrthwest, *
lending across the states of Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Iowa, aud INFO Dakota
| A new rrR'hGs dawued for the ullman-cBr,
and It becomes home, bed-cnamb-r s1o
restaurant for a journey through the sunny
New and Old Mexico, A N Dst enjoyable
rest ~ assured, either FOR short 90 long
time, nj the pslHiiai hotel a. La Vega
Hot Springs the finest h0llih.resort ard
the most perfectly equipped baths in the
! United States
The special feature, geographically. Of
the Atchi-on, Topeka and Santa Fe line is
its general and continuous southwest
| courEs. j. possesses branches and feeders
in gieltnNmbers, nut hes followed s'eadi-.
" in its man iiue The original intent Of its
promoters.
The wabpsh St. Lou, ard Pacific rail.
way. better known to travellers ~ the
/
its own II belongs to the famous Gould
rhwestern systems OF roads IN which
are altogether 8 500 miles Of track.
The most important stroke recently &C.
complished by the Baltimore d Ohio was
the purchase OF the Pittsbutg Sou'hern
railway by means of which Il entered the
field as competitor OF tho Pennsyivinis
| Tor an enormous traffic
The Illinois Central has made nm addi
tions branch to South Chicago. four and
one-half miles Ia length, Laid i'm sixty
pound steel white oak ties aud stone nal
pis'. This spur will open UP Il strip of lake
snOre whore delightful summer residence
Will natutally hs Quilt. Already minis
ture Brighton has started up at point
called "Cneltenham Beach, which IL aces.
slble either by boat or rail. Cons serable
additions have been M de TO the motive
power and ecu pment for the suburban ser.
vice. New dep0 =. SUI tantial ana attract
i've, have been erected a. S-ventv-niuih
street. -outn Cnica D, and JrlTarV aVsnus
On the Iowa division the compnuy have
have laid vera thousand tous OF steel
and made other improvements, which Civ
them an exceptionally good road west Of
the Mississippi river.
On the southern division, ia Ai,sissippi
two pur lines, -EgregatinE 80 miles In
length, are hst approaching com eiion.
Portions of these lines have already ba.n
/
Koscusko TO Aberdeen, being m extension
o the Kosciusko branch; the other from
Jackson ~ Yszo9 City, in this heart Of the
splendid timber and cotton land of N issis-
spDi
Tue Atlantic h Pacific Railway company
have secured from the government 1900 600
acres OF Ar iona and New Mexico lrszieg
aud mineral lands.
II was not TO be expected that railway
constr NC ion could 90 OF indef itely at The
acceleraiing rate Of 1881 aud 1882. II bad
20 stop somewhere. IL r. ached It's heigst
last year, AMI is now waiting for the
country to grow MP TO IL. But this wait
ing is a sorry busine 5 for thousands Of
hands emuloyod IN construction, tor irnn.
mills ard other establishments VIII Gu
had increased their opacity and their
forces (, tupply the ma .eriils. Contraction
vas a necessity OF the railroad end OF he
line, aud 4; has forced self back upon the
immediately related industries and ~
some extent upon those more remotely ne
lated. The occasion for uuAasness will
hsv" p'ss a when the industfial forces
snail have been readj lsied aud restored 10
balance on y ba.i' more rermaLent than
that of railway boom. And that viii
probably take some months vst.