The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-03-06

Nat n. asl,y l.enIy lmssIas,y Ihs
IN, q absolutely nsossssfy bsl5fs ss sal-
Dals NJ The cost can he made A. scgn ~
The snslneef's report has been hsoded w.
subscription books ell be opensd ~
ifnpofisnt polnts In The sections Interested,
aud the work bs pushed 10 completion.
The engineer Informs ne that . obespef
road NJ similsf leBath can not be built
ncult rlaoes few and grades remarkably
A Kausa, City dispatch says the ~, Paul
aud vi Dorado railway company has been
shortened. This Inns is 10 intercept the
state line al the northeast corner of Wash
ington county, add will run from thence
| In n southwesterly direction through said
county and the counties OF Harvey, Marion.
| Mcpherson, Saline, Ottawa, Cloud, Clay
aud Butler, 10 the town al ~ Dorado, In
Bntler county. The length OF the road In
Kansas 10 30 miles. Toe capital stock Is
| placed ut $lS,0lO,00O, and the incorporators
are ID. 81. Gillespie, A. Wilson. U; 3, Mar
| tin, j. 81. Lane, OF salina: Edward Woods,
/ of LYONS; s. Il Black, Of III Dorado, and II.
| N. Eusnon,, Of Washington, Kansas,
The st. Goihsrd tunnel undsr the Alps,
IL nine ana one-quarter miles In LENGTH.
! The st. Louis. Iron Mountain Il southern
railway company has its annual meeting OF
stockholders at the office OF the company,
| n ST. Louis, NO., on Tuesday, March II,
1884, at 0 a. m, for the purpose of election.
Transfer books will close on Saturday, Feb
rua'v oh, and reopen Thursday, March
| Is, 1881. Annual meeting OF directors was
he held on Wednesday, siarch IL. 1854, az
lem.
A notice has been posted at Omaha IT,
forming Union Pacific employee that they
would be allowed 20 work only eight hours
day. This will reduce their wages one
ilnh.
Ia spite OF the toods, tho passenger
earnings OF the Louisville d Nashville for
the second week In February show an To-
crease. For 1854 they amounted 10 5000
ap ,ipst S5s, coo for the same week IN 1888.
jay Gould, being shown the statement
that he has sold 10 Vanderbilt 20 ,OCO shares
oihis Delaware, LacEawanna 81 Western
stock, said the statement was absolutely
false; that he had not, In fact disposed OF a
single share OF stock, and that his conn.
dencs Ia the future OF its securities hoi
never been stronger.
The committee OF general freight agents
OF western roads, appointed TO arrange dif-
ferential rates on lumber to Missouri river
points from the various places Of supply.
met at Commissioner Midgetey's office, ut
Chicago, yesterday. The Gould limos were
represented by General Traffic Manager
George Old. The COMMITTEES found itself
unable to agree. and the matter OF issue
WAS referred TO Arbitrator George NJ. Bsguo.
Ia this business have agreed to ac-
cept a. final. The lumber rate from Chi.
cage to Missouri river points remains ut 10
cents per 100 pounds, and this rate will not
be changed until differentials have been
agreed up0n and accepted by all the lines.
Judge Beach Of the New York court %, q
Common Pleas, has dismissed the suit
brought against the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad company by Charles
,Fulfich to recover damages received at the
Spuytsn Duvvil disaster, in January. 1882.
The ruling was based Oh the fact that plain
tiff was riding on free pass, which CON
tainci clause providing that the holder
agreed to ride at his own risk. This, the
Judge held, barred recovery.
Annual mestlpg OF stockholders OF the
Missouri Pacific will be held at the Office of
the COMPANY in St. Louis, Missouri, on
March IL, 1884, at 0 a. IN. for the purpose OF
election. Annual meeting OF directors will
be held on Wednesday, March ~, 1884, at
IL m. Transfer books closed on SATURDAY,
February 8, 1884, and reopen Thursday,
March 10, 1884.
The locomotive engineers on the Phila-
delphia, Wilmington e. Baltimore railroad
are very Oh dissatisfied with the system
adopted o. paying them By the trip. They
say that this is equal 10 O reduction OF 10
per cent. in their wages.
The traffic manager of tho Southern Pa-
cific railway tolegraphs as follows: 1.-THE
reports of washouts on or line are greatly
exaggerated. We expect to have the line
open In sixty hours, and there will ba no
delay to freight or passengers by the Sun
set Route"
The earnings of the Wabash railroad for
the second week in February were $3l3, 600,
and increase Of $4,000 10 ompared with
the corresponding period last year.
The officers OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
company deny q runor that the English
shareholders will make a movement at
the next annual meeting for large divi-
dend.
The earnings for the Louisville & Nash
Vile for the third week in February were
$202, 145; in 1888. $225 Pisa decrease Of
$23, $50. The earnings for the second week
OF this year we're $2l7 ,245.
The management of the Indiana. Bloom.
ingion d Western road will hereafter fill
oil vacated positions by promotion OF men
in their employ. Such action insures good
service.
All of the Georgia Pacific officers have
folded their tents and removed from At
lants to Birmingham.
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