The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-20
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made nv ths Central lfusl company OF
New York. but VA that application o We
conditioned that the receiver was
TO be appointed, pending tht uhl
OF a suit IN equity, which has been
] Biod In the United States cir1nit c0ur,
| for the eastern district OF hissourl, ms
suit NAs brought TO fOrtclOse tbs hrst mort
fAra bonds Of the road a. tue instances oi
nsjnrity OF the bondholdets. From ths's
/ additional facts II seems uullkely thsl the
! road can rFcape tho hammer, Tue whnlu
drift OF speculation abOEt she mat 81 wa
| moi nav the road would prosper under DC.
| WondAri's management. but how soon the
! final crash would come and VINO would DC
/ the new Owner. The troubles 81 the Texas
& Sc Louis may result In Jay Gould or he
/ Illinois Central gobhliD. up the line. Pc.
! idout ParAmore said few days ago a. Lltlle
| Rock. In a. much as MIR. WondAfd, our
! general manager, has been 1upoiutei 10
| the rrc-ivership, take IL that the step wac
msds AZ the instance OF the readl
trustees. II il | am positive, movement
friendly to the present mansgenen'' shu
there will BE- no cnsnge IN onhcet'' IL II
were NOT = friendly movement Ia our IN
t,rsst am sure Mr.. Woodland would not
have been appointed. sir. Woodard Is our
friend"
On th, I4th inst at Buffalo, NO mechanics
leins we're lied In the county clerks Once
against he pr perry OF the West shofe
~,nd iu this counly-one for SO ZIG OS IN
i.vor OF Charles Derrick on the West shore
machine chop and round house a. East
h lnr,lo. built by him, and the other Tor
$4,000 in favor OF Charles Berrisk ana
Ch.rles Peterson, who built the West shore
iri,h, house on swan street, noar Jeffrr-
,,n street. Msssrs. Derrick Il Peterson
erected the buildings for tho North River
G instruction company, who have sircs
| turntd them over 10 the West Shore.
The work ~ coustruciian on tho lima
North Wisconsin was begun this morning
nc East Dubuque. large iorco OF men
are n, work, and the completion of TINS
! road IL looked for a. an early date
The president aud vice president Of the
Dnbuqur 4 Northwestern railroad return
ed from Cnicag where they had been In
| tue interest OF the new road, The prospect
OF the immediate construction OF this road
is Looking anything but bright, and the
! long talked OF road may yet iall through.
The principal reason tor this discouraged
state nt nff ,its u because eastern capitalists
dec inc invest. They say there is n uni
yeFsal decline in all railroad stock ana
until there is a change Tor the better. they
will hot touch the Dubuque North
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
viii com etc the High Line track between
this city and Denver ov the first OF Febru'
rynrxt The contract with the Denver
aud Rio Grande Railroad Company grant
ing nem the use ri the latter's track, Will
expire on tn. 6th OF February. The High
Line viii be tue shortest Touto by nifty
miles bet tween Leadville and Denver.
ASSISTANT General Passenger A gent Fish
or. of the Gould Lines. who is In Texas, III
charge of the Iron Mountain land excur-
,ion telegraphed 10 Mr.. Townsend ~ iol-
lows: 1--WE reached Forth Worth Sntur'
day night, and lost there fifty OF our party,
who went south to locate in the vicinity oil
Austin. Next morning we went on to
Weaiherford. where We visited large An
CORA goat ranch.
In the region between the Mississippi and
Missouri expansions of such great magDi.
tude have occurred that they have sIer-
clsed a marked effect on q nun Oer OF rail-
aud financial movm'nis, and partly
account Tor the i'm portance attached TO ru'
m ors relating 20 the disruption of the Iowa
pool aud the formation OF the octagonal
agreement between the Union Pacific INES
trayersing portions OF Iowa, Missouri and
Minnesota. 1t is stated thai this agree
me will enable the Leading officer ln-
trusted with the enforcement OF its
slipulstions TO make rates over systems
whose combined length is 6j 600 miles.
One II the accompsnlmants of this growth
is he extension OF the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy syste M TO Denver, and the con-
trm porsnaous extension OF the lines OF The
Denver & Rio Grande to Ogden. BY this
new construction competition for through
business with the Union Pacific was estab-
nshed, which hiss materially affected the
interests of that company. The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy ha hitherto been ex
ceptionally am c'tious md fortunate in It's
extensions, aud solGa Of the current rumofs
cred its managers will schemes for form.
ing alliances with the Northern Pacific ana
the M-xican Central which may lead TO i'm
portant results.
The Atchison, Topeka a Santa Fs made
an INN nss increase in net earnings IN
1898, wholly by reducing expenses, for
there was some falling off in gross earn
ings For the eleven months ending with
November, the gross earnings decreased
1873 1856 Il 1-2 per cent? but the worRin5
expenses we're reduced ST. $40 100 (22 per
ctnt.); there wa. an Increase OF no LEES than
81, 35G, 5s5 (23 80 per csR.) in net earnings
H. IL not .n,y o SEQ how so great reduc-
ton could hrve neen possible, unless n
good deal WAS charged TO maintenance OF
expenses in 1892 which really went for con.
struction The expenses, which were 90
psr cent. OF the earnings in ls52, were 46
10 1883
hv To-day 90 Weiser. Idaho, which u is
ns-i, AL be the terminus tor some time,
a. there is nothing bev Sud to make bust
ness until the Oregon Railway and Navi ga
ZION company builds to Huntington to
make connexions.
Inc cuts on the WsTo
so thornuChiy showed up and packed in
d1rnr ia-t week tDs' ~ was necessary TO
dig ihris on witn snovrl. as the road 10
not bSiinstec, II /, consid unsafe TO run
a snow GLOW. The trains are on time again
npw, however.
There 10 nov bare possibility that the
Usion PAcine will cancel It's no ice oil with
drswsl from the Trsnscoptiaentsi sssocis
ton, after having failed In the accomp lish-
meut of its purpose To secure the admission
of he Missouri river lines. The association
will continue in session a. Chicago to-day
and tomorrow.
will supercede wood tor the frames Of psss.
enger cars 10 Euglsnd and perhaps $50 OF
frri,ht cars rne Northeastern Rail way
company are nov huiiding at their works 4
ramber of csrs vith ateei frames, and IL on
tris they prove sstisfac 'ory all the wood.
60 framed cars will be replaced oy the new
a., IT, az they are retired rom service.
A clumsy attempt a. ticket counterfeit
ine bss inst been detected in Chicago, y 81.
fcitls Of the Chicsgo, Burlington and
O ifncv. A number Of tickets for q sh r.
a stance we're purchased. tue name of the
station removed Win scid ann the name ~
I = distant station pm i'm its pisce with a rub
.,srsanip The work was 90 ounglingiy
fdn-- flft' he fraud Eas Immediately dis
l.rrrft I'D the twindl.r's .iule game com.
- e.s bsocFed.
Engineers are making 4 1sl survey To-
! III. x,essior Of the Clinton branch OF the
/ Burlhg on. Cedar Rapids a Northern raj
ROAD. row m operation tsenty-iour miles
fram Net, los connection wish the main
i'm. near Cedar Rapids As The Chicago,
Burlington & Qp,tcv ontrols the Burline
ION. @. da- Rapids a Nor bern. IL IL believed
hat his connection v u make short line
ssst frr east bound Bur iDg'on, Cedar Rap
Id & Eortnern bus ness.
A. soon az the weather permits thirty
seven construction trains viii be plsced on
the Canada Southern division Of the Micbi-