The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-24

dliohed, etc., bat The mtntremsni ere n
. pa flun ti4 inidhrd and bfldsea sod M
. ImrfurinH the C1ndlilIn N ihn road H.
, tween rlintsfsyille md Montgomery mes
iron and ties are needed.
The equipment NJ the road istfrf good
I Drp1iB aud 90 iienFsf var nE fuuWaar en-
beet In the state. There Ia snm COMPLAIN
abou' the manner in which the Dil'n
branch Ia operated IN regard IN the i'WH ~
. arrival aud departure ~ trains Hnd 'ii ut
IN make connection with the trains on ca
main line,
sfw YoRE, FFx,s ASo MEXICAN RAILWAY
Inspected December = ls-i--.cii road
rom Rosenberg Junction, la Fort ieut
county. 10 Victoria, In Victoria county, "a
management nave a large force repairing h
ln all departments ani aft putting u IN
gOii condition, Equipment good, aId
July adequate 20 traffic demands.
No complaint has ever bean mado against
the road.
QUIZ, WEST TRN.ss PACIFIC RAILWAY,
! Inspected December ., lssl:-Fr1m Ia.
dianoia, IN Calhoun county, % Cuero, In
! Dewitt, a. n.ilts,
THIS rosi is in good condition In all OF o..
appointments. Equipment good, Ne
complaint has been IN tds against this road.
TrIGs wEsTERS RAILWAY,
! Three leet gauge, Inspected December
! II. 1883 From the city on !lOnsl3a TO
stAy, N Aus'in county, o. miles.
Thls road is only operaied 70 Pa'irunn,
| in Waller county, 10 IN 'alr clnd.. pu;
needs macy new ties EQuipmpnl Ado.
quite ~ the traffic. No comp ainr have
bees filed in this Office eganst ra,d rOlf,
| HOUSTON, EAsr AND WEST rtrAs RAILWAY,
Three feet gauge. Inspected December
! II. lss3,-From the city OF Houston % Use
odgochcs,In Nnoogdnches county, 40 mtc1.
This rad h IA lair condition, aGd The
mansgemen. have lars3 toSc' igprnvlaE
IT. surAclGg the track. rebuilding BRIDGE
and hling up trestle work. EIuipA"a'
good. No compliant has eya' been Eied
against this road,
TgNA3.MgItcAN RAILWAY.
Threc ieet gauge. Inspected by Heora-
ts'y Meyer December Is, lSS::-Msin the
from Laredo. Ia Weob cougtv, 70 Corpus
Christi, in Neuces county, lA miles,
Galveston branch, on Galveston Island,
IL 3-i miles.
Main lice and branch IN 'air condition.
Equipment good, and adequate for traffic
demands. No complaints,
RIO GRANDR PgCos GAILWAy
Combination 3 feet and feet $ IT, incsps.
Inspected by Secretary Meyer, Decsiab e
18Th. iSS3:-This road is from LAREDO, Ia
Webb county. To tho coal mines, IN sans
county. Traffic confined to transportation
OF coal, Length ofroad, 20 miles.
rgS,sT TRUNK RAILwAy.
Inspected December 81, 1888 From
the city OF Dallas to Cedar creek, in kauf.
msn county, 80 l-2 miles. This rost passed
FROM tho hsnds OF . receiver 20 the preseut
owners in May, 1888, in very bad oondi
ton. Since then the new management
have built fifteen miles Of new road aud
have materially improved the old part;
have at present lsrge force At work on the
road lettering its condition. The present
equipment Is very poor, bat the manage
meng have oue now engine a0d one new
Ttg',a. car n transit, which, when re-
c-iya5 sd. supply tLeir present wants. &c
Jmplsints.
aULP.KkEsAs SHORT LINE,
Tsree feet gause:-Fr0m JEc. rJnViiie, Ia
Cnsrosse county, to Alto, IN Same county,
1873 miles.
This road has not been irsptcieH
GALVESTON, SABINE AND ST. L0U! Ht3LWRT.
From LoBgview, in Gregy cygn y, L25
miles
This road has not been inspected.
RIO 0RNNDE RAfLIoAD.
From Brownsville, In Cameron county,
to Point Isabel. in same county, 225 miles.
This road has not been in'rec ed.
| THE TEXAS TRANSFORMATIONS COMPANY.
| From Houston to Clinton, in Harris
county, 10. Road and equipment in first
class condition.
RlO GRANDE AND PtSO RAIL 3OAb.
From VI p'sO 20 the Rio Grande river,
20 IA NIL. rhH road il owned and oper-
ated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
! and is iirst.class in all its appointments
| THE AUSTIN AND SoRTHwE,TEEE hallway.
| Three feet gauge. Inspected by Charles
Meyer, secretary, January 12th;-From the
city Of Austin to Burnet, in Burnet county,
60 miles. This read At present il in the
hands of = receiver, and is not in good CON-
/ dit;np. thu hriduaa at Rrulhy and Snuth
Gabriel need rebuilding. The equipment
is very bad-eltirely too heavy tor the
weight of rail and gauge OF road.
| The accompanying tables give character
istcs of the various roads. The rosde have
kindly furnished me with these state
mants). Section Of the law creating the
offics OF state engineer requires that the
the next legislature complete freight
classification and schedule of reasonable
maximum rates for freight transportation
for each OF the railroads operated in this
state. To do this OF course it will be necec-
sary for the state engineer to know how
much freight business each road is doing,
what 1t amounted to and what the expense
of doing this business was, and this can
only be learned from the general offices of
each road, and this statement should be
made and sworn to by the proper officer of
each road. The law does not
auth prize the state engineer to
IN 4 ke any such demands, and he can only
request it of the roads, and if any of them
decline to comply, it will be very difficult
for him to make a proper claSsifca ion, In
this connection, | will add that oil of the
roads have cnt ertully complied with any
request made of this nature, aud have af-
forded the state engineer every facility for
inspe Ct!Dg their roads aud Az no charge or
expense TO the state. During the year 1854.
1 think the railways OF Texas will be much
improved, especially in equipment and pas
senger depots. think they have seen the
tsliacy OF attempting TO do heavy traffic
with inadequate rolling stock les
peCially motive power.
There is little prospect OF railway con.
struclion being resumed to any very great
extent during the year 1884
Respectfully,
j. II. BRIrToH.
state Engineer.
January Is, 1884.
Following this report is tsbulated
statement OF the characteristic" Of the
roads, such as length OF line and branches,
rolling s. ock, motive power etc. which is
omitted as The aoove contains hose points
OF greatest public interest.-Ed.l
->o~-
The Mutt Case Nearly Ended.
PITrsBURG, Jan. lo.-The prosecution in
the Mutt case concluded their rebuttsl tes-
timony this morning, and the defense, not
caring TO offer any sur-rebuttal Evidence.
the case was closed. In order to give the
case to the jury as soon as possible it was
decided to limit the speeches and arsu-
nents.
Major Brown then offered the court the