The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-20

lltohed. etc, bat the FlsnAgemtn, are 10,
pairing ths io.dhed an bridge and are
improving the cnntV ion ~ the road, he-
iWetu Pautsr-y.lle aud Montgomery nee
iron aud ties are needed, |
Th. eouiument Ut the road Is Vfr' good. /
nHnui uui Utsssnrs Ahi uE'roOWr are We |
boz iu Gr STATE, There 10 some 'imp'snt
aHou toe manuer he NAioh tne DalIa.
branch RI operated IA Ttgsri in the time ul
arrival uud departure Oi trains nnd failure |
~ max connection with the iialns on 'he
main line.
saw YnEK tFN,s Avn NF1icAs r.ILwAN,
llsprcttd nsUrmher + ls,i'--ftls .tn,
ir0m l.lsenhurE Ju0clnn, ln fsft Bon
county, io Victoria, iu Victoria cuunlf, ~
miles, wts luHirI.y butt, nu. tue hr'
uI,narrmrsE have o large I'fcn fenalAt UT
in aI drpar mrgia hsd H.v putting
GOOD CluuIuun, HglIpmeU. tlH., bhu
lu.Iy rdrQu ,te q trai.o u mauls,
No compliant has ever hren malr AgAlnN
tnr road.
oULE wust rrI,s PACIFIC RAlivtr..
lusplCt q December %, issi. lr1m IN
dianuls. ln 80 houn c'u"ly, T. 'geFo' IN
Dewitt, di milrs,
tbs road iiin good condition iu al Of it'
appointments. Eqlipmru' p.
complain. hos been made ttt u' lula ROAD
rtNAs wT,TERr RAtLwtr.
Tnrsr trrt gauge Inspected Dr'rmpfr
L ~ lsA3 From The citr nt hnu'ioA 70
b SraIy, 90 Aus.iu county, o. miles.
This road is only oprfa.rd % PATTERSON,
I iu Waller county, L. iu inlr cnnd.t oui
needs mHuy nv ties Equipment ni-'
] IN .te eco tie traffic. No coup HiuH nave
/ bees lilot in this uiiior a.aiu,t sa'd road.
HousTlE, EASE AsD We rt1Au RAILWAY
Three issi gauge. lusu.c'eh ''c-mber
a iss3 From the city oi Houston to Mao.
udr0ches iu lgducurt county 100 mi g.
Iai- al t. iu fair condition, aud the
manRremrnt have Q large force improving
tt-Huriaciug the track. rebuilding bridges
and hlliug up trrstie work. EluipMent
good. No cnrplsnt has ever oeen hlod
against this rnai.
TEtAsHxIlcaS RAILWAY.
Three irst gauge lnspec'.i by Score
tsry Meyer December rs, ls'3.-Main Hue
tfnn Laredo, 10 Weob Cnuutr, 20 Corpus
Chris O., IN Nruces county, lN miles.
Galveston branch, on Galveston Island
10 - m les
Nam hue ard branch In fair condition.
Equipment good, uud Sieq - e Tor r-inc
demand. No COMPLAINS.
no GRASpE q Plc1s RAILWAY.
Com niustlon 3 lee. and feet inchas.
Iuspec'ei by Secretary Meyer December
~ lsS3:-ThiB road Ia from Laredo, Ia
Webb county to che coal mines IA sans
county. Trsnic confined 10 transportation
of coal. Length ofroad, % miles.
tax TRUSK RAILWAY.
In5psc ed Daccmplr 81, lSs3:-From
the CITY OF Dallas 10 Cedar creek IN tut'
man county, so 1.2 miles. This road passed
from the haad. uia receiver 10 the present.
owners In May, 1883, IA vsrv bad oondi
lion. Since thep the new m hsgemen ut
have built fifteen miles ~ new road aud
have materially improved the Old part;
have ~ present a large force r. work on he
road bettetins its coudi q. The present
equipmen' f. very poor. bat The manage
menI have one new engine aud ono new
passenger car Ia transit, which, wnsn re-
crived. will supply their present wants. 20
com plants
eur KANSAS HORT LIMB.
T,ree fest sau .e:-From Jacksonville, In
Cherokee county, " Ato, IN same county,
mi. road ha. mt been inspected.
aALvFsTis SABINE AND 1T. L9uis RAILWAY.
From LpREyew, In Gregg cyuuty, l45
miles
This rosd has rot been inspected.
RIO sR NOE RAILROAD.
From B5uwuvlilr, Ia Cameron county,
TO Paintl,nhrl in same couuty, 20 miles.
TN. road mas not been ins.ec si.
THETExAs TBAssP iRTATIoN COMPANY.
FDm H1u-tl. Ia Clinton, 80 Harris
county, 10 Road aud ,quipusl Ia first
class condition
RusR,NDE AND FL PNso RAILROAD.
From " Pa-o to the Rio Grtudr nver,
20 "A mites. rhis road j. owned and oper'
aied by the Atcnson, Topeka & SANTA Fe
aud IL Ii 49, class N all /. pppiu'mpn's
THE AU-TlE AND EOgrHwE rEKs RAILWAY
Three iert gauge lusprctsd by Charles
Never, ,ecretsrv, January - h:-Frpm tn,
city OF Austin To Burnet in Burnet county,
90 miles. THIS road A. present IL ~ the
hands of n receiver, and is not in good con'
dition; the bridges ~ Bru. by aud Souih
Gabriel need rebuilding. fhe equipment
il very bad--eQtrely too heavy tor the
weight OF rail and gauge OF road.
The accompanying tables give character
istcs OF the various roads. the ROADS have
kindly furnished me with these state
msnts) Section Q Of the law crea,ing TIE
office of g. ate engineer reqnlies that the
said engineer snail prepare and transmit tc
the mex legislature a complete frt igh'
cls.s fication and schedule # ressou. biz
maximum rates fr freight transp rtatiuI
TOR each of the railroads operated IN this
state To do This OF cOu -se It. VIII h. necss
siry for he state engineer TO know how
much freig business each road ~ doing
ghat II amounted TO and what the * lens.
OF doing tits business was, aId ths car
only BE- earned from the general 9TH es o
etch road and this statement shpu'd NJ
made and sworn to by the proper officer o
each road The law duss no
authorize the state engineer Il
m IKE any sIch demands and he can onN
r, quest It ut the rIids, tnd lazy o. tneu
decline 10 mply II viii h very Il tiifnli
for him to MAKE II proper cih--it'a ior In
this connection. | vii aid that All Of tns
roads have en- -iu.ly compile wlh any
r,aue-t aads ui tnis nature. aud nave a.
furdrd thu STATE engineer avery facility Tor
inspecting heir roads and a. pn c1a'g" NJ
expense o The state During he year 1884
/ mink the rail WAYS o. r-xts wi ne ma /
I'm proved, especially ~ elupment rni pas
senger pots | tnluk thew have spen ,he
iallAcy o. temDtiug % do a heavy 'rsfii,
with inadsQusie rolling sruck (-s-
pecislly motive power).
There IL lttl- prospect o. rail pav con.
s,ruciion being resumed 10 any very gtes
extent during the wear 1884
Rrspec ulN,
J. II. pRTr'N
STATE EIunrar.
January - 1884
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