The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-24

THE esse,a OF Pullmsn's Palace Car COM
pnny now nmount to 1913, 95,35s Against
This 10 capinl stock Sl3, 269 800; ou'siand-
ING bonds, 81, 2G9 800; accounts, s,59 $50,
leaving surplus OF So S26,47S The income
of the company for the year endins win
July last was Sl,093,2i5 After dedncling
operating expenses and internal opllgatlohs
81, S04, -60--the company were able TO pay
ri. 235. li2 in dividends and carry to income
account u surplus of 81 ,053 BIB
The new circular passenger car shop Dt
tho Mount Glare works OF the Baltimore ~
Ohio railroad is 8aii TO be The largest bulld'
ing Of the kind under one root In this coan-
try. The diameter oil the structure ls zoo
| feet. md the walls forming the circumiof"
encs ar Is feet high and over 700 feet long.
! The apex is 1888 feet high. The root IL sup
ported nv % wr0ueht.iron columns, each
composed OF two l2-inch channels ana an
| l.beam. The columns are 10 feet high,
and are ranged in the form OF circle l2o
feet in di meter. inside OF when Is oo-foo,
turn'table. ,,i,,
ING I'm this vicinity seems 10 be on hand.
| LnsL week we chronicled the awarding OF
81 contract Tor tue construction OF such
railway. mite and n quarter IN length. IN
| Hoboken, N. J. On Friday the Brooklyn
board of aldermen granted francaise ID
The King County Elevated Railway Com
/ ~
railway In that city. Further. the rapid
t~aps,t commissioners OF New Y rk cite a'e
| considering plans Tor an elevated railway
on the MINER end of Third avenue, aud
othey railway along the river front. COL
I lec.iyely, these projects are oil great nihgni-
| tude aud they posses, special importance
| 10 the iron trade on account OF The immense
ooanti,y of iron which they will require.
| AS thu contrac. Tor the railway IN
IA sboken ha. been placed, its construction
may be regarded rs settled fac' Inc
hvildinr of The other structures referred 10
l. merely possibility, but their pr ]ectors
seem to be 10 earnest, aud, moreover, tnty
are r. ported To have the proper nnanclal
| b.ck,ng 10 insure the completion OF thelr
several enterprises as soon o, the necessary
nreliminaries ara adjusted. In the Gaze oil
the proposed Brooklyn railway, u ~ an
| nouncad that the consent OF The malo oil
the property owners alo x the contem'
Mated route has been secured. IL therefore
seems 10 be reasonably certain that THIS
railway project will be fairly lnnncneu th's
wear, as the conn any are required by the
civ authorities TO begin the work OF con
s,ruction on or before september /, 1854,
and to have their railways in actual opera
ton within two years.
A meeting OF the representatives oil the
Canadian and northwestern roads interest
ed III aa emigrant business between ontario
beld at the Grand Pacific hotel yesterday
The following roads were represented:
Grand Trunk, Northwestern, Michigan
Central. Rock Island, Milwaukee Il st
Paul. st. Paul, Minneapolis Manitoba
Canadian Pacific aud Northern Pacific. The
OBJECT OF the meeting was to agree upoi
uniform emigrant rates between OntariS
points and Manitoba and the north west fol
the season of 1884. Alter short discussion
In was found that the Canadian Pacih'
representative Was not authorized TO make
an agreement with the other roads aud con
s,auently the meeting adjourned bject q
the coll OF Mr.. J. Stephenson. genera pas
. dicstions are that the 70 sds will not be a6
10 agree upon uniform emigrant rates thi
season, and that the Cansciau and north
western emigr.nt business this year will ~
|. highly Improbable.
IL appears not TO be generally understood
outside Of the railway headgusr ers ina
the Union Pacific will open for freight u
Portland as soon as its Oregon Short Lin
reaches Huntington Oregon. The c,n
tract between the u MON Pacific and n
, oregon Railway Navigation company pre-
yiied that the respective roads snoul'
built 10 q connection At Huntington o.
December last. Owing, however, 10 W.
Iact that the Oregon Railway Navigator
company devoted most OF it, forces TO tn
conn elton OF the Northern Pacific, 1t wa
eyldert months ago that IL could not max
Lis time TO Huntington. IL was agrees
therefore, that the Union Pacific shoul'
rave the right 20 open freight lin
thr,urn TO Portland via the Utah d North
ern srd the Nartheru Pacific. No soon .
the Union Pacific'- Oregon Short lin
.hould b. finished q H1ntingioa. The ar
, ranremen, u "a continue unit. the Ortgo
Xii cav Navigation reaches Huntington.
orsefs we're sent to the local railroa
gents here on Friday last to restore TN
rzses on Utah frei.hfs, IA accordance wit
ne agreement supposed q have been 81
rived rt VA Chi $50, boz the refusal OF M
J C,,rk. of the UEion Pacific. 90 carry IN
-srcefpent as % p.rcenfsges bas throw
-sres ~ the winds sgsin and positive order
~ere received ~ day 10 restore Gu rates =
IS ~rnis per 100 pounds from Ai-spnf
ivsr points iiii further orders. The emo
| rot vet IN sight.
i Aha presidency Of the Ssrshern Psc.h