The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-03
RAILWAY ITEMS.


Six months ego Captain J. +. Anderson,
| the engineer in charge vi the AtohaialayA
bridge, predicted that trains colld pass
/ over the structure on Christmas day. AS
an evidence OF how close the skilled engn-
Ger calculated, the fact need OILY be- mon.
toned that the FIRST tain passed oyer on
the Goth OF December, Que day later ,hAn
the day mentioned by the engineer.
| The directors o; the Alchison Topeka Il
Santa re railroad have unanim ously
| edopted plan of agreement In relation 10
| the Atlantic IL Pacific Ialroad, President
| Stroug goes TO New York TO effsct the final
adj as ,ment with toe 81. Louis Il San Fran
CISCO road, which has already assep.ed 10
the plan.
General Manager Galloway, Of the Ch!ca.
go & Grand Trunk, has a.ked Commits.
sioner Fink to reduce the tariff on east.
bound freight on the ground that the pres
emit rates will be maintained.
A conference was held in Chicago last
week between Vice Commissioner Peais III
and representatives of the western connec.
lions OF the trunk lines in regard TO the
troubles In through passenger rates from
New York 10 the Missouri, and, without
reaching any definite conclusion, adjourned
till tomorrow. L. is believed that the diff.
ierences will be- adjusted.
The cash receipt for tickets purchased In
New Orleans over the Texas Il Pacific rail.
road up TO Monday last were 81 GOO in ex
cess OF any previous month since the re ad
has been built. There is every prospect
that the receipts for the entire month viii
be fully $1,000 more than ever before known
in the history of the road
By the Texas g. Pacific railroad fIorf
New Orleans via Marshall, El Paso ahi
Deming the distance to the Pacific ,s 2!9
miles, as follows: From New Orleans TO
Marshall 1858 miles, Marshall to Ell Pasoi95 |
miles, II Peso to San Francisco 1855 mes.
Via the Sunset Route. via the Horon
& San Antonio TO FL Paso, and the'ce 10
San Francisco over the same route $ the
Texas & Pacific, the distance Is 2,40 miles
-36l miles to Houston, PIG mi from
Houston to San Antonio, 63s mi 8 from
San Antonio TO ri Paso and ], 20 miles
thence to San Francisco.
Speaking of the distances, howeer, and
the time consumed in making the rip from
New Orleans or St. Louis to San francisco
it appears that the longest waysround is
after all the shortest way there, n the time
between New Orleans and San francisco Is
six days and halt via the Soutern Pacific
route, while the fast special trtps from 81.
Louis do not maze the shcHeHistancsS a n
that time and in winter n reli!nce can be
placed in the schedules, as trans are fre-
quently snow-bound or delaye, by storms,
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