The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-14
RAILWAY ITEMS.

A ROAD IL projrc,ed in Virginia from
| Dtnyilc u Midjlroerp, distance OF II
miles. Another road Is projected FROM Lin
wood TO HarrisoDbnrp, then westward lO'
mics, TO run ihto Pocahoptas and Webste
counties.
Vice President Touz,lin and eI Judge @
w. McCrsrr, OF the A,chison, Topeka
| Santa Fee, are now on an inspecting tour .
the main line through kNnsas, In order I,
acquaint the new general solicitor with Ger
tain features OF the road preparatory (, en-
10 ing upon his duties. Mr.. U. Schmidt
INN issioner Of mgr ton, and Mr.. j
/ U. Cooper. western trev-iiing agent OF tn,
same road, left yesterday for the west, u
m ,ke arrang -nenis for the location OF I
Large parry Of eng ants la New Mexico.
Tho Cairo Short Line IL still cut OF waite
and appreheuds no trouble. As IL IL abou
the Only line south. on dry land, Il is get
! NO 10 DIS OF business.
The Louisville AIRLINE Is running oil
right ns far as New Albany, Indiana, but il
! IL unable 10 got across ths ONO to Louis
/ vile on account OF high water.
Arrangements are being made to chang
the gaug- OF the Memphis a. Little Ruck
ra road from i've feet To four feet eight and
"a half incbes.
The Tennessee Southern r il-oad Is now
completed 20 point siIty'hve miles sout
OF Memphis and within thirteen mites ui
rnie OF a mile u day.
The lnomen of t1a Santa Fe road have
commescen tho work OF running g. lsgraph
wires from ihs compnny's ceDo. IN this
CITY, TO the new eneral oflicl building
now In progress OF construct on here.
r. les lhy feet high will be used for carry
ing the wires through the city. The tele-
prrph wires wi be transported ~ the new
office In "a body. aud when com pletod the
com pany will arrange for suecal OK
change for the dccommoda ion OF rs busi'
ness. These movement are regarded here
rs an Indication that tho Santa Fe folks
have abandon, a beir intention ~ moving
thei general offices Gnd B1ops TO k4nsas
City.
The local passenger agents met 10 dqy
aud ai0Lt I'll one or TWO mod icatinns and
ali roadg II entered The X ,nsas Citv agree
ment. The clause for which the hannibal
h I'D out wes added, namely 10 rood can
CUT a rate without 'be Cpnsert Ut al roads,
isiend OF Il majprty oi them. Shorty a.
forwards Wablsh broker wss caught
s9alpiug on Eastern rate and promptly
Il 0ad.
Wha may be called the mechanical 4 =
t,s,ics of RAILWAYS, saws We Psl' Ma O.
re to, give result mat Il t. yea q ago ould
IA ave been pronounced i1cred BIZ. On n
portion Of the Sol teedssern railway, in
The working inteiv b.twetn 4:5l a. M.
aud twenty miput's past miuniLht, no
rewer than / 800 dif-rent trains run Over
the line, hslrg st tAe rsta OF dispatch OF
more than train per minute f. the mt re
TINA A train enter or leaves tharlng
Cros, station every two and half minutes.
Will, at Cannon street st ton trail enters
or leaves everv minure sDd a half II is the
st.iement Of the chairman OF the South
east. rn railway that tue Cannon street
trains are more numerous by more than
one. ix' than tho trains ell trring and leav-
ing the London termini OF the London IL
North west, IN, the Great Northern, the
Midland and the Gres. Western IA ways
ri, a,id-d together. Under the circum-
stances It ia unques'ionably much tn tn
credit OF the mausgers o' the 8 heastern
rail way that not n single death from anv
cause within their col troll should have oc-
Cured for eighteen years, during which
time no fewer than 6.0U5 persona have been
killed in the stree IS Of London.