The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-07
RAILWAY III EMS,


eleven aro without railroad communloe-
ton.
Since the Let OF January. 1884. nine new
railroads have been incorporated in the
state OF Alabama.
: At It's recent meeting the Southern Rail
way and Steamshp association changed
tho minimum weight Of car-loid from
90 Coz TO "a 900 pounds.
Attached to tie New Orleans outgoing
midday train OF Morgan's Louisiana q
Texas railroad March Let, was n special car.
In this car were Rev. Henry Nj. Field, Cd
itor OF the New York Evangelist, vito and
two nieces: Ex-Governor Brown and wife,
OF Tennessee, With their daughter, Miss
Marie Brown. and Mies Mary Ames, OF 1T.
Louis. Miss Bessie bisiand %, l.. II. Dance,
of Natohez, Mississippi, was also Of the
party. Mr.. Field and family 20 to San
Antonio, and thence to California. Gov.
ernor Brown and party will make tour
through Texas returning TO So. Louis. Miss
Bislend goes upon visit TO relatives Ia
New Iberia.
The following tis an extract from the To.
port of the president and general manager
of the Cincinnati, New Orleans d Texas
road TO the stockholders for the year end
ing Decem Der 81, 1883:
"The receipts from MI sources have been
81 SOC l9l %, rs against $3.50 O57.OS for
1882. being an increase 81 s26, 1874 10, which
Is at the rate Of per cent. The causes for
this small increase are several. The floods
of 1888 caused decrease in receipts OF $32,.
058 SO, which was not recovered. The wheat
crop showed q large falling of, as con
pared with 1882. The cotton crop along
the lines of other roads is short, 80 far as
present returns indicate, some 80 per cent.
The Louisville exposition resulted In n
large deduction OF business from the city
OF Cincinnati. as many buyers VINO have
A 81 ut,l ,l.ea hon N
went to Louisville, as l. evidenced by my
returns. The year of 1883 has not been u
good one for business, etc."
So late as 1870 IL was regarded rs very
good time to make the run from New York
TO Philadelphia in 2:i5. But in 1877 the
Pennsylvania railroad announced their
ability TO do It in 1852, and have been do
This is better than iiIty-two miles ga hour.
But II Is noted that now tho Ais p. m. ex-
press from Jersey City makes the run In
80. and that the weight OF the locomotive
now drawing that train Is OF 900 pounds.
Topeka e. Santa Re railroad has declared
a war against the Western Trunk line ALI
ance, by cutting Colorado rates Sl.T on
first-class freight and proportioDaIely on
other classes. which Ia ninety cents below
Commissioner Vnipg's late order on first
Ofthe 557 locomotives turned out by o
PHILADELPHIA establishment ia 1888. no less
that ISL wero exported. In this line OF man
ufac,ure, America IN beginning 10 success
fully compete with England.
Baltimore has under consideration loan
of So. 900, 600 to the Richmond Il Denville
Railroad company, in order to increase heI
railroad facilities.
The Chicago d Alton expended IN bet
tsrments TO their property in 1888, S7i0,759
The equipments OF The road were increased
as follows: Five hundred new stock cars,
s247 500; G new passenger cars. $4S, 225; A
new baggage cars. 57,0l3; Is new iocomo-
tives. Sl47,270. On their new shops at
b pomington Sl5l, 1851 was expended.
Captain Wallace McGrsth, formerly chief
engineer OF the Nickel Plate railway, has re-
signed 8 similar position on the Ohio River
+ ilwav, and will take up his residences in
Erie. Tue % q u reports the damage done
the Ohio River railway at only about $780,
600, whereas reports had exaggerated the
loss to very much greater extent.
The board Of msnagera OF the Philadel-
phla Sabbath association has received let
ters from tho officers OF the Philadelphia
IL Reading and the Pennsylvania railroad
aomnalict declaring their desire to have
Sunday work on their respective roads
re. tricted rs far as possible. The same
subject 10 TO be laid before meeting OF
trunk line managers.
Mr.. ]. L. Kirk, who has heretofore been
the duties OF auditor and gem
eral freight and passenger agent OF the
Pittsburg & Western railroad, has been
relieved OF his duties pertaining to freight
matters. and Mr.. Il. A. Dean will assume
charge of the freight department. and viii
have charge OF freight rates, etc, rs general
freight agent.