The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-01

him what, and hH TOOK % rule aud
measured a. ordinary wagon trHoK, Whlnn
proved be- feet > lnrnti wide, Toe
tracks wrf. laid THIS distance apart; but
when the cars " re- pbice' on the rtiis "
vas iound thht hall an iuch would have 10
b. sdd d 10 the w.uih Ia order ~ allow for
he lgirrai motion of The wheels hence the
stand ,rd GAUGE nj iret 2 IL inches.
PRECEDENT Nirker on, oi he Mexican Cen
iral Railroad Company, has issued y clf.
Gu ar rsking for subscriptions tou 81 ,OO'.wO
loan Tor one ys'r, to complete tho main
me. The circular suya tue cst OF Ia"
sou, bern end has largely exceeded est
mates, aud the company has paid Tor SUP
plies nov on hand necessary 10 operate the
road.
A swindler whose renl name is unknown
hos been travelling through the south OBJ
tanning passes from various roads ana SELL
ing them to scalpers aud Others. lie car.
RES with him some ot the letter heads
ne ol girg IN the office oi Mr., j. III. Drake,
nc iug general ireirht agent oi the fied'
mont AR Line al Richmond, and claims 10
h. J. l.. Potts, n clerk IN Mt. Drake s
office lie visits railway officials. shows
his bogus credentials, hun ob.Gins
% pas. The reporter IN iHilrmtd that tue
person IN question hsd diposed ~ several
ta-sCs IN tuis ci y, aud gs soon ~ the rai'
road meu heard OF II they immedia'ey ret
tu work 90 locair Toe swiDdIer, but 80 idr
their Efforts have failed. u !. prnh hle
that ia. fellow has left tie Coy TOR TrEi4,
rs he suco, elrd ia obtaining pass from the
Hotpan read by his usual dodge. MIR.
| sol Haas Traffic Manager Of the Piedmont
ar Line, who WIS In the CITY yet'rri ~
p nted that the man, WI ever ht miy De,
Is - clever swii dler, hut WI I"ub.iess bt
trnuptd Ia his game ~ he pl1Nn 10 mucu
longer, as the road had troru -'sps &"
prevent him Obtaining any more passes on
iLelr account.
About tai, time OF year railway officers
should be O the lookout for upplic no IS
fpr nnt uai p,s.ea from obscure nuJ bogus
Il rail way COM panies. The assurance WIN
Y which little col csrus, Often WI hout h,,,t
of road In operation, forward y lis; 81 ON
GERS Tor whom they AR anrilal passes over
| ali the roads in tho couatty rs somewhhi
amszlus, and such application Should he
sc,uriuz-d very carefully. For example,
the general freight aud passenger agent OF
| 4 sou bern rOan sends ~ printed circular,
issu d ty the Dunk,rk d Ffedonia Railroad
compsyy at Fredonis, New YORK, giving n
list OF officers of this road tor whom annual
passes are requested for 1884. The list in
| Gludes president, secretary and treasurer
superintendent, general passenger agent
y, 4 auditor, anu closes with tho statement:
| Upop receipt OF your list "" shall b,
p,..seI tc r.ciprocste. the Dunknk IL
Fred 9nia railroad is a liule street car
loo, three aud half miles lon.,
| whose equipment consists oi eignt b"rres
aud fnur care, representing The enormous
cost Of "a Oh; The entire capital OF The com
p,ny is s3B. 800 Tue ''r,ciprt city, viii ID
| his great corporation Can give the r-il.
ways OF this country IN reiufD for several
| thous and dollars worth at trnf sporia,ion,
| Which lis officers ask Tor, u, 81 course. 4"
| purely imaginary quantity, ana the ltsu,ne
IT such n circular Is gross d. cepuon anu
impusItioD; 1t il an a't.mpt tn obtain
mo.ey, or its equivalent, uvon laise pre-
tenSeg.
The Boston Transcript sivs y ston ard
New T. ,glaud have put S3l 900 go c'sh
into tue construction OF The N'xiCau f'h'
tral railrosd, running from II P,s' ia the
City of Mexico, anu tiat now New ng'
land, which once refused 10 buS Ne" YORK
| Central ut n few dollars u share because II
was a western railroad, looks sssatce n,
M,xcan7 per cent bonds ut 'ew points
.buye So because they nre out Of the coun-
nv, Tn. trouble with those bonds Is over
production. Too many arouhd OF The
same sort. Batter and safer bonds on rat-
roads in the country eau be bougnt IN the
market ut that price. rhe Archison, To
peka & santa Fe Is just now complaining
Ina, the opei atoms Ut the Mexican system
IN Sonora have OF been sitistac DRY. ard
his tact does not add 10 the anxiety OF
b ,ston people TO accumulate tbs bonds OF
Mexican railroads.
"A
.t.ipd that MI ord,r had gone out from New
York to reduce expenses on all the
Gou,d lines In that state 30 per cent. As
such a weeping order covering the Lone
Star state srgnred III for the hnnorecs of
mployes 10 81. Louis, = reporter OF the
Post. .ispa,ch investigated the statement
1t 10 simply an exsggerstion of NH ms rhc-
zion which represents ordinary business
pruder G.. ;" said u gentleman who occnI.i les
pesi ion in the system LARGELY cnDtds ntia'.
You see salaries have been ex raofdlnaty
and absurdly high in Texus Tor several
vrnrs. OWING to the fact iha: mat was re
gardtd BY cas- ern railroad capitalists as u
sort OF frontier region. where nigh hsnr's
were nee. ssit tn, Ell Uy !, as III at tue lac thht
| he stnpioyes were Is ed irom he worlu.
AZ uu evidence IL tins mauy 90 the oihc re
there were -eceiviny nue., better salaries
than heir superu'sheie For int me-, ore
sto, X agent gets ~ Ou0 IA v-yr white s"'n-
of his sunDidinlt.s la tcN,7 recriv- ~ u
per month aud expenses. NoTth'rr l. 100
'pnsln or sense IN this for Texas j. well
! 5 titled IN | fiving IL even Chprttr 10 - u T.
mere. 81 long ns RAILROADS "a hrir pwu
Wv as To- rates. this stare OF tflilfs WIS not
bordeusomp, but at ,Hta the itg s'a ION ia
that state has mad u tendency - vrtS CON
sdrrably Teduc, railroad rrvenu" - d a.
tho same time TO xlCs more Cos " iH,..
| rund .uuipmrntf or tse safety OF ptr-uuS
aud pfoYtTty. and ,ha result II that the
managers OF the eystem are compel, u 20
cons q the siiua lou ~ 10 il aud % gov.
EN- themsclv,s accordingly. sn CERTAIN
that no order Tor a redurtiun o. 90 per cent.
has gone out, and ! an also c7Itgiu hat
the p,iicv oi retire, cnmeut vii net gtf-ct
tnr s.. Louis Offices, becaVse the same
prnyucti on for IL does notrxist here Us
there o. the contrary, the tendency To- RI
in TO employ better men ava pay them bet.
ter wages Still, TO get the ming sra ghi
Won should Just See Colonel Ts,mal' ,
throl gh whom all orders nff c,ns
: that department must issue Colo
! mel rslmayr salt: II noticed that t.le'
sm SAID he, and there was very tile
: inundat on tor IL. Whatever orders have
been Issued are neither extraordinary no.
sseppinx lis always the rule that busi-
, ness falls n very considerably NJ this time
! of yss-. AUD ~ 1. not 1t all strange tnat We
snould accommodate our working furce "a
/, the amount of business 'ff' ire. There
has been no order ~ reduce tii'y per NJ,
puf SIMPLY an order 90 cut al expenses
whatry,r expenses the business NAV nd
I NIT o.. In other words, WE are vo"ernin ~
| rurstl Ives ny Z, ctiy the same rues us CD
, ,ni1 in any CO 4imerciai house. wen bus'
in--si ~ slack We d. not cary any n ore
m.n than are u, cessary io transact ". Al
, arie. ia T.x,s have been unn, cesss NY
! nish, nut H. was IN ,inly recogniti'n OF Vie
iac' that the va umr ~ trai. mast decline
very consid-rsb y at r the 1T of January
th.t prompted n ~ make the suggestion
you ilqure Hb ~"
what Science Oncrs You.
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