The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-15

been pushing along through valleys snt
over hills splitting the wilderness and
ploughing It's way through the fertile ooun
try bet ween Mem pills and the Gull Of Mel
leo. the woIkmen no busy that they
have hardly hsd time TO tell tho world
about II all. The total distance Is 45l
miles, and Only i7o feet OF that distance 10
mains TO be completed. IL Is confidently
expected that trains will hs running
through by next May, The line follows
very close tlong the river, the distance Ia
II at the nearest point being about n mite
and al the furIhost thirty N les. The road
runs q little over mile east OF Star Land
Ing, three miles east OF Austin, nine miles
east OF Helena, seven miles east Of AuRus,
u, seventeen miles east III Rnsedrls aud
eight miles east Oi Greenylle, al the places
named being on the banks ct the Mississip
pi liver. IL piefoes the Yazoo delta. "a
nous a l over the world Tor It's cotton, and
drains further down some OF the most ex-
tensiye sugar limitations IN the South.
The bridge over the Big Black river on
the Louisville, New Ofleans q Texas rail
way, wGa completed on the l2th inst,, and
immedlaltly heavy train passed over u.
The iron bridge over tho Yhzoo river will
b. completed this week.
Captain ulnster, resident engineer or the
Missisalppl Valley railway, says that
twenty miles Of track, from Port Gihfou
south Ia The crossing OF the Natoh,z, Jrck.
son Il Columbus road. Is oomplered and
VIII be turned over TO the railroad com
pAny this week. Captain Gloster states
, that In his residenoy very little trouble has
been caused by the banks OF the cuts cav
ing. Most Of the ",lidesh which have oc-
CURED were on the big divide between Port
Gibson and Vicksburg.
Superintendent Warder Cumnins has
Issued a circular stating that tue iurisdic-
/ 10. % NA.N.. IN. AL. .aNl b..
Texas & Pacific road, " extended over the
Gouldsboro section OF the Nav Orleans
division. vice Mr., George Mnnroe, who has
resigned.
The Tokyo X umaga aye railroad Is already
netting from 10 10 II per cent. and its
takings ara siill capable OF very large de.
velopment. In tact should the government
ba able 10 devote the earnings OF the vart'
Gus lines throughout the country to
pay the principal aud Interest OF tho
money raised for thrir construction there
Is little doubt that before many years ia.
pan might easily be provided with very
tslsrable network of railroads.
During the pat two months upward OF
100 men have been discharged from rail
road work Ia Washington Territory and
Oregon. Many CT them are tough charac.
ters.
Judge Wallace. OF the United states Cir
cult court has handed down decision IN
the matter of the Memphis s Little Rock
Railroad againis Robert X. Uotr and
othera. This IL sui, wherein the com
pllinaut's bill Is fled against the trustees
and holders OF the mortgage bonds OF CON,
plsinant for S26,O00O0J, and tho moTtSsse
upon It's corporate franchises and propsrtv
for receiving the same. executed Nay 2
1872 seeking II annui the bonds and mort
gtges, upon the ground that they were
issued and executed by the omplainatt
without corporate power In that behalf
Judge Wallace says: The case Is phe-
nomenal in the sudacity of the attempt
to induce court in equity to assist cor.
poration in repudiating its Obligations to
It's creditors. without Offering to them the
property IL acquired by its unauthorized
contract with them. The vi is dismissed
with costs"
The following is the amount of baggage
handled by the Louisville & Nashville
road during the years oil 1882 ami 1883
Baggage forwarded during 1852, 49, S9
pieces; during 1883, 529525 pieces; Increase
10 1888 over 1882, 90 1876 pieces.
Baggage received during 1882, i33 i3i
pieces; during 1883, 5l4 ,6S7; which shows an
incresss of 81, 2i4 pieces.
The above officiel statement shows con.
cusivelv that the PASSENGER traffic OF the
Louisville IL Nashville road Is constantly
growing larger.