The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-24

The ufion ptoin0 Railroad clmnany
gill Onmhete thn iligh ilus track between
lhisoty aud Denver thr fret ~ Fglfu'
aTTnfHt fhr Uutfioi with the Denver
aud hiU brand Railroad COMPANY, gfanl
ina ta,is tnu r.aui tho latitT'a tftoti VIII
expire on the On NJ February. tho llish
Line viii be the shortest route by hiiy
miles hstWean laadville and Denver.
ASSISTANT General Passenger Agent Fish
or, oi the Could liuei, who ID la Texas, M
charge al the Iron M0uniain land rGour-
sion lelrPtephsd 10 Mr., Townserd NJ lol'
lows I'VE reached Forth Worth sstnr'
day night, aud lost there h'ty Of our party
who Wsut south 20 locate Ia the vicinity Of
Austin. Next morning vs. vert GA TO
WoA,herioFd. where NO visited u large Az
CORA goat ranch
Ia the region between tho Mississippi aud
Missouri expansions Of such great magni'
tude have occurred mat they have sXaf-
osed q marked effect on number Of rail-
wsy and hnAnclgl moVm'nis, and partly
account Tor the imp0rtAnca attached 10 rG'
mors relating 10 ths disruption of tho Iowa
pool and the formation Of the octsronal
agreement between ihe Union Pacific lines
travers,ng portions OF lows, Missouri aud
Minnesota. IL Ia stated that this sgree'
me I will enable the leading Officer IN
trusted with the eufoIoeRon. OF It's
siipulGliOGs 20 mske rates over systems
whose combined length Is $500 miles.
Ono Of the Accomplishments OF this growth
Va 'he eytens on OF the Chicago, burlington
L Qlincy system 10 Denver, ana the con-
teinp OranPoua extension nt the liues OF The
Denver K Rio Grsnde TO Ogden. By this
nsy construction competition for through
business with the Union Pacific was estab-
lishsd. which has materially affected the
Interests OF that company, The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy he hitherto been eK
ception,lly am oitious aud fortunate in tts
extensions, and some Of the current Tumora
credit It's ~ sTsge's with schemes for iorm'
iug alliances with the Northern Pacific and
the Mexican Central which may load TO I'M
portsnt results.
Tire A,ohison, Topeka 6S Santa Fs made
an immense increase IN net earnipgi Ia
| 1888, wholly by reducing expenses, for
there was some fall,Bg of in gross earn
ings For the eleven months ending WITH
November, the gross earnings decreased
1893 1856 Il IL pei, cent? but the WORKING
expenses were reduced $3.50 100 (22 per
cent J; there waa an increas. OF no less than
81, 366, SIS (23 S.i per cen.) in net earnings
| IL is not easy TO see how 30 great rsddc-
ton could nave been possible, unless a
good deal was charged to maintenance Of
expenses IN 1882 which really went for con.
struction. Ghe expenses, which were 66 8
per cent. OF the earnings in 1882, were 40
In 1883.
The Oregon Short Line will be completed
by to-day to Weser, Idaho, Wni)h II is
| likely will be the terminus Tor some time,
Us there IL nothing beyond 10 make husi-
uess until the Oregon Railway cad NayiGa-
ton company builds TO Huntington 10
make connections.
The cuts on the LesvenTorth road wsra
so thoroughly showed up and packed in
during last week that il was necessary TO
! dig them gu. with s. shovel. 20 the road is
not ballassed, It Is considered unsafe TO run
snow ploS. The trains are on time again
n)H, however.
There is now bare possibility that the
| Union Pacific viii, cancel It's no,ica OF with
drayal from The rrCnscontiaental assocla'
ton, after having failed in the accomplish
ment Of its purpose 10 secure the admission
OF he Missouri river lines. The association
will continue in session a. Chicago today
and tomorrow
II l. amung the probabilities that steel
| will suvefccds wood for the lramea OF pass.
enppr cars IN England end perh spa a5o Ot
| freight cars. rhe Northeastern Railway
company are now building at their works
Humber OF cars with steel frames, ana II on
! triat they prove sltisfac DRY all the wood.
| en-. framed cars will no replaced by the new
style as they are reired from service.
| A clumsy attempt at ticket counterfeit
| ing hiss inst been detected in Chicago, " OF.
| ficials OF the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy. A numoerof tickets for short
| d stance were purchased, the name OF The
station removed with aoid and the name OF
| distant station put in its place with a rub.
| GER stamp. The work was so huuglngly
doue that the fraud Yves Immediately dis
covered and the awndler's little game conf
pletely blocked.
Engineers are making a final Survey for
the extsxsor OF the Clinton branch of the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern rail.
road, now in operation twenty-iour miles
from Noel, to a connection with the main
line uear Cedar Rapids. As the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy controls the Burling..
ton. Cedar Rapids Northern. 1t is believed
that this connection W II make short line
east for east bound Burlington, Cedar Rap
ids e. Northern business.
| As soon az the weather permits thirty
seven construction trains will be placed on
the Canada Southern division Of the Mich,
gan Ger, raj railroad for the purpose OF
double tracking the line throughout the
| ensuing year. L.,
The Northern Pacific has issued circule-
closing that part of the Fa'so O. Southwestr
arm branch between Lisbon and La Moure.
| Joe Reyoids, Of The Hot Springs and Nal,
vern marrow gnage road, says ground VIII
be- broken february 10 extend the line
from Malvern to Pine Buff, fifty miles,oon-
uectirg with the st Louis and Texas mar
row gusge system.
The Louisville & Nashville has forbidden
be use of profane or indecent language by
its employees while on duty, under pain OF
severe punishment.
The Topeka, Salina & Western railway
| have com pleted all arrangements Tor the To-
cation of new road TO Leavenworth, and
corps Of engineers began The preliminary
survey yesterday.
| OnIy seven miles OF the Yezoo branch of
the big j" road remains to be completed.
| 1t liz stated chat ii the weather is favorable
for railroad work the line will be finished to
Yazoo City within the next fifteen days:
| II has long oeer an opSn secret that van
derbilt has had about all he could manage
in the operation OF the "Nlckei-flatc aud
Lake Shore roads. prominent railroad
masnate who has recently seen Vanderbilt
say the latter gentleman, after giving the
latter his attention for some time past,
has come to the conclusion that he will &C.
cept the nvertures lately made him by the
West Shore officials. They proposed
to do no less thing than 70 lease
thus make an outlet for their own. That
matter first did not strike Vanderbilt fcrci.
blv. and he dismissed it as being impracti-
cable. but latter, upon further representa-
tions from the West Shore, he began to
consider its feasibility. The stock OF the
road is TO be guaraoteed annual dlvidends
| of 8 per cent, I'd In case the net earnings
| 81 the road increase above a certain SUN,
tho exact amount of which can
not be ascertained, the surplus Is
| also to be divided among the stockholders.
In case the lease is consum mated Mr.. Van
derbilt will throw the business OF the New
York Central westward by the way of the
Csnsds southern. He will utilize the
"Nickel. Plate" which will be double;
tracked from Cleveland to Buffalo, and
throw over this road his southwestern bus
inees that comes from the Bee Line, making