The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-08
RAILWAY ITEMS.

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RAILWAY ITEMS.
The work ot track laying on the Mita'
moraJ apd Monterey railroad progresses
slowly. Bat little ot the material lost Nes
terddy In the river will Ia recovered
A new line, which will open M valuable
tin Der aud cotton regions IN Missouri and
Arkansas, IL undsr Confederation. 10 will
run irom Polo, Pleasant, New Madrid conp'
~, Missouri TO hinturu, Arkansas, ioru-
iug junction with the Iron Mountain road
at Mipturn.
Among tho changes which the new year
usGers IN ON the Bee Line md |. ana 81. Il.
IL the Introduction ol the system OF receipt
ing for cash fares. All conductors on tines"
lines have been furnished with receipt ho-ks
aud are now required To receipt in ticket
form for every fare paid them.
The farmers Of Cache valley ara t,ill
keepiug up their struggle with the Utah
& Northern. The railroad reduced coal
rates $l.25 per ton and furnished full
supply bnt the farmers are on their ear
aud refuse 70 buy, and have about ivI
teams freighting over the mountaius 10
| Ogden, taking produce out and hauling
coal and merchandise in, and making good
a bill has been Introduced in the Viz
| ginia legislature TO prohibit the running oil
trains GU sunday. The bill makes Sun
day of lis own from sunrise to sunset, and
allows any train which has started on Bat
urdny - run until 0 O'Clock on Sunday
morniag. IL also eXsmpts from tue pesslty
of the bill trains that are disabled and sacn
o. are sent IN their relief, and trains carry.
ing mails, WITH or without passengers, and
such as ohall be run for carrying pssssn'
gers aud their baggage.
Ballet or ,idsboaTd cars ore bei-g gsnor
ally introduced on all the long runs ia the
couutry. The Louisville & Nashville have
them from here to New Orleans. Railroad
ea,ing-h0uses have become in tDe main un'
"a, isiactory To the travelling pubic, Ano Tn.
time allowed for 'reireshm ents, " even WDeTe
the motel Is first. class, 10 entirely too small
The buffet does away with The railr.nd
hote and the hungry tourist gets his coffee
aud .andwi IA without leaving his seat IN
ths car
The Arkansas Valley route is taking atcps
TO establish an Invalid fund tor the prn"li'
II ita employees. A general order has been
issued drluct'rg, aitor the lst OF January,
1884, the sum OF fiisy cents from the month
Iy compensation o. each cWpluye, ~ d iu
re urn IN, relor th- com Dsny Viii provide
medicine and medical gtiendlnct when
sick or dip,bled. DR.. A. l.. Breysacher
Of Litl Rock, has been appointed chic
surgeon.
o 10 of the New York eleva ell rail whyi
is asked 20 paw 500 100 FOR passenger IaN'
blinded b. a living cirdSr. Now, II Oue eY'
| ~ worn $1,000 how much is ITp worth
| L. may bs put down as certain tn-l foN
| men w5nld sell both cycs Tor 500 zoo, a.
though u very choice assortmfnt cou'o
probably be bought singiy a. 500 600 aplscl
jay Gould woald rrdoubted y nov soil hi
tgo eyes for Zen times GlOO,U00, and The
eyes o. poor mao, who mas To earn Ina
living, mu,t be worth much more 10 MIN
than the eyes of rich man. VINO con bhJId
TO live in idenesn-
Mr.. A. A. Gallagher, southern passenger
event OF. the Gould system - railroads o.
Atlanta, Georges, reNchsd Ne" olesns
Yesterday morning from TeTss. M:. Ga
hcher leceOdy took over lbs emiFrau' S
from Eewhury, South Caroline, to DcEas
VIA Litsle L CT, ~ which point he Missouri
Pacific r.lir5-d kindly placed hpecid'
tain a. the Il spOsrl OF the en- grams. Nj,
GsllaHherpIp ais the exodus OF iaTmgr-
nom the older sou hern states 10 Texas hy
he statement hat tho lands Ia Gerrgi.,
Alan.ns and South Carolina nave % b,
| fgr.ihg a every year at "a expense OF ab1u.
| So al acre, wAiie good land tina, probably
never becomes iiu yoyerlsncd so much ~ 81
| {. uuire fer li2atiou can he purcIaB 81 -
| 90 80 an ncre. AR. Gallagher leiJ last even
! my Tor Atlanta, his htatquariers.
rbe Railway Register, OF s.. Louis,
makes tha following sensible remarks
M any ppupl look uuol railway cJrp0r .'
! fuut ~ liCenfed handful preyin- uuor
tneir p0ssesslons They seem 10 TANK thal
| To ownR railway Ia TO have bona "a mine
| OF riches, that the officers ct the Complillc'
ute uri5tOcracy, rolling IN ease luxury aud
wealth.. without other causes than ig
uoraut Jealousy they Coll OUT tor legislative
| lntercrruce. The fac,s shng condition
on affairs very different. Most compauie.
| Ia f.k a.f. n Af rho hands a.
a rec iver; even the prosperous oIes mr.
glad 10 hn able To eHru dividend whlcH
| Siu only equal the current rate OF interC st
| The officers are hard worked ana many
hrfak doWh under the load OF responsiuil
ily and care"
rhe immense number OF baggage checks
which the principal railways are now
Obliged Ia keep, involves 81 expense wnict
| SHOULD receive more consideration iron
the general baggage agents The i5asu'
| more IL y Mo road, for instance, IS said l.
! have over 1 000 90 checks. anu as they COS
| tbont IS e hundred, this aloae indicates ~
Investment OF $4,000 So inr as traveller
ace concerned tho American system C.
handling baggage ~ greatly p'eit'ao-H u
thst "a European countilrs, Where pepr
,hris are pasted on the baggage but ~ lh'
matter Of economy the European !nad
probably have the Hcrtu'Age. Americ 30
! travellers will never willingly consent To SCR
render the advantsRrs of having their soli'
metallic checks IN their ptckeis, 'represen,
ing egcn y ece Of htNks 70, a. ! ~ 10 not y
all deeirabe that the pre,ent plan be cive'
10. bus the vast multiplicity Of checks cal
certainly be dininished considerably b.
some concerted plsn nmonE baggage agrni )
A London company ha. paten' ed devic
FOR lighting railway coaches by means of
| tattery carried beneath them. IL Is sal
that the chemicals used will cost only one
eighth as much as the Appliances heretofor
/ rsad 10 develop the same electrical energy
On a rial trip Pullman dining car on tn
i Nor.hern road was lighted brilliantly nv
SSan inc indescent lamps, tue supply beinl
Iuri i.hed by a battery of IL cells, tn
length Of the battery being feet, AMI tn
breadth aud depth zach 8 inches. The ex
csllence and steadiuess of the light wer
highly commended; 1t was perfectly easy L
read smell TIVE whle the car was ~ IN
speed. After other preliminary trials seN
eral railway companies have made propnsi
iiors for he adoption OF the syst m. Tn
inventors say that they can supply privat
Dwellings n less cost than the estimate
lately published by the Ellison or COL he
com nsnies. A battery capable OF supply
ing Is lights for Is hours continuously, u !
stated, would weigh 300 pounds.
Removal
u. n. Edwards music store 10 removed {
Nos. 1888 and 735 N ,in street. new buildin
directly opposite the post-ofhrc.