The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-16
RAILROAD ITEMS.

Alta meeting Of passenger egent' OF esst-
bound trunk lines, IL was discoy req lhst
tickets from 81. Paul 10 New ioIh' nNrt
an. trunk lines, are being sold a. 81. Pau
AT a cut of tire. dollars from regular rates.
me coupons from 81. Paul TO Chicago are
detached and the remainder OF the tickets
srLt 10 Chicago, where they are sofa ~ "a
reduction Ot a dollar aud haii from Tue
regular rate. Joint Agent Moore was in-
\ ructed 10 notify the lines between ChlcA-
90 aud st. Paul the practice must be
stnnped, -,
Railway cars drawn by cames would
nyerturn even the CquhuimNy oi hh
Engiishmau, trained To show surprise ~
nothing. Yet such are soon 20 be ~ use IN
Central Asia. IL 10 proposed by tue ku'-
sian government 10 Iuhn = me ui tnl's rom
Kbiya. which ~ south oi the Sea OF Arhl, 70
TurkestAn, to Tnso kend, place OF 4O,OOO
inhabitants nearly 600 miles further east.
I'm. road is TO De built on the B'echer sys-
tem-A KIND of raised railway resting on
peculiaty placed sleepers, aud VIII ioilo"
ihe course now taken by caravans. frob.
apiy the number VI c,mels thrown out Of
am 1loyment as carriers will be large
enough to supply the force required us loco
senator Plumb believes that the discus.
sion OF the Mississippi improvement Will
finally result In building leyees, ana II tue
leyees IRE built that they can only be main
tanned in one way namely; by ,Isverslhg
them py raj roads. IL 10 capable OF demoh'
stration that a railroad can be butt along
lie bank OF the river, and he believed thAt
this method would prove the only practical
Die one in keeping the leyees IN repair.
The railroad would at the same time ln-
crease transportation facilities IN the Nils
sissippi valley.
rhe Central Iowa railroad has made ar
r,nrements Tor billing freight through from
Chicago, via he Rock Island and Wabash.
Frank Al. GUTHRIE has been appointed
generei a ent OF the Grand Rapids ano In
diana road ut Cincinnati, vice w. ii. Hall
resigned ,
Jews the railway building operations IN
that country from 1871 o 1888, The Toxic
Yokahnm. line, begun In 1872 was he fret
road completed. Its length is probably, oil
sidtngs included, about forty miles. Inc
next road was begun in 1874 H. was from
Knoe Otsu. by way OF Osaka to kioto, aud
! is fitty.eieht miles long IL was completed
aboui four wears ago. Th, Tsuruga Nag
] alma road, recently finished, is forty zone
( miles, but is not yet all in operation, Sew
ersl other roads are in course oil CONSTITUTE
ton. The Toxic. Y okahama road
cost 3,03S, 672 yen, which equal 10 W, u3oi
672 All japanese road cost a total OF oil
9l2 Oi0. The japanese newspapers say TINS
great sum has actually been betrayed oy
our treasury, yet ia spite of those lines os-
ing short and not connected, the traffic re-
cents tor he year ending June last we're
81 T92 55l The operating expenses are
placed at $759, 1892, an astonishing low figurt
by comparison with operating expenses
o a this were S0uny 1857 1' or "'' some
thing over S1.S per cent. on th'
capital inves ted. The inference from all Thu
IL mat Japan has adopted the policy o
government construction and ownership @
the railroads and that it Is "A paying pohcy
Notwithstanding their want oil experience
in the business.
The Vsndalia, which has just complste
is Logausport division 20 plymouth, lnd.
en- route 10 SoutH Bend, has decided 10 car
nv the road up 40 Michigan, along th'
eastern shore Of the lake, possibly as IA
north as Msckinaw.
AL Slreeter, Of Mercer county, H., com
plliued against the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy railroad company for charging hlh
ten per cent moro for thirty loot car o
live stock than the rate established by tn
ruilioad commissioners. The road clat IN
TWEEN weight feet us the standard car upoI
which the rate is estimated and that thu
ten per cent difference is for the difference
In length of car. The decision OF the com
missioners il thst the rate IL established
upon car loads, Irrespective OF the length o
car.
did nos change TO the new standard time
until last Sunday. The reason for the de
Law was hat the new standard requires the
company to rus its trains on central or9Cl
meridian time, which is twenty-iour min
utes faster than Omaha time, between
Omaha and McCook ana on mountain Of
lO5th meridian time, between McCook and
Denver. Heretofore the company USED
Omaha time oil the way through.
Commissioner Midgely and several gen
eral freight agents of roads in the South
western railway association will go tC
Louisville next Friday 70 meet with The
general freight agents OF southern ROADS IN
teresiet in the Ksnsus City business be-
tween Kansas Ci,y aud southern points
Since the completion ~ = direct line tC
Mem his from Kansas C.ty there has beer
Considerable trouble about the mainte
nance of rates, and the iutention now is Il
effect IN arrangement by which uniform
rates can be maintained by all the lines In
teresttd in the business.