The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-27
RAILWAY ITEMS.


Louie railway has Just returned from Il
trip over the lice. lie hii1ys favorable re,
ports Vt the c0utiiiJn Of The ROAD, and
SAYS lao will .dtGteiy turn his niten'
ton TO The payment ul back wages. SHiA
lies are only two months IN arrears.
Mr.. Matt Kennedy, ticket igeu. OF th-
"BiE J" road, received n telegram from
Canton, AiBsisiippi, Announcing the death
OF Mr.. Il. w. Fuqna, one Of the olcest pas
singer conductors on The Mississippi Giyi.
sion OF the Big j." Mr., Fuqua hos for y
nun Der OF years b,en very popular vita
tho patronso OF the road, aud his death VII
be deeply regretted.
In probably three weeks more the Mex
lean Central railway will have bsen com.
ple,ed. BIZ isr the most difficult and
laborious work was OF tina southern
diyision, from the City Of Mexico pcrth.
The country ~ mouutainous and great care
aud skill was requisite TO AVOID tunnsling
which whs accomplished by III. engineers
Tho mort difficult parts OF the road ware
found % ba NJ Tsip dc Nnchhl ongo, Fifty
six Kilometres north OF TIE CITY ~ Mexico;
Cres.On, north oi Tula; Pas) de Mats, near
san Juan del Rio, and rauada six kiiome'
tres sluih OF Qpefara, ~ oil OF which
plso"s lirge ana deep excavations had 10
oe N ADJ ia the rocks. The bridges on q 0
road arc built on stone, with irun supsr-
structure, aud nd 10 bs tn, most rurNh q
ruN CouIplft9 kupUu 20 inert " Il the eo'
p-oyal of the Mex can eg,h0r'tieB. Al the
cdiy,ris mo % siote, s1d "a tie hr't ut
January lss5 b III All brH nullt "a Ter ncIth
as l'fe,nillp, - whicl pri,t tha road had
been grGded. labor for iuc ID M es sou b
Ot AcS,co was pItni'u', raj slul4 r1uD q
~nI euC)ultegcd go tue SITES &C Dl-anEl
and Oahu thua 10 O1.rluI.g wtn 10 work
on the roEd. The iare,ss nrt re1yicHI
bridge ol the t.uf1lrl ty 5ill ut TIM rpa
is the ons a. Ia ElcafaucJp, winch CROSSES
the AruyN river.
A new kiad o! railroad i,Set Il coming 10
the lront. l. lie bss explained by taxing
tue Grand tfluE as al example. lIaf
road prints cook Of tickets continuing
,OJ1 or $40 or 100 or % ticAuts o. q page,
each ticket good tor Qua miie. Thele little
tiCgets ara smaller than ppsia,n SANDS,
twenty Oh 6neet und perforated. NOu
can buy two, twenty or Is thousand ct them
at Ii xei rate and tbe company on its
part ~ bound 10 accept one Of them tor ey.
cry mile you travel. Iou will not DO re-
uilred to tel! the ticket'seler VIII 70 you
.anL 10 20; you will say give lac 100 miles
or twenty miles or 900 miles, ana get on
board and give the cond actor enough OF the
ltIls equres TO c Try you To your destius-
ton. There will be no such thing as Jay
over ticsets ~ trouble OF getting tickss
exchanged or loss on through tickets not
u,ed--ihese little tickets will be- as good ns
money, and always current. The road on
its par, will bs protected from scaipers and
the like. TINS nov system has received tho
endorsement OF the better class OF passen'
gers. agel Is and travellers, aud has been
Nd pted on several of the western roads.
The rairoad up Pike's Peak is last near.
Ing completion, and will n, ready for hnsi-
ness by the LIT of Juue. Toe grading has
already reached Crystal Park point
about halfway up lie muun-
tail. Trains 1iil De run to this
point white tho work goes Oh higher M
rho dis auca from CAgrl'on 10 he top OF
the peas Is only H1ouL Twelve miles oy the
trail, hut the railroad whi cover about
thir v five Inilta. Toe 7lmn engines ~ are
ran on tine Denver a. RIO Grauue will be
used 90 C. iOb tue .ar-famed peak The
prqg swill no. hs siCeper than many on the
!nnin Inc ~ the RIO Gr4ule, Many Gihi
cuit psuks will be irsve'nnc, s1d 10 il sad
the scenery Is magnificent beyond descrip'
tim.
Ga the Sth inst Startling event occur.
I'd ia connection Viih ths mail train from
Brvst which is dua IL Paris at 1850 O'Clock
Wine proceeding ct iul sprai the pnsseL-
garS perceived tie brsses II DO put on with
such .uidpn nps,fha' fears were entertained
thst q coils ion was Imminent, especially Hs
The place ~ which the train ives drawn up
was in ut er darkn '6s. Upon the Rusfd
reaching the engine ne fouhd the sroker
ende y0ring 10 overpowsr The driver, who
had evidently lost mis- reaso': Alter block
ing tLe line, the gnsrd Joined the stroker,
81 d succeeded Ia securing the uBioriun0'e
m1n, but not until ne mad offered n desref-
ats resistance. Tho loCe motive was then
pu ir muti1n AID the uear-st station was
r.so we'd without further missdventnre, and
the driver was placed IL custody. The
train ultimately arrived ~ Paris alter Two
hours DELAY.
browns bronchial rrochcs.
s"or coughs aud CO,ds: There il eth
iug to be compared win them"
Rsv. 0. ID. WATRISs,
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