The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-10
RAILWAY

Is ~ N q. Gilman, A Ous'aTWei NA'chsati
"a he Piedmont Air line, pr5vsays led A CO.,
l'sion by shooting out tina head! .lg ut Vac
approaching tram, otorr s'sna.5 haYlAs
'sllct. lie VS. prono.ea
New York paper says Tbs trunk
Ilass rSod.yed orders rem Assistant Con,
migsinuG P.rrsou to-day n restore t.sa sac
oi Itch ITS over tho Chicago, BuTirgton IL
oulncy abroad which has hHsu officially
forbidden since November. The only rOsds
now standing ong are the taiCaHo, Rock
Island Il Pacific, and No Chicago & Alton.
Ihe!r assent 10 tbs Chicago agracnaut IL
aEUrclud In a few days.
On th. l3t inst. the Iowa pool which for
ihlTieru YEAR has bean Ia operation
among taa Wust.hpunl lines OF Chicago,
was Dissolved. The DISSOLUTION wGs due i'm
mrdiaiely 20 the Application Otthe Chicago
Nilwauka- u 81. Paul road TO be released
tom The compact
Tbs mica sc on railroad completed in the
UnIted States during each OF the past slr
ISIS. iEs. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1855.
29lG 400. 7,I7' GTS9. II sol 1904
rHs mileage toe 1853 s gI.im atsd h, add
iug Jur.s'tA t. the mllsasS reported 81 this
ihuU, VII CO gives an kusgpIlmat,ly cor
rec result when dpp.iOe % previous years.
IL may be COusidsrsn'y os. OF tho way,
however. but, We tGiaE, 10 more likely 20
exCret than fall below the RctHg.
mileage completed. At any event,
tue na~ road lalis tar below tina. construct
"a in 1882 Ysd 1851, fortunately for the
C)ugirY. AS IL is, the inCrntss Ia $40 rail
r)ai mileage Of the cOpGtrS has oesn mere
han per cent, and about tue double the
rate Of decrease in The posalsi0n. TIE
mileage completed at ths close Of essh u
the last six years hts been: 1873, Sl,77S;
1879 81 Az: 1850, 81 ,9fi; 1881, l0l 1888; 1882,
ll3 S}6 1888 1850,
The eastern terminus OF the Now York,
Wegt Shore u Buffalo line is in that pert OF
New York known - Jersey City. It's pas
ssagtr train. now s'srt rom the station Of
tia Pennsylvania road, bat terminal
grounds are in process Of cora pletion at
WoshawEen, little further north. FrOm
jersey City the road russ up the west
shore Of the Hudson river, hsncs the name
" West Shore" TO Coeymsn's Jnpotion,
thirteen miles south Of Albany.
Tine most notable fact Ia railroad history
ia 1883 probably was tha multiplication OF
truus lines from the sssboard 10 tno west.
NJp LtCkaWanLl Lihs from New York to
Buffalo, though oDsn in 1882, took no
hrough trail till this yea, sut has not
even yet esJab ishcd itself as y competitor
f,i any other through business thsn
freight and coal Vsst.bOUnd. Tie Now
York, Chicago II ST. Louis did substan-
sally its hr,t through business this year,
Rnd has been awarded 3 per cent. of tho
through ire, ,ht from Cnicsgo. but, being
controlled by .hS Lake Shore company, is
not formidable competitor for any traffic
and docs not attempt TO do a through pas.
s0nger business. Recently connection
of he Reading with The New York Cen
trsl was mata, which will probsbly divert
some freight from tbs Pennsylvania rail
road. The New YORK, Wsst Snore Il Buf-
fslo had sne through track laid during the
year, ind on the srrt day of 1884 Begun to
com pete for the through traffic. 1t is not
yet complete sy any means, and probably
year a. aiterward a. O competitor for
through freight, but nsy be felI more as o
competitor for Ihe local traffic Of the New
YORK Cen.rsl