The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20

In employ OF rail wsy corporal ms IN the
United States rrr 1000 unt legged men aud
2 400 men thout tie regulation number
OF arms. These are cOud NC orr, ,itchmen
superintendent and in fact fiiing raI-
way offices from the highett 10 the lD~rsi
One OF the best brakemeu in service ui BSl-
l,more q Onio is " one legged IN an. He II
on freight aud does not coon the boxes,
either.
The Texas e. Pacific road 10 bal as'ing
that portion OF the road which runs through
the Choctaw swamp. WHEN The weather
permits the road from New Orleans ~ NJ ar
shall will be balsstsd with gravel, and by
Ju let II Ia ex ected that 40 en,i r. line
will be Ia frst-cliss condition. The run
between the TO points Wi be made In ess
than fifteen hours.
The many pieces of railroad between
Newport News and the eastern end OF me
Southern Pac fic will probably he cons IL
dated this summer, with Mr.. Huntington
at the head Of ths system. After sll 0ouli
and Vanderbilt vii probably get IN second
on a transcontiDentBi line.
The South Florida road has been con-
~ ted ana opened. 1t extends from San-
ford, on the ST.. Johns river, in a south
westerly direction across the ,tsts to Tam
pa, at tho head of Tampa bay, on the Gull
Of Mexico, passing through orlando, the
county seat Of Orange county, k'ssimmee
connection between the gulf aud the g..
Johns river trade, aud avoid the necessity
for rounding the Florida reefs.
Track laying thus far this year foots up
miles aga M, 10 mils ~ 1t III. corr spondipx
tune in 1883, 1872 mil .s in 1885,? ITO III i.s q
1881, ls6 miles in 1880. ~ MI . In 1879 -
miles In 1878 IL niles In 1871, ~ miles IL
2lO miles in 1873. Tho statements iuolude
tns main track only, no account being tax.
On of second tracks or other additional
tracks or sidings. The amount OF new rail-
ad completed in the early weeks OF the
year depends very mach on tue weather,
and thus far IL has been very unfsvorAole
tor track laying. except In the isr south.
psny has brought euit In the MI waukee
cjurts 10 recover $4,000 acres Of timber
and in the western psIt OF Lincoln county,
Wisconsin, which was dsedtd To asypdi.
,te com posed OF Messrs, Wilson, Com stock,
Glover and others. The contest involves
tx title 10 the lands.
Texarkara proposes to raise donation
Of 50 600 to secure the terminus o. the Fort
Smith aud Texarkana railroad.
Information 10 received at Little ROCK
that the war department hiss IT NDgi b con-
sem ed for the Frisco road To build the
bridge scross the Arkansas river At the
point designated b. the company. The
co.. tracts wi he let at once, aud tue build
ing of the bird 20 and extension OF the line
into the lndian territory prosecuted as rap
I'd ~ as possible. This. hovever, Ia not me
"pig thing" referred to II Is well known
T., RAIL road men that the FRISCO peop'e ar"
building u branch from Sorinphsld, MIS-
souri,, in tho direc,io OF Yelivi,e. Arkar.
sss. A prominent OH ,ial ut lhr line stated
recently that this branch lire W sul be ~
tended to Lift X ,ck with possible dts
t,h Ia Inn l..
Rock appreciated. The value OF this al =
tiobai outlet thus afforded cannot DC over
estim at.d, while The country north OF the
Blston mountains, when the line will tap,
Is very fe,t lie AMI popul rus. ana has here
io,ore had no outlet for the large product
OF grain, cattle, frnit. etc.
IL Is understood that on the CONT ton
Of the Louisville. New Oleans aud Texas
road, on May ID. there WI be virtual co =
soldation of all she roads smbraced 10 TIE
Huntinet,n SJuih.rn Pacific aud Chesa-
peske aud Ohio systsms.
The Mexican Central 10 trying the experi-
meut OF building its own feieht cars, the
ny's forest at Nardo, While the pine comes
from the forests near Pafxcusro. in M ichos-
cau, whence II lie hauled TO the Mexican
National at Morelia aud delivered to the
Central at Celava.
An offlc III circular from the City OF
Mexico announces that but seventy five
miles of the steel remain to b. ln,d on the
Mexican Centr.l, end that tois VII be cnm.
pletsd BY March 18Th, when there viii 90
sn international route between the Mis-
souii river and the Mexican capitol, $40
Is IL said that the Hun,iB eton party pro-
poses within short time &, coDsclifsts the
various roads between tas terminal oil
Southern Psciiic and the western END oithe