The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-22

manager OF the Cairo, vicennes 4
Chicago railroad, vice N. s. Penning-
ton, resigned.
TIA Rock Island has issued an order
fofbicaing its employees in Iowa enter
ing saloon or drinking Intoxicating
liquor.
One of the fast compound locoro-
tives, now ON trial in England, is
usmed the "Ci,y OF Chicago"
jay Gould's family have an income
of 81 400 goo year from their invest
ment in hissouti Pacific railway
stock.
Experimental ears Tor carrying live
stock for long distances are plentiful
just now. a train OF thrsA ears arrived
At the Chicago stock yards recently
that are furnished with springs equal
TO those under passenger coach, AIR
brakes and bumpers.
The second animal convention OF the
Brotherhood of Railroad Brakeman
is in session at BURLINGTON, Iowa, with
200 delegates present. from RI parts OF
the United States. A public meeting
was held Monday. when an address OF
welcome was delivered by Mayer All
ANS, snd Ex-Governor Gear ami others
spoke at length.
The Wabash bundled 4, 1900, 900 pounds
OF Pacific coast freight last month, or
eight times more coast freight than
the road ever handled ia any previous
month. During tho Same period the
road had 2l2 paasenRsra out oCCslitor-
mia. BIZ tho establishment OF Gn
agency in San Francisco the road hos
increased its business to Pacific coNst
pointe about 100000 this year over
That OF last,
IL is said that tho Missouri Pacific
road is pointed toward the Eikhorn
Valley and Northwestern Nebraska.
There IL "a land boom in that direction
st the present time, and the cattle
tradsis also worth dividing up with
tho Northwestern extension. The
business men Of Omaha are also sgi-
tatinga project OF building = local
road into that section, as they claim
that the through roada, for ths sake of
, the long haul, divert fsoigHJ and trade
. TO Chicago that would naturally come
to that City " this influence was not
exerted against it.
. The local railway agents anticipate
the issuance of now passenger tarifl
by the Southern Pacific company rs &
part OF the recent arrangements reg.
ulating omlgrsnt traffic. Il Is expected
that the nrst.clgss rate to Omaht
will be reduced bsi0w 800, and the
; third-class rate Increased in proper.
, ton by the addition OF what are known
, as "eXcess fares" The "sx0ess" rate
10 Sl3 in each caae, which would make
the third-class fare to Omaha $60,60
. instead of $3.50, as at present, and tc
New York the fare would DO $685.
: ins,ead OF $7525.
An the Atlantic & Pacific approaches
completion and reaches "A nearer con
; nection with the Pacific ocean thu
4 Southern Pacific increases its efforts u
4 force It's growing competitor out OF the
coast business. One OF its chosen
, means for divorting freight from tho
Atlantic q Pacific 10 by what is known
AZ "srbitrary routing" The frs
. choice OF the Southern Pacific COM
pany for esst-bound freight is by way
of tho Sunset, the second by way Of th,
Texas u Pacific, third by tho Contra
and Union Paciiics and Denver & RiC
Grande. No freight Is rent from tho
Southern Pacific via the Needles bu
that which 1t Is forced TO give the At
laptic IL Pacific, and that Ia princi
pally cargoes of tea and rice for which
there Is special poolin & provision.