San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-11
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION
Railroads.


of the company lately reported as
applying to the Legislature for a
charter is the Blowing Rock &
Lenoir Railway & Improvement
Co. Its capital stock is to be
not less than 100000 nor more
than Sl,OO0,000.
Bowie, Texas. - The Chicago
Rock Island x Pacific Railroad
Co., previously reported as hav'
ing under consideration the con.
tinuatiOn of its Southern extern,
sion from Bowie to Fort Worth.
has amended it's charter to con.
struct branch road; beginning
on its main line in Wise county,
running southwest through the
counties of Wise, Tarrant and
Dallas to Dallas. a distance of
seventy.three miles.
Burlington, n. G. Walter l..
Holt, one of the corpOTatOrs of
the Burlington & Southwestern
Railroad Co, noticed in last issue,
reports that the company is char.
tered to build a railroad from
Burlington to or near Liberty, on
the Cape Fear & Yadkin Vally
Railroad. Surveys are now being
made, and it is hoped to build the
road this year. The distance is
about twenty miles.
COokville, Tenn.-Jere Baxter
has an option on the Nashville &
Knoxville Railroad, and has made
a proposition to the State which
provides for its completion from
COOkville to the Cincinnati South,
ern, and from Lebanon to Nash
vile.
Cumberland, Md.-Railroad--
The engineering corps making
surveys for the railroad to be
built by the Baltimore & Cumber
land Railroad Co. in the interest
Of the West Virginia Central &
Pittsburg is making good prog,
ress. The line will extend from
Cumberland to a connection with
the Cumberland Valley Railroad
near Hagerstown. 1t will not be
ready for contract for some time
to come. Chauncey Ives is chief
engineer.
Darien, Ga.-The owners of the
Darien Short Line Railroad intend
completing their line to the
Florida Central & Peuinsular at a
point about twenty miles distant
from Dairen. The road at present
is twenty-five miles long, and is
built trCm point in Liberty
county to Crescent, which is
twelve miles from Darien.
Elizabeth City, N.O.-A bill has
been introduced in the Legislature
to incorporate the Elizabeth &
Pasquotank Railroad Co.
West End, n. C.-The Aber.
deem & West End Railway Co.
office, Aberdeen, referred to in
last issue, will at once construct
a tive.mile branch from its main
line at West End to open timber
ed lands.
Gulfport, Miss.-It is reported
that definite arrangements have
been made for building the Gull
& Ship Island Railroad. The road
is projected from Gulfport north
to jackson, Tenn, and twenty
miles are completed.
Portland, Texas.-The Portland,
Gulf & Monterey Railroad Co.,
lately mentioned, has commenced
work on it's railroad. The 70 I'd Is
projected from Portland to Mon,
terey, Mexico.
Shelbyville, Tenn.-The Middle
Tennessee & Alabama Railroad
Co., lately reported as letting con.
tract to j. I. Grass, of New De.
cautur, Ala, for the completion of
its road has been incorporated by
Daniel Lord, j. 4. Simmons, G. A.
Hobart, Robert d. Warren, Ernest
COldwell, John [. Cross and David
Wilcox. This com .jany is the re.
organized Decatur chesapeake &
New Orleans Railroad Co. The
capital stock is S1,170,O0O.
Sparta rk is now in
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