The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-04-18

Ue UcIteTalr convention OF The
Southern Railroads met in annual session
yesterday at 11:20 A. d., in the rooms Of
the Board OF Directors OF the Richmond
and Danville railroad, corner Of Tenth and
Bank streets. About fifty delegates and
railroad officials were present. forming as
flnea a looking body OF gentlemen as is gen.
orally seen.
The body having been called to order
the proceedings OF the last annual Conven-
tion were read, and, on motion OF Colonel
T. NJ. r. Talcott, approved.
On motion, Colonel H. L. Kenney, presi-
dent OF the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad, was chosen president OF
the Convention; and W. F. Allen, editor
and business-manager Of the Travellers
Official Railway Guide" of Philadelphia,
permanent secretary.
RAILROADS REPRESENTED.
The following-named railroads were rep
resented in the Convention: H. w. Sibley,
president Atlanta and Charlotte Airline !;
G.. l. Foreacre, general manager Atlanta
and Charlotte Airline railway; L. =.
Grant, superintendent Atlanta and West
Point railroad; Ii. S. IIaines, general SUI
perintendent Atlantic and Gulf railroad !;
ID. Il. Maxwell, superintendent Atlantic,
Gulf and West India Transit Company !;
Henry Fink, receiver Atlantic, Mississippi
and Ohio railway; Fl. M. Clement, assist
ant master Of transportation Baltimore and
Ohio railroad; E. K. Dorsey, assistant gen.
eral ticket agent Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road; j. l.. Morrow, passenger agent Ches-
apeake and Ohio railroad; George G. Will
kins, superintendent Baltimore and Poto-
mac and Alexandria and Fredericksburg
railroads; Edward S. Young, assistant
general ticket agent Baltimore and Potomac
railroad; John B. Palmer, president Char
lotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad !;
Thomas D. Kline, general superintendent
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad !;
Williams c. Wickham, receiver Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad; w. NJ. S. Dunn, engi-
neer and superintendent Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad; q. II. McGhec, vice-presi-
dent East Tennessee and Virginia railroad; !;
John T. O'Brien, superintendent East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad; j..
B. HoXsie, master Of TRANSPORTATION East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad !;
Charles Holmes, general Superintendent
Florida Central railroad; D. W. e. Row.
land, general superintendent transportation
Louisville, Nashville and North and South
Alabama railroad; George W. Adams, ger
eral superintendent Macon and Brunswick
railroad; James r. Ogden, general
freight and passenger agent East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia and
Memphis and Charlotte railroad; T..
L. Tyler, yice-president and superin-
tendent Mobile and Montgomery railroad; !;
James y. Raynor, trustee New Orleans and
Mobile railroad; Frank Thomson, general
manager Pennsylvania railroad; William
A. Baldwin, general superintendent Penn
sylvania railroad, Philadelphia and Erie
division: II. T. Kenney, president Phila-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail-
road; r. G.. Fleming, general superintend-
ent Port Royal railroad; T. N. r. Talcott,
general superintendent Richmond and Dan
Vile railroad; John NJ. Robinson, president
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad; NJ. Stanton, general superintend-
ent Selma, Rome and Dalton railroad; C..
2. Atmore, general passenger and ticket
agent South and North Alabama railroad; !;
S. S. Solomons, general superintendent
South Carolina railroad; John S. Barbsur,
receiver Washington City, Virginia Mid
land and Great Southern railroad; Pey-
ton Randolph, general superintendent
Washington City, Virginia Midland and
Great Southern railroad; William McRae,
general manager Western and Atlantic rail-
road; e. P. Alexander, president and gen.
eral manager Western railroad, Of Ala
bama; +. II. Bridgers, president Winning
ton and Weldon railroad; John +. Divine,
superintendent Wilmington and Weldon
and Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
railroad.
TO ARRANGE THE T1ME-sHEET.
On motion Of Dir. r. r. BridgerS, prcsi-
dent OF the Wilmington and Weldon rail-
road, it was ordered that committee Of
thirteen disappointed to arrange the Time
Sheet.", s. ...-.
The Chair appointed the following-named
gentlemen as this committee: r. r..
Bridgers, president Wilmington and Wei
don railroad; Il. NJ. L. Talcott, general su-
perintendent Richmond and Danville rail-
road; Peyton Randolph, general superin-
tendent Washington City, Virginia Midland
and Great Southern railroad; Henry Fink,
receiver Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio rail-
road John NJ. Robinson, president Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac rail
road; Frank Thompson, general manager
Pennsylvania railroad; John B. Palmer,
president Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
railroad; D. W. G. Rowland, general su-
perintendent OF transportation Louisville,
Nashville and South and North Alabama
railroad; E. i. Tyler, vice-president and
superintendent Mobile and Montgomery
railroad; E. P. Alexander, president and
general manager Western railroad OF Ala
bama; II. S. Haines, general superintend-
ent Atlantic and Gulf railroad; James A.
Raynor, trustee New Orleans and Mobile
railroad II. NJ. Clement, assistant master
OF transportation Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road.
INVITATION TO SEE TUE SIGHTS-RECESS.
The Chair laid before the Convention a
communication from Major a. W. CARRIER,
extending to the Convention an invitation
to use his carriages for sightseeing during
the sessions OF the Convention.
On motion OF BIr. Brldgers, the thanks OF
the Convention were returned for the invi-
tation, and the secretary directed to pre-
pare list Of such gentlemen OF the Con-
Vention as desire to accept Major CARRIERS
invitation.
On motion Of Dir. Bridgers, the Conven-
ton recessed until 8 2. N.
Afternoon Session.
The Convention having been wined and
lunched, resumed its deliberations shortly
after 3 p. NJ. Some time before that hour
il became known that the Committee on
Time-Sheet had agreed upon report recon-
mending the retention Of the present sche-
dule for both morning and night train, and
there was no surprise when
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
was read by Mr.. Bridgers, chairman, as fol-
lows:
RICHMOND, April II, 1873.
The Committee on the Time-Sheet beg
leave TO submit the following resolutions as
their recommendations to the Convention
Resolued, That the present through time