The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-16
Tho Chesapeake aud Ohio Railway

Inc great Trades Parade or Industrial
Exposition on the occasion OF the railroad
celebration at Louisville on Tuesday was a
grand affair. The Courier-JOurnal, in its
account Of the celebration, gives sketches
OF the railroads leading to the city. or the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway ii says:
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. one
OF the new and valuable additions to the
railway system OF the South. has since its
completion played an important part in the
progress OF business. The line Of the road,
one OF the most picturesque ones on the
continent. is from Newport News, Va, Uia
Richmond, to the Big Sandy river. with Il
total length Of 512.07 miles, 1851 miles OF
which is composed Of sidings, etc. The
road was formed by consolidation, in
1868, Of the Virginia Central and the Cow
ington and Ohio railroads. The former
line was first opened in 1861 to C0vington,
at the base Of the Allegheny range, dis
tancc of POS miles, 80 miles from Rich
mOnd. There was included in this first
line the Blue Ridge railroad, Il miles in
length, which was built by the state and
had on its line one Of the finest tunnels in
the country. The Coyington and Ohio
railroad was first undertaken by the State,
the object being to extend the railroad syS
TEN to the Ohio river.
TIE UNDERTAKING
was an enormous one, and after cXpendng
considerable time and money the work on
the extension was abandoned as frltleSS in
1861. but was resumed again in 1865, and
on March ], 1873, the great work was COM
pletcd and the line finished from the
waters Of the Chesapeake to those OF the
Ohio. The road had, however, made a
default in its coupons, and receiver was
appointed October 8, 1915, and on April ,,
three years later, il was sold and new
company organized under the present
title, the property being conveyed
on july /. 1873. The new company
expended enormous sums OF money in the
reconstruction OF all its lines, and speedily
took steps to extend ii on the east to the
Chesapeake bay. and on the west to Mem
phiS on the Mississippi, the whole making
line OF about 927 miles, made up OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio, j0f.20 miles, the
Elizahethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy
to Louisville, 1872 miles, and the Chesa-
peake, Ohio and Southwestern, extending
from Louisville to Memphis, Tenn, by way
Of Paducah. distance Of 800 miles. The
facilities OF these consolidated lines are re-
markable and of incalculabe value. At
Newport News, on the James river, twenty
miles from the Atlantic, an enormous mer-
chandiSc wharf SOD feet long has been con-
structed, and
An ADDITIONAL COAL-wHARF,
with deDth Of tWcnty-ScVCn feet. In adj
dition 10 these, other wharycS have been
constructed. and a grain elevator with
canacitv of 1.50O.O 600 bushels constructed.
The Great object Of the project, which has
bccn successfully accomplished. is to open
tbn GREAT coal-fields Of Kentucky and Nlr-
oinia by q short route to the scaboard and
tbn hest harbor on the coast, and TO work
ont the plans favorable to the rapid move
ment Of heavy freight to all those points.
The rollinr stock Of the road is aS follows:
Locomotives, 1888: passenger ana baggage
cars. SO freight, 3,4j2; service cars -io-
total, 1874. $500.
The officers Of the road under the new
comnanv are: {. l.. Huntington, presi-
dent. /. :. Hatch, first icc-president;
Williams c. Wickham, second ylcc-preSl-
dont. " &. smith, general manager; l..
r. Tournicr. secretary and treasurer; JOnl
corret cashier: r. Ii. Fisher, auditor OF
revenues: ". IL. Lowry, audl'oI Oh III,
a"nnt. IT. ". Fuller, general passenger
and ticket agent; +. T. Smith. superin'
tcndent Eastern division; W. =. Harris,
snmerintendcnt Huntington division; j..
u harrington, superintendent Lexington
division. + G. Dame, southern agent; A..
< Fmmons. purchasing agent; James IL.
Storr. aud ". J. Robertson, cOunsellorS.
,rho directors elected March 1G, 1882, are
T. p Huntington. \. y. Low, Elias ;.
HIi,,a,ins' 4. :. Hatch. John Castrel, jesse
iioTt !. e. orr, Ezra Wheeler, Edward
- Tornicr, Williams c. Wickham, ana
r1I,, EpbolS