The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-11-23
prosperity of the Baltimore & Ohio
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AT the regular monthly meeting ofthe Boar
OF Directors of the Baltimore & OHIO Railroad
Company held Wednesday last at the office
IN the new Central Baltimore 81 Ohio building
which we have heretofore described and illus
trated, the president, Mr. John W. Garrett pre-
siding, the report of the cOmpany's operations
Tor the fiscal year ended September 80 1882
was submitted and approved, and will be pre-
scented to the stockholders at their annual
meeting on the Goth inst The report showed
the revenues OF the company TO be over eigh.
teen million dollars. l4a IN
The president stated that the first steamer
lie Chatelliel, Saoi the line between Havre and
Baltimore, was expected to arrive between the
10th and 20th inst. The steamer is of large
capacity, sufficient TO take 1000 bales of cot
ton or 40 900 bushels Of grain and 5000 bales
OF cotton. The entire freight for her fir st WOW
! age from baltimore has been engaged at salts
factory rates. Her cargo will consist OF cot
ion, tobacco, grain and miscellaneous freights.
Mr. Auguste de Bocarde, of the Trans ATTAIN
tlque Compagnie, arrived with Vice President
Garrett by the. Seryia and is now in Baltimore,
where he expects 70 spend month in inves-
tlgating the commerce, business facilities and
advantages OF Baltimore, looking to theifuture
business for the Baltimore and Hayre Line
lie was so much gratiied with Tie prompt
engagements Of freight and with the prospects
that he cabled to President Periere at Paris on
Sunday last, advising that the second steamer
De sent promptly 10 Baltimore. He received
yesterday response from the company, stat
ing that another steamer of the same class AS
LIE Chatelller will follow to Baltimore in a
short time He is impressed with the econ
omy, advantages and great facilities ofthe port
In connection with the import business of
oranges, lemons, rasins and other fruits from
Spain and Mediterranean ports, and especially
In the ability OF the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road Company to forward perishable goods
with great rapdlty and regularity to all West
ern, Northwestern, Southwestern and South
ern cities and centres of commerce.
The magnitude of the transportation by the
lrans-Atlantique fleet OF fruits, &c, will be
appreciated when it is stated that this COM
pany have two to four daily departures and
arrivals at Marseilles; the steamers plyingbe-
tween that and the following ports: Algerian
Line-Algiers, Gran, Bora, Turin, Philipeyile,
Bougie, LIE Cole, Bizerta, Nemours, Melilla
and Caugiers Spanish e-Carthagena,
Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga and Gibralta.
Italian Line-Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, SYRIA
cuse, Palermo, Messina and Malta.
As Baltimore has such great facilities for the
distribution of fruits, &C., by its refrigerator
and other cars, peculiarly adapted for such
service, there can be nc. doubt that the COOP
Grafton of the Mediterranean lines with the
Baltimore and Havre Line can make this port
a great distributing centre for the fruit trade
OF the Mediterranean with large portion of
the United States. Contracts have also been
offered to the line for long period for the
importation of ores via Baltimore.
The Allan line OF steamers has also deter
mined to send large portion of it's fleet of
heavy steamers to Baltimore during the win
ter, transferring them from Montreal 1t is
understood that the owners Of several impor-
tant lines from England and the Netherlands
have indicated that they Will probably form
additional lines between Baltimore and Ecro-
pean ports promptly.
The president stated that in view of the |
prospects of an early and permanent large in
crease in the steamship lines which would |
hereafter ply between Baltimore and European
ports, the company had determined to increase |
their already immense and unedualed terminal
facilities at Locust Point by important i'm
provements at Curtis Bay Commercial Rec