The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-01

Sandy railroad, extending from Hunting
ton, w. Va, to Lexington. Kyy one hum
dred and forty miles In length, Is operated
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway COM
pany as its Lexington division. The earn
ings for this line for the year 1889 Will APP
proximate $4,000, an increase over the
previons year OF about 80 per cent. Ope-
rating expenses approximate 100000,
showing the net earnings to have been
about 100000.
The present equipment OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railway consists OF 100
locomotives, 81 first-class passenger cars,
0 second-class passenger cars, combined
passenger and baggage cars. % baggage,
mail, and express cars, 3 inspection cars,
10 sleeping cars Is Of which are assigned
Pullman cars), i.4S1 box cars, 2s3 stock
cars, 213 fiat or platform cars, 3,349 coal
and coke cars, 1903 conductors caboose
cars, 1C1 road and other cars, besides
which the f.. L. and b. $. railroad has 10
engines, 7 frst-cass passenger ears, Sec
Ond-class passenger cars. 3 combined pas
senger and baggage cars, 3 mail and eX-
press cars, 2f0 box cars, IS stock cars, 90
fiat or platform cars, 1j9 coal cars.
Twenty consolidated locomotives and 2
switching engines. passenger coaches, 2
baggage cars, 800 box cars, 100 stock cars,
100 coal cars. and s caboose cars have been
added this equipment during the past year.
Among the other improvements that VIII
materially add to the development OF this
line NAV be mentioned the new Grain Ele-
vator that has been erected at Newports
News, which has capacity OF l,oOO,00o
bushels, and the extension OF its side tracks,
OF which il now has 14S miles, besides IL
miles OF branch lines not enumerated in the
mileage heretofore stated.
Richmond and Allegheny Railroad.
Lawrence Meyers and Decatur AXtell,
receivers; Decatur AXtell, general mana
ger; j. X. Macmurdo, general passenger
and express agent.
The following is summary OF the earn
ings and operating expenses OF this road
for the year ending September 80, 1883, and
is compared with 1882
1888. 1852.
Earnings. S635,327 s54s,65s
Operating eXpenses..... 4O6 900 39o'49o
Net revenue, exclusive of
interest and taxes. 22S.427 lo3,loo
Increase In net earnings. S75,264.
Earnings and expenses for the last three months
of The fiscal year, while the receivers have been In
possession o
Expenses. .'...........'....'''''''''' lOefZo
Net earnings. ................. slo5o4o
The greatest business done by the old
canal was in 1874. when they moved 219,-
III tons Of freight. In the past year the
railroad has moved 30S,596 tons-an In
crease OF very nearly 80 per cent. This
does not include the railroad express busi-
ness.
Some of this freight coming east was as
follows: Coal, $4,000 tons; ore, $500
tons; leai-tobaccO, 12,j00,000 pounds
stone, $4,000 tons; manufactured tobacco,
$4,000 pounds; wheat, 100000 pounds;
corn, 100000 pounds; oats, 4.500.000
pounds; rye, $500 pounds; bacon, T.
100000 pounds; butter. 2S,5o0 pounds;
eggs, 103, 900 pounds; dried fruit, $4,000
pounds; hay, 100000 pounds; shucSs,
4S5, 900 pounds sumac, 5000, 900 pounds;
wool, 10000 pounds; talIow, 23,jO0
pounds; cattle and hogs &C., 113 carloads
wood, 32S carloads; lime, 45,40O barrels
-four, 22,5OO barrels cross ties. $4,000;
$4,000 pounds; lumber
and bark. $4,000 cars.
They forwarded from Richmond 1882
tons, and received here 11S,7Oj tons of
freight.
The road also beats the canal very badly
in the passenger business, having moved
In the past twelve months 1j1,921 paSsen-
gers. OF these, 81, 74Q started from Rich
mond and 81, 4GS arrived here.