Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-19

EilZabetn, Lexington ana Dig oandy
railroad.
At Newport's News the extraordi-
nary repairs during the year were
frcdgiDg between picrs.....-........ 8 577 80
Labor and lumber creOsOtinE ...... 3,036 80
Renewal Of PIER No. ! ................ $50 90
Renewal OF Pier No. 2.................. lO599 20
Filling in Piers Nos. l and ..... 2.6f6 So
This amount was charged to con-
struction and improvement.
IMPROVEMENTS, &C., sc.
The close piling on Piers Nos. ! and
will soon be completed. and with the
rock, shells, and earth in place, 300
feet Of each pier, from the bulkheti out,
will be secured, we trust, from any
need ofrencwals, from highwater down,
except the outside piles.
An eighty-six-f0ot span OF iron deck
bridge has been put in at Moore creek
taking the place Of the tres.le which
was often in danger.
A union depot has been bull. at the
Virginia Midland railway junction at
a cost Of about $4,000, two thirds Of
which amount is borne by the Virginia
Midland Railway Company.
Washouts in May seriously dam
aged the road-bed and trostles between
GoIdonsyille and Charlottesville. From
SIX TO seven hundred feet cf tres.le
washed out none Of them resting on
piles. These trestles have all been
piled in the last few months, and |
think will stand the floods in the future.
A stone portal has been put in az the
east end Of Lick-Run tunnel. and about
80 feet Of brick arch for a dolble track
has been put in at the west end Of
kelly's tunnel bu. il needs about 60
feet more of arching. Very little was
done in Great-Bend tunnel, only dlrin.
the months Of april, May. and June,
and amounting to l2' feet Of arcling,
making 2.3Gl feet OF arch.ns done to
date.
Some important repairs have been
made to the following bridges: The two
Mud rivers, jackson river, Hurricane,
Scary, two Of the Grecnbriers. Short
creek, Dunlap creek, Winifre1e, Cor
louisville, Moore's creek, and Riyana.
About 100000 yards Of stone and
gravel ballast we're put in in 1885, Of
which there was bought 3,E1j yards;
the balance were gathered up by the
section and work-train forces. re-
gard this as one Of the most important
Improvements OF the year. This work
will be continued in 1856 TO as large
an extent as is consistent with a due
regard to economy.
New cross-ties to the number Of
l30. 400 have been placed in the track
in lNNj: for 1856 the ties required will
be about 100000
There have been laid l0.7S miles Of
new steel-track, as follows:
New steel rai between Shadwell and
Char.OitesNi .......... .......... IL
New steel rail between Greenwood and
l.si
New steel rau between Hawk : Nest
and kauaWha Falls. at TCckh0e.
White Sulphur. Great. Bend and
Stretcher'> Neck tunnels. and az
oilcr points 7.99
New steel rail used in putting In frogs
and swltche>......-....- -.......--.. ........ 30
Total.............-...... los
OF this los miles Of track the rails
for 81 miles were obtained by taking
up side-trackS at Newport's News and
other points; 80 miles additional side
tracks were put in. There arc now no
iron rails in the main track.
The equipment as of January |.
lSNG. is as follows Locomotives, lG5
coaches, iirst-clasS, so; coaches, sec
ond-class, 10; sleepers, .; mail and
; baggage-cars. Is; OIL
cial. cars, ,; pay-cars, | A; combination
cars, 1 obseryation-cars 1T. Box
cars, l,270; stock-cars, 2l1; gondola-
cars, 2o7; tlst-cars, 100; ten-tea hop
pers, AS five-tOn hOppers, 203 eight
ton hoppers, 334; cabooses, Coniuc-
tors, l07 cabooses. road, Is fast
% coke-cars, 90; hop
gondolas, 1888 too.-cars,
- $40.
LOCOMOTIVES.
A larger portion than should be OF
lur locomotives are in the shops, but
,yery effort is being made to bring them
,ut, and with the thousand bOx-cSrs,
i've hundred hopper-bottom gon-
lolas, and one hundred platform-cirs
hat have been contracted for, am
satisfied that we will be able to handle
promptly and successfully during the |
ear 1856 the business Of the road.
BUSINESS DEPRESSION.
The general depression in business
asst year will more than account for the
decrease an our passenger and freight
arnings, but | am happy to say that as
hings look now we have the right to !
xpect a better return daring the cur
e1t year than we had during
be past year for the work done.
comparison Of the railroad sta
istks for the year 1885 shows that
here was a less percentage Of decrease
, our business than in thst Of nearly
very other OF the large lizcs OF the
Ountry.
Every effort kss been made by the
nployses Of the company to promote
. interests and TO handle the freight
ID passenger business in a way to
rag good results for the company.
DIRECTORS ELECTED.
The present officers and the follow
y directors were elected Messrs. c.
HuntingtoE, G. Ado,ph Low, A. S.
i'll, Elias S. Higgins, John Castres.
. Z. Orr, Ex. Norton, Isaac Z. Gates,
Il. Tournier, W. c. Wickham, and
,bn Eehols--ths last two CT Virginia.
1t is the present Board wi:h one ex-
ption.
Adjourned.