Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-20


business Of the company IN tho various depart
ments FRBDKEicK Il SCOTT President
GENERAL REMARKS.
General Manager Walters, after giving IN
detail the operations OF the company for The
past year aud explaining the causes OF The
Increase Of expenses. says tn conclusion:
The through business for tho year shows o
very large increase, due largely 70 the opening
a tho Atlantic Coast Dispatch Line and the largo
Richmond business received nom tho roriolR
and Western. Tho local business has not shown
any material increase, the resIit being slight
DECREASE Ia local frei ighf and ar increase n b-lO
per cenL in receipt from local passengers
Leaving out mall. taggaee, and express for ihe
year tho local business represents ~ per cent.
Of Tho total revenue
Our facilities at Richmond and AZ Petersburg
are Inadequate for the business we have 70 han
die. AMI tho development OF yard In hnnchcs-
ter has already begun. This WAS rendered ne
cessary BY on almost continuous blOckpIe OF
loaded cars for delivery In Richmond flan5
have also been inRUguratof for relief n Peters.
burg building Tor the accommodation VI
passengers IT Chester should DO erected during
the coming year.
Tho purchase Of a heavy shifting-engine for
the Richmond yard T. q necessity.
Tho report OF the General superintendent pre-
sents she details Of tho years business and such
recommendations for tho coming year a. ne
considered necessary.
Tho Inauguration of tho Atlantic Coast Dis
patch required unusual exerti0us on the part oi
tho officers aud employees, and were rendered
cheerfully.
MAJOR MYERs's SUGGESTION.
MAJOR Myers. general superintendent, in
hls report says:
Tho business Of tho company has developed
largely. Tho volume " passenger transporta-
ton Is lAS per cent greater and that OF freight
movement 4A4 per cent greater tuan Tho pre-
ceding twelve months. Tho revenue from pas
senrer business 81 l3H per cent and that rom
freight business lh.8 per cent moro than Tor TIE
preceding period. In perform ng tHis addi-
loual work tho rcvcnpe-train mi cage has in
creased GO pes cent Tho gross revenue shows
49, per cent incrcase. expense account BIZ per
cont, and net revenue i24 per cont decrease.
II may 10 proper I'm ibis connection 10 repeat
That ff1.1g1G was expended for now cars and
that none were purchased tue year before.
Major Myers further says that the road Is
I'm very good condition, but the track should
be heavily bala>ted and everything that can
be done IN improving It's condition had better
be undertaken "a soon a. practicable, be-
cause OF the increasing difficulty oi handling
work trains; that extensive sid'ngs have
been ordered At Manchester, where the de
mand FOR storage tracks has become imperi'
tive: that the turn-tabe at Petersburg
should be replaced by one better adapted to
the demand; that the company has no shelter
Petersburg; that the sidngs at Manchester
and at Temples have been extended and thai
those at Chester need 10 be.
ROADWAY, STRUCTURES, AND BUILDINGS.
Superintendent Sully has this 10 say under
this caption Betwcea Manchester and Pc
tersburg thoroughly ditched; $40 carloads
OF ballast from stony creek on the Peters
burg railroad distributed; $3.50 cross-tie'
put IN; aide track at Temples has been eX
tended 900 feet; the bridge over the mill
race al Byrd street rebuilt; county.road
bridge over the railroad at swift creek
built; trestle over the AppomattoX river al
Petersburg strengthened. The bridges art
IN good condition. \ water-tank with a ca
pacity Of 2j.000 gallons has been erected at
| Manchester.
CONNECTION LTE.
4 resolution was agreed to authorizing thr
Board Of Director To adopt such measures
as they may see iitior building connection
line from a point on the Richmond AND
Petersburg road beyond Manchester 10 en-.
able them 10 connect with the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomacro road at or meat
where the latter enters the city from the
northwest.
The Object of this move is 10 obtain route
where the maximum grade will not b.
greater than thit OF the main line, so thai
through trains may pass Richmond without
having 10 hc broken ~ heretofore. At pres
cnt an ordinary train 81 thirty-hye freight
cars, which a common engine can pull on
any other portion oi The road, has to be cu'
into three or four sections here, and II takes
several hours b. pass through the city, not
withstandinC the fact that extra heavy en-
gines are used Tor tins heavy grade.
4 survey has been made for this connec
ton and cslimntcs have been received which
assure Mr. walters, The general manager
that the link can be built, including ih,
bridge, for S37j.0n0. Hr. Walters does moi
think The tunnel under Eighth street wher
completed viii serve the purpose Of this com
pany, ae the Grade 10 reach the Fredcricks'
burg road after getting out OF the city will
perhaps be too heavy.
Auditors Report.
Statement N the financial condition Of the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company
September 20, lSS'
PROPERTY ASSETS.