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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-11
Dantlne Arab

Dantlne Araocmies.
ALEXANDER MAC6REGoR's los West s5;hst.
"A Mendel8sohn Assembly Rooms. 0thaye.
Private lessons any time. Glasses every da7
A CARRIERS DANCING ACADEMY, 80 5th-ave:.
N. 18th sts-Privatc and class lessons, I'll
he GARMO, 80 West e5th.st.
IL Near Central PARK.
CLASSES EVERY DAY.
ISERNANDO'S ACADEMY, 1872 East 55th-st-A School
II Dancing, Department and Causthenc Enercises'
All the and fashionable dances send Tor elrcnsr.
OUP OWN ACADEMY FOR DANCING, % West 2ad-
~ Hosea Higgins Afternoon and evening cases
per quarter - lessons, 50 Waltz GUARANI f.f,y.'
five private All tho fashionable dances auGh
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LALLA ROOKH.

nv THOMAS MOORE Illustrated with about JAG
oetchngs made from designs Of the best artists IN
America together with several from European ana PERSIAN
artists printed In coors and the text OF the poem Is se
in artistic STYLE In yeum cloth folio WIZ sIsmpeu
ribbons sl5 full seal, ell 90
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INAN LINE Y and n, RGyanl H VIAL STEAMERS
fyNt ,TTk TER 49, "Wednesday, Dec. IL, Z 80 a. M
GIN OF nEiN sS,% es sSmbSst e
CiiTTY OF CHICAGO wedne'day J,nS3yd 80 I@ z.
CABIN r ~ s,ccE 400 PETER WRIGHT SONS.
$50. 81 .ssn,s a BOWLING GREEN. n. u
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TIE VIKING AGE.

ully ILLUSTRATED, half leather, svo, So net.
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ID ACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMpANlS
L LINES FOR CALLF9KNiAAp IAPAN! cWWtfNXAfio.
From New York. pier foot Of Cana-st n X
FOR San Francisco via the Ishmus Of Panama
COLON sails Friday, December 20. noon.
From san Francisco 1st and Brannan stS
For China and Japan,
CHINA sails Thursday, December 20 p Nil a.
For freight passage and general nforma ION SppR
conpany,s once on the pier foot OF Csnal-st ~ ~
IL J. BUI.IAY. General supellhtenuenS-
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RECENT ENGLISH ART.

A set OF &c beautiful photo-ctchings from the pcs
paintings Of modern English painters snch as CIR III
Leighton Leslie. and others. with descriptive "Nt D.
WALTER ROWLANDS. | vol. folio, CLOTH 81 Do.
Other volumes uniform with above are RbCENl
ITALIAN ART, RECENT FRENCH ART, RECENT
GERMAN ART.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04

An UNKNOWN BODY
FOUND FLOATING IN THE CANAL
AR0NE TUE CITY.
WAS NE ca TGKT Nv THE
WRECK
1HE VERDICT of TsE cORoNER's
Jury.
Temporal, Injunction Granted to Pre-
vent ihc Placing Of Telegraph
Poles on the BROOK Turnpike
Proceeding of the Courts
An UNKNOWN BODY
1HE NVRDIcr oF THE cORoNER's
Jury

Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock.
Squire Iallcy- acting as coroner for Hen
rico county. held sn inquest over the
dead body of a coiored man found in the
canal above the city
About four weeks ago a train OF coal
cars came down the Richmond and Ale
ghany railroad. and by some means a
number Of the cars left the track and
were prcCipiiatcd into the canal Since
then hands have been engaged in getting
the cans out of the water, and the
coal also as far as possible Tuesday
they had about finished, and were sur
priscd 90 and tAc dead body Of
"A man rise suddenly 10 tie surface OF
the water. The body vas taken ashore
by the men az work and laid on the tow
path, and the county authorities notified,
resulting in MAGISTRATE Iallcy holding
the inquest yesterday morning.
The body wa- found 90 be that of a
colored man of about thirty or thifty-fyc
years Of age. though he might have been
older. a, the body was ia an advanced
stage of modification There were some
bruises on the back of the head The
body itself could not Doe we'll examined.
a. 90 handle much would have caused
ID 20 fail 20 pieces The body was clad
in garment. which had seen Their best
DAYS and were more OF less torn in diff
feIcnt parts.
] hc only Witnesses were some Of the
workmon. some OF whom had been ON
the Train when these cars went into the
canal. aud from their evidence il woald
seem thnt on That particular train were
Two men. evidently stealing a tide and
when these cars went over. the prcsump-
tiou is that these men went over with
them. and were caught under the df5ris.
as neither had been seen or heard Of
since The removal of The wreckago
aud coal, 10 is thought. loosencd this par
ticulsr body. and 10 rose % the surface.
IL was the opinion Of those present that
the wounds i'm the hcad were satisiac-
torily explained as blows received as
they and the cars went into The canal
7 he place of The accident and finding
Of The body is just oncQuaror OF mile
this side of the liyc-Mile locks
The jury returned a verdict that the
unknown man came 20 his death by ac-
crent. supposiug that he was struck by
The cars and coal. and drowned at the
time of the accident 0n the railroad.
The body was inferred near where II
was found a little 90 the night of the
railroad track coming east.
AZ ihc time the coal cars went into the
canal none of The train hands were hurt
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
AUTOMATIC gEFRIGEgATING COMPANY
Annual Meeting of Stockholders Held
y.sterday-W the Company Proposes

The annual meeting OF the s'ochhold
ers of the American Automatic Reiriger'
afing Company was held AT the Exchange
! Hoitl yesterday.
The following directors who viii be
recognized as representative men IRON
/ New York, Baltimore. Washington, ane
/ Richmond. were present: William II
Trcro. George W Whiting. Hon. Benz
Buiiefworih. Alex. :. Carroll, Dlller Is
Croft Sol Haas. Albert Trego, Preston
/ l.. Beldeu, VI T. Freeman. samuel 4
I Duurv.
The scheme pertains TO al kinds Of re-
/ liberation. Domestic refrigeration
cooling public halls, hotels. hospitals
cold-storare warehouses, railway cars
.feamship. and the like, and by an auto.
matte regulator can be applied with per-
/ eeef safety to amy kind of refrigeration
through any variable climate or outside
influence.
The company was chartered under the
laws of Virginia a short time ago, with
capifal stock of 81 100000. and have now
i'm hand sufficient capital to insure q
general operation of their system.
The past year has been deVo.
ted entirely to experiments and tests oil
tle companvs patents IN Washington
which have proven entirely satisfactory
The comuanv now proposes - begin
general operations in Baltimore and
Washington. ami they hope soon 10 have
a plant I'M ull blast in Richmond, where
tbey can have cold In the retrigeraiors
without the disagFeeahle necessity OF
melting Zee. re-.
A cold storage warehouse for Rich.
m0nd would he valuable addition ana
an enterprise ir the right direction
Several cities West and South have such
lusuric+
The company own valuable patents
pertaining to refrigeration in all ii-
branches. and with the good manage
mcuf assured hy Che selection OF thc d.
rector. there cam bc no reason for any
lining short of perfect success. BOZ Do
from mechanical and financial stand
point
Mr.. Joseph T.. Iolme-. the principal
inventor is thorough mechanic. AS wei
u.s. a genius ~ was commissioner Tor the
Unifed States go the London Exhibition
in 1859. and chairman of the board OF
Jurors Nil IIIt'I iAN It 900 NNt' 900" tt.tN.'
-uion in 1850. 10 was at this Exposition
hr saw Tor the ir-t time mechanical re
frisemti0n. which attracted bis aiien-
lion. and since that time has been an
almost constant study. The control of
ths n0W of lhe amhydrous ammonia.
which IS the freezing agent and thereby
tle control of the temperature. has been
tac porpleNiug part 90 master. and only
within the past year bias This been ace
,omplIsAed
II j.. understood that Mr. W II Trego.
of Ncw York. sill be elected president
and general manager Mr Trego is now
General manager of the Duited States
Express Company and of the Baltimore
anil Ohio Express lie Is an able organ
ler and manager and under his direc-
sion much Success is looked lor.
General Benjamin Butterworth. the
leading Republican In the present Com
gres-. and late Commissioner OF Patents.
Niii be charged with the legal Affairs of
fhe company
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04

Gases Disposed of Yesterday by the Police
Justice.


The case of Willie luckadoe lcoloredl
Who was arrested Tuesday for runnln.
pohcyehop sometimes called the "iug
game. was before ibis court yesterday
and W.. sent ON fo the Grand jury Dur
inc ihc cN idcucc Albert luckadoe eworC
That Willie Luckadoe pulled the jug
while Philip Brown lc0iOredl wrote
down the numbers.
Brown was IN court and a bench war
rant was issued for his arrest which PO-
liceman Butler forthwith served on him
Brown was also sent on 10 the grand
jury
Weldon Luckadoe lcoloredl who was
CHARGED with interfering with Sergeant
Matthews and Policeman Butler, got
frightened and did not come 10 court.
An attachment for his arrest for CON
tempt was issued liewas then tried for
Interfering with the police, and was
fined s. and costs, which his bondsman
paid
Albert Jones lcOlorcdl WAS sent 90 Jail
TO await the action of "a commission of
lunacv
Robert Henry lcoloredl. charged with
stealing at different times from j. J..
TaHafcrro's stable quantities of horse
iecd. was sent 90 Jail for three months in
default of security
Percy Thompson lcOl0redl was
charged with stealing $3.50 in money
and 81 in sircetcar tickets from the
Richmond city Railway, was continued
until to-day
Annie Carter lcoloreil and Charles
FLANAGAN lwhitel were fined each s.
aud costs for giving each other a black
eve
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
Meetlng of firemen.

Richmond Council No. .. Virginia
State Firtmen Association, which was
temporarily organized few weeks ago.
met last night in the hastings court
room
The meeting was called % order by
Captain j IL Redwood.
F0rly-one members were elected
Captain j. d. Sheppard, chairman OF
the committee appointed for the pur-
pose. reported a constitution, which was
adopted
The following officers were elected
President. Captain II Redwood. Vice.
President. Oliver D. Mountcasile. Score
tary. Captain O. + Wise; Treasurer. II.
II Fgg Executive Board. Captain c.
VI Rogers, Joseph Engelburg, " H.
Myer
The first Tuesday in each month was
decided upon as the regular meeting
night.
The report of the committee on by
laws was laid over until the next meet.
ing
Adjourned.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
yireinian. ON the N,p.c.

Commander ID. " Mulan command
inr officer of thcsNipsic 700 thc time of
thc iafe disaster 10 the Sum0nan islands
commanded the iron rlais now lying be
Joss ihis city tor some three years while
those vessels were lying 90 city Point
ra}ma.tcr torwine, another officer who
was on thr Nip,ic when SHE WAS wreck.
al. Is another gentleman who was on
duty ON the monitors af city Point and
who is web known in Petersburg Both
of these gentleman fortunately escaped
thc fate THAT attended so many OF their
-hipmaies
= young man. Nirginan. belonging
90 City Point, By the name OF Ecseu.
who had become attached to commander
Mulau. and who followed him when he
was ordered iO The Nipsic. is not named
among lhc lost There were several
other men who followed Captain Mulian
when he left City Point and who will
probably return 10 their home In Nir-
eInia in o few weeks Commander Mul-
Ian is 70 man of winning disposition. and
. number of men followed him % the Pa
cite who would have been ON the mOni-
TOTS to-day had Commander Mullan re-
manned in command on the James river.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
FOR " THE OLD MAN.
Delegate McCiintic Tired of once. but
would tIte 10 see nj. Friends Honored.

Delegate McCiint'c Tired of once. but
Would iihe To see his Friends Honor~d
Archer McCiintic Republican member
of tie House Of Delegates from Ale
ghany, Bath and Highland counties, wa'
In The city yesterday.
What Federal Office viii you get '
he was asked.
"N0ne for me am done with Office.
holding, and don't want any more in
mine am down here on business, not
for politics
"Will YOU run for the Horse Of Dele
giies again next iallf'
Not BIT Of H. We will put up an
other man. will not have il any more.
1 am no longer an Office seeker, but did
think I'd run up 10 Washington awhile
70 see what the boys are doing there, and
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
CIRCUIT COURT.
Suit Commenced and Judgments Hcn.
defcd.

The Circui; Court was engaged The
major portion OF yesterdays session
hearing evidence In the suit of y. J.
Perrin against Charles II Page, being
action Of damages brought by Perrin
against Page for alleged false imprison.
mcnt After partly hearing the evil
dcnce the case was adjourned over until
tO-day.
The following verdicis and judgments
were rendered.
Kalamazoo National Bank against II
VI Smith q Co., 1924 81
x. r. Brown against Ned Thomas
1925.
Minor & Blanton against T. C. Bethel,
SOLOS.
Minor & Blanion against W. II. Bow.
crs. $2jsOj.
Minor q Blanton against J. F. Blunt,
$j037l
j Il Moore trustee for, &c, against
c. u Luck, 1924 25
There were five judgments for the de-
PENDANTS in coupon suits
The following suits were Instituted
T ". Porter against a. +. Ma-smann,
Bros. s. Co. Damages $1,000 Attach
mcnt sued ont
James VI Estes against Parker Bay
leys Administrative Action OF debt
S1s221
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
MANCHESTER NEWS.


New- Items From Across the River.
During the month of March ChIcf-of-
Police Lipscomb reports 2j arrests.
consisting of felony, 81 misdemeanor, n.
ordinance violations. -
lt Is contemplated hy some OF ihc prop
cry holders On COWardin avenue fo pee
ltion the Council to widen DO. which. 10
done. viii do much towards making 30 q
handsome avenue
Extra services preparatory % the com
munion ON next sunday were held last
might si the Presbyterian Church. and
viii he continued 10 highland t0.mOrr0H
night The pastor conducts the services.
The survivors of the Chesterfield Cav
airs intend holding reunion shortly
Mr Charles W. Turner. prc-iden; of
thc Manchester Railway and Improve
mcut Company, says Ac VIII have cars
running across MayO's bridge as soon as
he gets the right of way
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
HASTINGS 0,RT.



In the Hastings Court Yesterday the
following cs-cs we're disposed of.
John Ncnah.e lcoloredl charged with
breaking and entering Che storehouse of
l.. Barker ON the night of the sth of
March and stealing goods of the value
OF $40 Toe jury returned verdict of
guilty of petit larceny, and fixed the
punishment at six months in the city
Jail
George Anderson (coloredl, charged
with ASSEMBLING and attempting 90 KIN
Samuel Scott on the 2Gth day OF March
last was acquitted.
lsham Coleman lcolorcdl. charged with
breaking into the drug store OF Charles
A. Borr.an. ON the corner Of Fourteenth
an Franklin streets. ON the night of the
12th OF March. ard stealing four boxes
OF Gig and I'll 80 ia money. The pris-
oner pleaded guilty and the jury fixed
hi punishment az two years IN the peni-
Tertiary
Hcnry Wise lcolored), charged with
breaking into the cash drawer of the
TiNf, Publishing Company on the 22d
Of March and stealing about $3.50 in
money. The prisoner pleaded guilty
uend was Jailed for three months
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
LOCAL NOTEs.

MI Edward VI Alfriend. the well known
/ Shakespcfean critic. will lecture Tonight
+ i'm the Hall of the Young Mems Christian
Association under the auspices of the
Ladies Auxiliary on Shakespercs his
torical Tragedy, Henry the Will The
proceeds Will be devoted 10 benevolent
purposes.
A b CULLEN. of Scott county; Judge
Kilr0re. OF Wise county, John j. Alley,
sheriff of Wise comfy; X. j. Woolwine,
and = H. Dunkley, deputy sheriiis of
Patrick county. Samuel W Lee, sheriff
OF Grccnville county, and II. + Cnsmond,
member of the House of Delegates. OF
Spotsylyania county, were at the Capitol
Yesterday
Mr. Creston Clarke. the grandson OF
Junius Bfutus Booth, and q rising TRACE.
dian himself. who made his de1at as Ham
les i'm the Richmond Theatre some mouths
ago before 3 crowded house, is in pre-
cafious condition lie Is suffering from
tonsiltis Inflammation of the bowels,
and other disorders.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York held policies OF $4,000
each on the lives of Messrs I {. Wi
liams and Nj Rosonhaum, and one of
$4,000 ON that of Mr T. v Daniel Jr
The Committee ON Claims and Salaries
met Yesterday evening at q O'Clock and
ordered the payment of the bills usually
presented 20 them.
John Il Macnurdo, general freight
agent of the Richmond and Allegheny
railroad returned Yesterday mcrning
from Washington, ID. {.
The evening train brought Me.srs Sol
Haas. H. ID Carpenter. } IL Drake and
others, railroad men, who attended the
session OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Mr. Walter u Alsop, who died in Pc
torshurg last sunday was q member of
Mccarthy Council, No 4Cs. Royal Ar
canum, of this city. \ committee from
the council went over To attend the
funeral
To-day is the anniversary of the death
of President William Henry Harrison,
grandfather of President benjamin lar
risOn
The Committee on James River I'm
provcment did not 20 down the river
Yesterday on an inspection tour on ac-
count of the boat that was 10 take the
committee being ont of order. The
committee will go next Tuesday
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION GRANTED

Proceedings To Prevent the i'Iaoing OF
Telegraph Pole. on the Brook Turn
pike
The Postal Telegraph Company &. a
corporation chartered under the laws OF
the state of New York, and, from an
nouncemenis. is expected 10 become a
strong rival of the Western Union sys-
TEN The company has been making its
way souluWard, and recently began 10
place it- poles ON the Brook turnpike
Yesterday Mr. " Z. Preston, counsel
for the Brook Tururfke Company. APP
Piled to Judge We.Hord and obtained IA
temporary Injunction against the Postal
Telegraph Company, eWoiumg them
from further erecting poles on the Brook
Turnpike The injunction was served
Yesterday afternoon hv Deputy sheriff
Gum on Ms Joseph " Hates, the gen
eral superintendent of the line. who is
the only officer of ihe company in the
State The writ is made returuah'e at
the April rules OF the Circuit Court of
Heurico county, which will Doe Monday,
April 10Th.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04

The following shows the actual NOR
tality OF the cit, for week ending March
Both, 1889.
Whole number OF deaths, exclusive of
still births, 30; still-blrths, , white and
. colo-el
Rate Of mortality Of whole popula-
ton was 20.2S per 1000 per annum.
white population, 1892 ner 1000 per
aunum; colored population, 2s3G per
,OOn per annum.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04

TO put In word or two for some OF my
friends"
who will be postmaster at Warm
Springsy'
My goodness. that's hard to say. There
are about ten persons after the place,
and ! tell them they had better throw
dice and decide what nine of them ought
10 back out"
"Who IS most prominently spoken Of
in connection with the Republican nomi-
nations for Governor in your district =
IF the old man General Mahone)
wants it guess wen all 60 for him. II
he does not desire II, why. then reckon
Colonel Lamb. of Norfolk, will be the
man.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
4 Reception to the omeer, Of tho Moni

a party OF gentlemen consisting Of
Mr,-r- CtensaaN Curtis. BeIyin Tower
Bodeker Caper-. Starke and Gmu gave
reception last nightat the Commercial
Club in honor of the officers ON the
monitor fleet, Commander ieliX McCar
iey Engineer McNary and Surgeon
Arthur tabell
There were present as guests Mayor
Elly~on. Colonel CuishaW Mcs-r- ) A.
curtis. Levin Joyne-. an1 others
After the collation. spirited addresses
were made hy Mcsscs. j. - CrenshaH,
and William II Curtis. which We're hap-
p.ly responded % by Commander Nc
Ourley amt Mayor Ellyson
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04

The Committees on Streets and
Grounds and Buildings viii meet jointly
this evening 30 o o'clock on the corner
OF Reservoir and Ashland streets for 81 e
purpose of considering the resolution
referred 90 them ia relation 90 dona-
tion of property 90 the city by Drs
Hunter Mcclure and HUGH VI Taylor
provided The city make certain improve
ments thereon
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04

Branstord, treasurer against Lawless
same against Bigoie Bros, X Co, same
against Terry, same against Gregory
Bros, same against Guggenheimer * Co.
same against kau a Hickson same
against kinckle. same against Edwards
same against Tuustall, Preston against
larkn Mrits OF error and Mpv~dcH,
awarded in the ten foregoing causes 10
the judgments rendered by the Corpora
ton court of the city Of Lynchburg.
Richmond and Danyille railroad Com
pany against Noel and Startling. Ar
eued by Judge Waller r. Staples Tor
plaintiil'in error, and A. J. Montague
and colonel John II Guy for defendants
in error.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04
THE LAST SAD TRIBi TR.
Funerals of tho late =. '. pahiel. Jr. and
AiIahaeI I.n.en baum.

The funeral of The laie PecrN Daniel
Jr.. took place Yesterday afternoon AZ j
o'clock from ST. paUls Church. The
luiliing was well filed with the many
friend. of the deceased The body Wa
met 20 lAe door by Rev Dr. Minnigerode
who preceded IT up the aisle, fecirng ih'
sentence beginning. ID am the resurrec
lion and tie iifc" The service for the
"iural of the Dead was then impress
sivcv chanicd and read, Dr. Minnige-
rode being assisted by Rev DR. Peterkin
off ST. James Church The iayorlie hymns
Of the deceased, II would not live
always" and ASLEEP in Jesus were
.weciiv sung 4 long procession fol-
lowed the remains 60 the grave.
The pall.bcarCrs were. ACtire-F. ..
Duke. 4. T. D.. Myers James B. VIM
.ton. J.. G.. Minor R. H. Stcgcr, T. H.
Mcclure, TazcWeh Elicit. James Lyons
Jr.
Hononrv-James Alfred Jones Judge
J. u. Fulhugh, judge j. r. Wexford
H.. Le-h r. Page. James Peasants
Charles Ellis. Garrett J. Watson, vii.
liam Wit Henry. Archer Anderson
John Dunlop, Joseph Bryan. j. Preston
Cooke.
FUNERAL on NIB Ro-LNnArW.
Tile residence of the lnic Michael RO-
serbaum. on GRACE street near seventh.
was thronccd yesterday evening 100 D
O'Clock. the hour set for the funen. of
tne deceased
Ihe mpros i've services of fhc Hebrew
f.I..,..I tt..r.. r..I Boa. Roe Harris Gf-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-04

The New York Commercial Bulletin
SAYS President VI. j. ingalls,, Of Tie
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, has OF
dercd a general change I'm the divisions
of the line Char 'ston is 90 be made The
end of the first passenger division east
from Cincinnati, instead of Huntington
and Russell il % be made the end of the
first freight division, instead OF Hunting
ton. II is understood that the manage
meni conicmpatcs tho use of heavier Zoe
comoiiye-, for the purpose of Increasing
both power and speed as much SIS pos
sible There IL also q report which can
not be officially confirmed. THAT tAe com
pany is negotiating for a large amount of
seyenty-hye pound steel rails with the
intention of reloying a large part OF the
line. 1t IS believed that after ihc pur-
chase Of the Richmond and Allcgany
Railroad this month other improvements
will be made, preparatory 20 settling
down TO the regular transportation of a
heavy through tonnage The company
is nov doing some through Chicago bus
mess hut IL has not set made any such
determined bid for traffic as Sc viii Go
when 10 is IN complete condition 10 han
die il. The Richmond and Allegheny,
with it, light grades, is The chief reliance
of the Chesapeake and Ohio people m the
matter of carrying the Chicago scaboam
business at rates substantially as made
by the trunk lines