Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-13
CARS AND ENGINES.
MANY OF BOTH BEING MADE FOR THE
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO.
An Interesting Chat with mr. Ingalls,
Grain Men Also Have an In
terview with Him.

Mr.. ". f. ingalls,. president OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway system, who
arrived here Tuesday. spent nearly the
whole Of yesterday in his office in PAGES
block. Here hereceived many callers, who
had matters Of business to bring 10 his at
tention. and had conferences with the dli-
ferent officials IN charge OF the various de-
partments Of the great system OF which he
is the executive head.
Mr.. ingalls, usually comes. here about
once a month and spends day or two IN
consultation with his subordinates and IN
looking into the affairs of the company at
this point. which in railroad business Is
quite important. =.
On this visit Mr.. ingalls, has made his
headquarters on his private car, where ne
enjoyed the company Of several Richmond
friends Tuesday evening. lie leaves tnlS
morning for Cincinnati.
PLEASED WITH RICHMOND.
Mr.. Ingalls, spends more time in Cincin-
matt than anywhere else. New YORK comes
second. and guess Richmond ~ about
third on the list, :" he remarked with plea.
SAINT smile yesterday.
You should reverse tho order and give
Richmond first place." the Dispatch re-
porter ventured TO remark.
81 wOuld do so If 1t were so that L
could, replied the genial railroad tresi-
dent. speaking in dead earnest. know
Of no place with which | am IA much
pleased as your city. The people here are
so courteous and cordial. and there IL so
little Of rigid formality. The ladies-weil,
in my estimation no place has such at-
tractive ladies' as are TO be found in this
city. They are so gentle. refined. and
modest. Yes, sir" continued Mr.. ingalls,
after brief pause, 4" should make Rich
mond my home if there were no business
entanglements TO prevent. 1t ia certainly
my preference"
THE YEARS WORK.
During the fiscal year ending June 30th
the Chesapeake and Ohio Company Will
have spent in improvements IN various
ways about 81 500. 900.
One hundred and fifty miles Of main
track have been laid with 7j-pound steel
rails. which take the place of the old 0O-
| and 56-pound steel.
Thirty-fiye locomotives and | 800 freight
cars have been bought, and still the supply
is not equal to the traffic demand.
The company is putting $4,000 worth
OF new machinery IN its Richmond SHOPS.
The additions to the plant here costs about
100000.
The Chesapeake and Ohio vestibule train
| is about the finest in the United States,
and il pays better than any other tram OF
the kind.
BETTER EQUIPMENT.
"Our business. ~ said Mr. Ingalls, "is just
| splendid. In fact we are offered more
| than we can do, but it will not be so very
| long as We are pouring money out IN IN
proyements aud equipments Just IKE
water. We recently contracted with the
Missouri Car Company of st. Louis Ior ono
| h., nd h,v tfrlth af
are to be furnished in May and June. | be-
| lieve. We are also having nineteen loco
motives built. and these are under contract
| to be delivered by March 18th. With this
| increase we can handle our immense busi-
ness with much more satisfaction both to
ourselves and to the public"
DOUBLE TRACK.
| "Do YOU not need double track" the
| reporter inquired.
hYes, sir. we need it and we are getting
! IL as fast as possible. It's being laid con-
stantlv. and we hope to get in at least
| twentv-fye miles of double track this year.
For the. present we are putting III addi- %
tjonal long switches and doubling the
| tracks leading out from our yards. As
RAPIDLY rs practicable the additional track
| will be- put in, and we hope to have an en-
tire double track before many years"
GRAIN MEN's COMPLAINTS.
When the Dispdich reporter was usheIed
| irto AIR. Ipgalls's Office delegation from
| the Grain and Cotton Exchange headed by
! Colonel Philip Haxall was just retiring.
| They had quite a lengthy interview with
the President and laid before hlm certain
| complaints concerning the charges Tor
| TRANSFORMATION of grain. He gave them u
ratient hearing. treated them with utmost
courtesy, and told them that he would look
| into the matters complained OK and see
| what could bee done. Mr.. Hotchkiss was
| not in the CITY OF the differences might
| have been settled at once.
| For some time there has been an ar
| ranrement under which If grain that had
| beeu stored in the elevator was taken out.
reloaded. and carried to one Of the city
mills no extra charge was made. Wlthln
the last day or two. however, II has been
| Given out that this will no longer be done,
| INT that an extra charge will Toe made on
all Grain rehandled after being deposited
| in the elevator. -
The attention of Mr.. Ingalls, was also
called TO the fact that freight charges from
here to certain points IN North Carollha
are higher than from Baltimore. IL wa,
Desired that his influence should be used
to remedy this manifest injustice TO inc
Richmond grain men.
WHAT THE MILLERs WANT.
| There was also huOlHeT lLhpoithhb 9""-
iect to those engaged in the milling busi-
ness. In some OF the western cities the
mills have an arrangement with the rail-
roads by which wheat may be stopped at
mill. ground into -four, reloaded, and
shipped to another point and only the
through rate Of freight on wheat, be
charged. For instance. lot OF whea'
under such a rule might be shipped from
Halifax county to Richmond, made into
four here the -four loaded on cars and
sent to West Point. and only the freight
rate on wheat from Halifax 20 West Point
he charged. The Richmond millers would
like such an arrangement with the Chesa-
peake and Ohio.
CONTRACT FOR CONVlCTS.