Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-09-05
Railroad News.

FINANCIAL. SHOWING OF THE c. & o. FoR
THE THAR-RENEWED TALK OF REV1V-
ING THE DEAD MARROW GAUGE RAIL
ENT INGALLsTo WINTER
IN WAsHINGTON-THE RAILROAD FROM
CONVICTION UP THE WARM SPRINGS
VALLEY.
The annual report of the Chesapeake 4
Ohio Ry. shows gross earnings of 81 ,l6l ,94'
and net earnings of $2,706, S22, an increase
of 1851 1922 over the previous year. Since
the reorganization of the company $$3 $50, l2l
has been expended in new construction ano
equipment. The company is building
three short branches in West Virginia,one
in Virginia and one in Ohio. The COM
pany has PSI locomotives, IA passenger
cars and 9,7O7 freight cars. 1t has con-
tracted for 900 box and 500 coal cars and
$15O.OO0 worth of passenger cars. The
report says: 1.-The net earnings appear
rather disappointing. but they were de
creased by three accidents, costing some
thing like $15O, 600. Other than from these
accidents-one near the White Sulphur, one
at Staunton and one near Maysville-the
loss from casualty has been light"
The latest railroad scheme of local inter
est is a projected line from Broadway
Rockingham, to the West Virginia line uio
Brock and North River Gap. The officers
of the company as given in it's prospectus
are: E. D. Root, President; Charles Gal
lagher, Vice-President; P. w. Pugh, Sec
rotary; P. W. Reherd, Treasurer; R. B.
Allen, Civil Engineer and General Manager,
and Geo. R. Calvert, Attorney. In addition
to the above the Directors are I. F. Bran
ner, Wm Gardner, Chas. Evans and w.
C. Nisewarner. The charter Of the COM
pany, which is to be known as the Broad
way & West Virginia Railroad Co., was
granted by the General Assembly of VIZ
GINA at it's last session. The ultimate
purpose OF the scheme, says the Rocking
ham Register, is to reach tide-Water at
some point not far distant from the termi
nus named in the West Virginia charter
Branch lines as feeders will also be
constructed, and it is supposed that the
company will open negotiations for the
charter and franchises Of the old Washing
ton, Cincinnati Il st. Louis road, better
known as the marrow Gauge The
company's principal Office is located at
Broadway.
President M. e. ingalls,. of the Big -Four
and Chesapeake & Ohio Roads, will remain
at his cottage at the White Sulphur Springs
until October 1, when, after a short visit to
Cincinnati, he will take up his residence at
Washington, where he will spend the win
ter, having already secured quarters. Speak
ing of the matter to a friend he said: Il
have decided to Try one winter at the Ma
TONS Capital, as l want to see life there.
My daughter is married and my boys are
away at school, and Mrs. ingalls, would be
lonesome in our home in Cincinnati. l
shall make Washington my headquarters
for the winter
The Chesapeake & Ohio agents for ar
ranging for rights of way from Covingtol
through the Warm Springs Valley, Messrs.
Jno. Brown and F. M. Barber, are at work
and it is expected that the building
the branch road up that Valley will begin as
soon as their arrangements reach satisfac-
tory conclusion. Theroad will be twenty six
miles long and will be finished before next
Spring. The Warm Springs Valley Com
pany now owns all-the Healing, Hot and
Warm Springs, and will build at eac;l
place large and modern hotel with fine
baths.
VIM. J. Grow of Hinton, a freight cen
ductor on the G. & o., and former del OF
agent at Maiden Station, was run over by
his train at Kanawha Falls, Friday morn
ing last, and had both legs cut off. He
died soon after.
The G. & O. personally conducted excur-
sion from Norfolk to the Luray Caverns and
Natural Bridge had increased from the IS
excursionists, with which it started, to 25S
when it reached Basic City. At that point
Capt. J. C. Dame took charge of it.
Jas. A. Matheny, son of Capt. j. w.
Matheny of Fincastle, has been appoint eel
night operator at North Mountain Oh the
G. & 0.
Henry Magalis has again become b. &
O. yard master at Harrisonburg--t time
Mt $50 a month