Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-13
TO SPAN THE OCEAN.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO TO RUN
STEAMSHIPS TO LIVERPOOL.
SURVEYS for the Belt Line Around Rich-
mond-OHces to Come Back to Rich
mond-Improvements, &c.

who accompany him to this city, to Old
Point.
They will remain there until Monday.
when he proposes TO leave for the West.
He will be met by some of the New York
directors. who will spend week with nm
going over the road and inspecting the
Eternal vigilance is theprice OF liberty
is Mr.. lngalls's motto, and he very iaith-
| fully applies himself TO looking after the
| interests of the great system or wnlcn ne
is the head. He is hard worker TOT =
| railroad president, but manages 10 nnu
time, between his busiest seasons, ior
! social enjoyment and pleasant recreatloh.
Mr.. Ingalls, spent the greater part OF YES
terday at his desk IN the presidents ONCE
| in PAGES block and had his private secre-
| tary hard at work most of the day writing
letters and other papers by dlctation.
| 1.-THE SHOPS.
About noon Mr.. Ingalls, went over to the
| company's shops. where he spent some tlne
going through every department OF the
mammoth plant.
ment," he remarked TO Dispdtch reporter
soon after he returned to the office, ana
we arc now pretty well equipped for our
large business. The place is a busy one
and every department is thronged with
| operatives. We expect soon to commence
| the construction of another building over
there-a large paint-shop. In this particu-
lar our works are deficient and we want
| TO make the improvement. This Is the
| best place for having our cars painted, as
we often have more time for them 10 lie
over here than anywhere else"
WILL MANAGE HIMSELF.
"Whv. what is the matter with me?" In
| al L nj
when asked who would be appointed gen.
| eral manager of the road TO fill the vacancy
recently created by the resignation OF Dir.
Harahan. Il think j can manage IT pretty
well myself with the assistance of Mr.. Ste
vens, the general superintendent, VINO
is very live and active young man.
! Oh. no. we don't fill vacancies" he con-
| tnued in iocular tone. When q man
resigns we just abolish the Office and man
age to close up the gap some way. so as to
! keep things going smoothly. Everything
is in pretty good shape, and | think we can
manage things pretty we'll"
| OFFICES TO COME BACK.
"Will Mr.. Stevens have his Office here or
in Cincinuati!" was asked.
"Oh, he is going TO stay right here IN
| Richmond. and you people ought TO be feel
! ing very kind toward us. for nearly every
| thing will be brought back here from Gin
will be brought back very soon and it is not
certain that others Will not follow Rich
mond is for many reasons the proper place
for the general Offices. 1t is in most every
sense a more important point with us than
Cincinnati. More work is done IN the
offices here in a day than there In week:
When Mr.. Harahan was made general
manager he did not want to live in Rich
mond. This was very natural with him,
and as his Office was at the other end of the
road it was necessary that several depart
ments directly connected with his should
also be located there. The offices should
really never have left Richmond, which Is
the place for our headquarters.
TO RUN OCEAN STEAMERS.
"The Virginia Legislature has treated us
very nicely, " Mr.. ingalls, said further on IN
the conversation, land l greatly appre-
ciate the generous and prompt action
which all Of the measures that we asked
for received. None of them were even
changed materially from what they asked
for when presented, and we feel greatly
flattered that we should have been so
| kindly dealt with, too. 1t has been
| great thing for US, and, we hope
| to show, for the people of the State also:
| We only asked what we really wanted and
needed and it was given without reserve.
| Tardy action or the manifestation OF DIS
position to oppose our measures would
| have bothered us greatly, If, indeed, 1t had
not frustrated our plans to some degree.
at is part of our programme III making
use of the franchises given US IN one OF the
bills recently passed by the General Assem-
blv to establish and operate two first class
| lines Of steamships-One to New York and
the other to Liverpool. We also propose
| to stretch out our arms and by construct
inc epurs and branches of railroads from
| our main lines to do more tOdevelop the
| resources of this State than we have ever
! been able to do heretofore. OF course we
| cannot do all of this at once; on the other
hand it will take some time, but 1t Is to be
! done without unnecessary delay ana the
| plans are rapidly maturing"
THE BEST LINE.
when will the Belt Line around Rich
mond be bullt!"
That depends in some measure upon
| the money market. Along with this enter
prise will be made other changes and i'm
proyements, the aggregate cost OF which
! will exceed half-millon dollars; and If
we can place our bonds advantageously
| during the summer the construction OF the
! Belt Line will probably begin IN the fall.
We are anxious 10 BRING lhe naln
road and the James River division to-
gether here in the city, and this is
! the design of the Belt Line. New de
/ p6ts are wanted. and il is preferred
| Tint the two roads shall enter the same
| station. and there erect a railroad building
worthy OF the city. II will combine a
| depot and offices for the company to take
| the place of the present ones. and II a good
and convenient site could be secured am
! in favor of combining q hotel and depot.
! have not vet abandoned my hotel idea.
| and | admire the custom 50 generally
| followed abroad of having dep0ts and
| hotels built and operated together. Ihe
only trouble fear is that il will not be
possible for us to get a site tor good depot
| that would be suitable for hotel. The
| old depot of the Allegheny Company, at
the south end of Eighth street, stands
whore our depot will probably be erected,
though, of course. additional ground Will
| have to be obtained"
Three routes have been surveyed for the
| Belt Line, but it has not been decided
which one will be adopted. One leaves the
James-River division ten miles above the
city. another five miles, and the third
nearer still. The longest route Is ABOUT M
teen miles, bat this one will probably DO
| selected, as the grade Is very easy one.
BIG YEARS WORK.
Mr.. Ingalls, says the Chesapeake and
/ OHIO road is in better condition now than
ever before, and is not only getting all or
the business that il can do, but has 10 re-
fuse some that is offered. He thinks the
gross earnings for this fiscal year will
round up S7,000,0O0 aud could he increaseu
TO perhaps $40, ,000, 600 if the trains could be
provided and run.
Two years ago when Mr.. Ingalls, became
president of this road there were over NIFTY
bridges standing on trestles. Now there Is
but one, and this one will be supplanted
/ by an iron structure this summer lhe
light rails have been taken up and dreplaced
by heavier ones. ranging from sixty 10
seyenty-fve pounds in weight, and otner
improvements have been made, making
ever before for the accommodation OF its
immense business.
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