Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-03
CHAT WITH INGALLS,.
FACTS ABOUT TIE GREAT RAILWAY
or WHICH HE is PRESIDENT.
The Comrany's Business in ApriI-Belt
Line Around Richmond--UoteI
at clifton Forge.

Mr.. VI. +. ingalls,. president Of the Chesa-
neake and OHIO and other great railway
tystems. is in the city. He arrived here
late Thursday night and has his head
1.arters in his private car, in which he
both travels and sleeps.
yr ingalls, spent nearly the whole of the
dav Yesterday in his Office in PAGES block
He received a number Of business callers
and friends. and devoted several hours TO
making an examination of the affairs Of
The company. lie is always well posted,
even on the smallest matters connected
with the affairs o. the road. and on every
visit 20 Richmond thoroughly acquaints
himself with the transactions mad st this
point. -.
private secretary, Mr. Johnson, who nearly
slwavs travels with him when he IS ON
business tour. Mr.. Jackson, tho chief
engineer II the Chesapeake and Ohio. also
csme down. He went 20 Old Point yester-
dlv and will be loincd there tonight by
Nr. INGALLS,. who vlll remain until Tuesday,
when be returns 10 Richmond.
ATREmNpoUs BUSINESS.
While Nr. Iugalls is one of the busiest Of
men he always finds time TO greet hls
friends who call and to have a pleasant lit
be ch3i with them. To his newspaper ac-
quDntances he Is ever courteous ana
Ohhging.
when DiSoqich reporter was ushered
into ms Office yesterday hc had Just con-
cludcd an interview with some gentlemen
interested III the development oi stone
ruarrv on the line Of the road AMI was
having a business talk with Mr.. iiotchklss,
win, is in charge OF the freight department..
1.ff tlA Ha
good. There has not been as much timber
carried out of the mountainous regions rs
WAS expected, hut great quantities hayo
been cut and viii be shipped AZ once. In
fact a great deal IS being handled now.
This particular line OF freight would have
been much larger up 10 this time. nut inc
country roads have been ~ such f. bad
condition that IL has not letn uOss bic TO
domuch hauling. Mr. Eotchklss thinks
altogether il viii be much larger than
usual. q,
a GREAT deal Of lumber is being hauled
O.. the ucW towns that are sprlnflng mp III
virginia. The. Chesapeake and ONO IS
Lending great help in the matter OF the
material growth Of these, and lotn M
Iuealls and Dir. llotchkiss manifested u
deep interest in their success. They spoke
Of what * beng done at Gnsgow. Buena
Vista, and other places, and exlrt ssed tho
hclef that they will grow rapidly and
rro,rer. Mr.. Hotchkiss said large lots Of
building material are shipped TO these
towns from Richmond.
AMoNTH's OPERATIONS.
Nr. ingalls, picked up q statement from
table before him and read from 1t a few
figures showing the amount Of business
don. by the Chesapeake and ONO during
The month Of April. There were 4,l63
trains run. embracing 1904 cars. VI
these 77.4i4 were loaded.
He said IL looked hard that after hand
ling this enormous lot of cars and tre-
mendous business without any other hitch
~ trouble an accident should occur to a
passenger train on one OF the prettlest
stretches If track on the entire line. He
referred % the stanton accident, and
spoke as though II lad worried him con-
s.dcrablv. He looked upon it, however,
a. one Of those misfoItunes that could not
have been avoided.
BUSY COUNTY,.
Referring 10 the recent tour OF inspec-
ton made bv the drectors of the company,
Mr.. Ingalls, said Mr.. DeCosta, who felt a
very deep interest in the affairs Of tic
road and watched very keenly oil that was
going on. remarked that when no rode
from Clifton Forge 10 Gladstone he hardly
knew where he was so great had been tho
improvement since he was along there
two or three years ago. The rail-
road track has been newly bal
lasted. sido tracks have been put IN
and new houses have gone up in oil diroc-
nons and On every baud. The directors cS-
pressed the belief that IN q few years the
territory tributary 20 this 100 miles Of road
Will Weld a larger traffic than any other
section of the same length IN the entire
system.
NEW HOTELS.
Just az this point Mr.. Ingalls's eyes fell
upon q lorge-sized picture of the elegant
hotel 10 be built at Glasgow and remarked
that this would toe one Of the prettiest
lust made contract today" he con-
tiuued, "for O hotel 10 be built at Clifton
Forge, and II viii be erected at once. II
will he about half "a large as the one at
Glasgow and quite pretty struc, ,ure."
Mr.. ingalls, hesitated and added: They
can get hotel anywhere else but in this
old city If Richmond, whore by all means
they should have "a handsome one" He
expressed his friendship for this city, and
said he was glad 90 see that the new-hotel
scheme was being again agitated.
He has always taken deep interest IN
tins matter, and says he hopes soon to see
8 hotel here that will be "a credit 10 the
city.
THE Belt LINE
Speaking Of improvements contemplated
Mr.. Ingalls, sand
I'VE have under contract twenty-five
miles Of double track in the mountains.
1--WE need new passenger depot in
Richmond very badly, but We will not be
able 70 build one this year. We will havo
our plans for building a freight belt lne
around Richmond ready 10 submit TO the
CITY Council during the summer. When
our sites are agreed upon We viii get
everything ready to 90 to work on the
construction. which will not be later
than next spring. We expect 10 bring our
passenger trains in over the Richmond and
Allegheny track and build fine depot ia
that part II the cts, dlscontinulug the use
Of the old Chesapeake and Ohio depot.
Thus work of belt-linc construction that we
are planning to do IN and around Rich
mond viii cost something like 81 900 600.
So YOU see We cannot promise 10 build a
depot before next year"