Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-23

North Carolina points; With Merchants ana
Minors Transportation Company Tor Dos
ton. Mass., Providence, r. L., and v'a both
for New England ponies also, lot pa att
more, Md. and savannah, ga. Win lns
petnrabnrg and Norfolk Steamboat Com
nenv. with the James-River Steamboat
Conpanv. Potomac river. and with al lines
III railways leaving from Norfolk aud
Portsmouth. Va. rio barge transfer across
The comuany have Just closed a contract
with Christopher Furness. OF England, for
a steamship line from Newport News 70
liverpool and London, and any other port
I'm the United Kingdom, The contract
provides for regular sailing OF az least
three steamers to sail whenever cargo VIII
Justify.
with irregular ocean service iustities the
company In the belief that with regular
ships controlled by the railroad CON-
pafiy the business will be very largely
increased
The facilities are exceptionally good for
handling every class OF traitic, and IN
clude. as referred 20 previously, an eieva-
tor Of the capacity OF l,sJOUOO ousheis OF
grain with conyeyers extending over piers,
thus enabling the company to load four
vessels az n time.
The harbor Is unsurpassed for depth OF
water, nearness to the ocean. and SAFETY TO
vessels, Both steam and sailing vessei5
can reach without assistance the docks OF
this company.
NoRvotK. VA.-Within the past year the
company have arranged fnciiiues Tor land
ing cars on tracks. and are now making
track deliveries. The business of Norfolk
and Portsmouth Is growing, rapidly ana
will soon require additional facilities to
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RIcHMoND. VA.-With the Richmond and
Danville Railroad Company. the Richmond
and Petersburg Railroad Company. and
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and PotO-
mac Railroad Company for all points south
and east also with the ClYde-Llne Steam
ship Company for Philadelphia and with
tine James-River Steamboat Company for
landings on the james. river, tue terminal
facilities at Richmond are unsurpassed,
fully warranting the claim which the road
makes-viz., that no road can give so good
delivery OF such satisfactory service.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-By perpetual con-
tract the Chesapeake and ONO now
rms it's trains, both freight and pas
seneer, over the rails Of the Richmond and
Danyille and Pennsylvania railroad TO
Washington, ID. c., at which point connec-
ton Is made with the pennsylvania rail-
road for all eastern territory.
CgaRIorTEsyuLE. VA.-With the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company for
BASIC CRY, vA.-with the Norfolk and
Western Railroad Company by the VAL
lev division for the North and South.
STAUNroy. VA.-With the Baltimore and
Ohio VALLEY Branch Railroad Company.
Loci LAIRD AND BUESA VISTA. FA.-With
the Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany by their Valley division for North aud
South.
LEXINGTON. VA.-With Baltimore and
Ohio VALLEY Branch) Railroad Company.
IYgcHBURG, VA--With the Richmond
and Dauyille Railroad Company. the Nor
folk and Western Railroad Company, and
the Iynchburg and Durham Railroad
COMPANY. The business of the junction
towns, both for local delivery and that,
interchanged with connecting lines, shows
healthy increase.
with the Kanawha and Michigan railroad
for Ohio points.
GUYANDorrE, w. VA.-With the Ohio
River road for Parkersburg, Wheeling.
Pttsburg, &C., DC.
ASHLAND. KY.-With the Newport News
and Mississippi-Valle Company, the Nor
folk and Western Sciota-Valley division,
and the Ashland Coal and Iron railway,
MAYsvILLE, KY.-With the Kentucky
central railway. -, q,
Nashville Railroad Company.
CovIsGToN, KY.-With the Kentucky
Central railway.
CIyCINNArT, O.-With the Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and st. Louis railway,
the Ohio and Mississippi railway, the Gin
cinnati Southern railway, the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and DAYTON railway. the Cincin-
natl. Jackson and Mackinaw railway. the
Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern rail-
way, the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
railway, the Pennsylvania Company (west
of Pittsburgh.
FAST FREIGHT LINE.
The Chesapeake and Ohio, with its con-
Meeting rail and steamship lines. operates
a fast freight line known as the "Kanawha
Dispatch" All through freight is ham
died by this line. The following roads and
steamship lines compose the line: Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway Company, Cleve-
land, Cincinnati. Chicago and st. Louis
railway, Columbus and Hocking-Valley
railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, Newport News and Mississippi
Valley Company, Louisville, Evansville
and st. Louis Railway Company, Toledo
and Ohio Central Railway Company, Ka-
nawha and Michigan Railway Company,
Richmond and Danville Railroad Com
DhilN. NOIlOlh duu NboboAhs hopAOhc-N oiApJ
division, Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany, and Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company. Each rail line fur
nishes certain quota of cars based on
miles operated, and each member of the
line participates in the payment of ex-
penses on the basis Of earnings. BY this
line the company are enabled TO reach the
North, South. East, and West, covering
the entire territory between Boston,
Mass, New York, and the great West.
A FEW TELLING FIGURES
In a recent interview with reporter of
leading industrial journal, Mr.. ingalls, re-
marked: I'm 1880 there was earned from
passenger traffic S494, 200. and from freight
g., O2O, 900; in 1890. from passenger traffic
81, 77S,OOO, and from freight $685., 900.
The estimate for the end of our fiscal year,
June 80, 1891, shows passenger, 81, 900;
freight, S6,000,000."
The direct export shipments Of the road
from Newport News for twelve months
ending May 81, 1891, were:
Pounds.
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