The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-07
RAILROAD NEWS.

II. s. Davis. assistant general freight
aront of the ST. Louis, Southwestern
railway Cotton BelD. and +. w. DAVIS
soliciting agent, at Lynchburg' OF Tue
Chesapeake and Ohio railway were IN 'ne
city yesterday o,,.,,o
Mr.. Queen. agent OF the oneS"PI ~
and Ohio railway, at Covington' ny,
was in Richmond yesterday. ana lett lor
Washington last evening.
Mr.. John y. Potts. passenger agent vi
the Chesapeake end ohio railway hdS
returned from Old Point. Mr.. Potts says
the rendezvous is bound TO be hoWlihs
success.
The Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company is about to issue reVlstu
station list, covering information OF every
kind needed by shippers. ana shoMihs
facilities at every station for handlihs
cars. etc. II win be of considerable value
10 shippers and TO travellers as well. as IL
will also cover all points as to tickets ana
the checking OF baggage. These DOCKS
Will be ready for distribution In snort
while. and will be issued quarterly mere
after.
"To All Agents-Our New York owners
will be out TO inspect their property pe-
tween the 81 and Sth Of February. us-
sire that you have your windows washeu'
floors secured and all paper and trash
sight rot later than the ID OF FEBRUARY
and / want your depOts, waiting-rooihs
and faces kept clean until after TINS III
spection. and for once II the inspectors
should find your station In an untidy con
dition. / hope you will not try 10 OUT
talk me with the excuse that you had
dirty crowd the night before.
Each station. where a regular porter
is not employed. will be allowed from
p cents 10 s. for this sanitary movement
and stations that employ regular porters
will be especially dealt with II these IN
structiOns are not carried out Hallway
Age.
An important decision. which settles
the right Of the North Carolina Railroad
Commission 20 fix the rates Of tele-
graphic messages inside the State. mas
been rendered by Judge Brown or the
superior court. now IN session in Raleigh.
The railroad commission last year fXed
the rate Of messages not exceeding Yen
words. from one point 10 another bo'h
the transmitting and receiving Offices
being In North Carolina. at . cents. Ke-
Gently a message was filed at Elizabeth
y. c., for Winston, y. c., for which an
extra charge was made on the ground
that the message was transmitted by
way Of Richmond. Va. The matter was
brought 10 the attention of the railroad
commission by +. p. Albea. the sender
Of the message. and the commission held
that the extra charge was unlawful The
Western Union Telegraph Company APP
pealed the case TO the superior court.
which now ahirms the Judgment Of the
commission.
II is claimed by friends Of the Georgia
Central reorganization that the recent
cndeavors at obstruction originated with
parties who during the CalhOun-Inman
management unloaded the Macon and
Northern and the CarrOlton railroads
upon the Georgia Central Company
Neither Of these roads has earned operat-
ing expenses and their acquisition is
asserted 10 have been one of the causes
which led 10 the bankruptcy Of the
Georgia Central Company. The reorgani-
zation committee decline 10 include the
two roads referred 10 i'm its plan.