The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-19
LATEST NEWS OF
THE RAILROADS
Adjourned Meeting Of the Seaboard
and Roanoke To-Day.
WILLIAMS HITS AT RYAN.
declares that the Proposed Consolida-
lion VIII lie Effected within
the Next Few Weeks.
Items OF Interest.

The adjourned meeting Of the Scdoo'id
and Roanoke. which was called Tor I".t'-
mouth saturday. will be hcid to-day nc
attorneys OF Mr.. Ryan Will. in ai II""'
blitv. again be present and the outcome
OF the meeting viii De impaucnuy """''
Ell by the railroad fraternity.
Mr. Williams. in am interview. sud'
"Our plans of consolidation are pro-
crossing smoothly and rapidly. The events
81 tho past few days have been cs-
pecially fruitful in good results 10 the
Scaboard. and as far as We can Judge
fhe Influences which are being eNefteu
by our enemies are reactine heavily III
our favor
This is especially true of the bill
which Thomas D. Ryan. of New lolN
managed % have introduced into thc
Georgia Legislature g. few days ago, ana
which got through the Senate before at-
tcniion was drawn to &C. The erect 'i
this bill. had 10 passed. would have been
90 prevent the consolidation OF those
roads of the system lying In Georgia
and would consequently have seriously
interforcd with the whole plan. When
public attention was drawn to- 30, "a re-
action set in. and the legislature OF
Georgia Indignantly and overwhelmingly
defeated TO-
This attempt 10 attack the Seaboard
system through the Georgia Legislature
was an EFFORT 90 mako the Sedhoard syndi-
Gaze meet foolish and prep1-tcrous de-
mands
81 will only add that our plans Of
consolidation will be carried into effect
in the next few weeks in spite of any
thing that Mr Ryan or his associates
may say or do"
GREENBKlER CONVENTION.
Senator stephen II. E.kins has obtained
charter for the Coal and Iron Railway
Company 90 build an extension of the
West Virginia Central from Elkins. W.
Va. 90 the forks of Grconbrier river. ef-
fecting junction with the Greenbrier
River railroad.
This will afford the first through con-
ncction from he southern 90 the northern
part of West Virginia. The line will give
direct outlet 20 tdcwator for their vast
coal fields
RAILROAD NOTES
The Florida Railroad Commission has
secured Ior the truck farmers Of that
Stale material reduction In vegetable
freight rates 90 Baltimore Washington.
Philadelphia and New York.
Cornelius Shields. who retired Few
DAYS ago from the position of vicc-pres-
ident of the Spokane Fails a. Northern.
has accepted service with the Virginia &
Southwestern, Of which he II % be- vice
president and general manager. with head
quarters 40 Bristol. Tenn.
Engineers and Firomen on the Boston
& Maine Railway have received an adj
vance Of - cents day wages. Brake
men and baggagemasters will hereafter
receive two suits OF clothes free for
which heretofore they have had to pay
about a months wages annually.
SIX hundred tons OF American material
and equipment Will b. forwarded by the
first available steamship % eastern ST.
IBERIA. The cargo is intended for the con-
structi0n and installation OF the Chinese
Eastern Railroads marine repair shops
at Port Arthur.
Reports say that the York Southern as
likely 10 become the property OF the Bal
tImore d OHIO. II is 81 miles long running
from York % Delta Pa. with a branch
from the latter place 10 Peach Bottom
Mr. q. z. Wexford. secretary OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company.
has been called 90 Marshall Station, Fau-
Quier county by the death of Mr.. James
Marshall