Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-02
HE BIG COMBINE.
REASONS ron THE UNITING OF THE
SOUTHERN, c. a o., AND n. & W.
4 JOINT TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT.
n Is Thought That No Closer Al
lance IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AIRLINE Employees VIII Not He
Changcd-Raiiroad Notes.

Tho report that the Chesapeake and
piio the Norfolk and Western. and the
s,s,hern are about TO effect a combina-
.sr. as published in the Dispatch last
,,sk created considerable talk in rail-
..,l circles, and was received I'm various
,,vs By some It was thought 10 DO
without foundation. Others thought IT
easy 30 believe
Oh seems 10 me quite likely that the
..-o~, IS correct" said a railroad-man
,..,e,lay 1t is no longer legal TO pool
.,.s Yct. something of the kind has
,oie done 20 prevent competing railroad
Ines cutuag the lives out OF each other.
~, o.5cc, u these three roads combin-
sre IS 90 prevent disastrous rate-cutting.
~ course there IS no combination in the
sense Cha, the roads are or will be united
under one management think it very
likely tA3t there is or will be a Joint traf-
Ic 3rr.aecment between the three roads"
The iricndliness Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio for the Seaboard AIRLINE led Some
60 blink IL more likely that the latter
Ia'.ti man the southern was in the com
i'uailon But such combinations are
H.
board has no East and West line. The
southern owns the Louisville Evansville
and 81 Louis from Louisville to St Louis.
The Seaboard cannot carry freight from
ihe East into st. Louis. The Southern
can, and does.
one or the Oldest engines in the United
states has Just been sent TO the scrap
Iile by Pennsylvania railroad.
This engine was build in Richmond IN
W ~ flI h. COL l1fNrf
i was at the time regarded as one Of
the finest In existence. During the war
u was captured by the Federal army ana
used by the government on the old orange
and Alexandria road. At The close OF
the war. in common with a great deal
OF other railway rOlling-stock, the loco
motive was sold 10 the Allegheny valley
road. in Pennsylvania.
IL had been in almost constant service
until a Few days ago. when II was sent
TO the scrap-pilc. 1t was one OF the
largest engines in use when II was built,
but there is now scarcely locomotive
so small.
II IS announced that the West Virginia
and PittsburC will soon extend its line
from Camdcn-0n- GOulcy, in West Viz
Einia. 10 Cherry cLeek, on the Chesapeake
and Ohio. a short distance east of Charles
ton. This viii give Charleston practically
a through line to Pittsburg.
The Charleston. Clondennin and Sutton
railroad. from Charleston TO Clay Court
house distance of about sixty miles
will some day be extended forty miles
further 10 Sutton. where IL VIII connect
with the West Virginia Central, thus
giving the capital two competing lines
l. Pittsburg.
After May 1st the Baltimore and Ohio
will nav its entire force, with the eXcep-
tiOn of traCkmeu, by check. il Is an
nounced that the old cash system Is too
cumbersome.
An ex-Pennsylvania railroad man, now
with the Chesapeake and Ohio said yes
terday that his old road had for years
been paying OFF its shopmcn in this way
At the Altoona shops, where 5000 men
were employed. "a local bank establishes a
branch in the shops on pay day. At one
desk the uaymaster issues a check, at
another the bank cashier gives the cash
for g.
10 the offices for the money work in the
shop would Doe brought To q standstiu''
ne Said. And if they only let dozen
20 al TO- time ! am afraid few of them
would be back that day, convenient sa-
looms and rockets full of money forming
o combination they couldn't resist
Another order, issued by the Baltimore
and Ohio management. permitting train
newsboys 20 take their goods through
the car only four times an hour created
u wonder how often they had been be-
devilllng the passengers before. if once
every fifteen minutes is considered a re-
form?" said a railroad man yesterday.
The order forbids such goods as the
carries being offered IN sleeping,
dining. and parlor-cars, the porter al
vavs being on hand 70 get whatsoever
The passenger may desire.
Vice-President and General Manager st.
Tohn. of the Seaboard Airline, has is
sued a circular To the employees of the
road Informing them that II is not the
purpose of the new management. OF when
President John SHELTON Williams Is me
Ia 10 make anv change in the force in
nv department. so long as service is sat
Isfactory. and as required.
MIR Frank Whitaker. freight traffic
Of the Chesapeake ana ONO;
.'i,h beadouarters i'm Cincinnati will sail
for Europe this week, 10 spend a month.