Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-14
IAN Exchange Tells Why an Engine
Is Called She.
THE sEABoARp AIR LINE
Contract. Awarded for Chernw-cam-,
don nrnnch nnd Now Limo Ac-
quired -c& criminal improve
mcnts- Improvemonts ut Cri.Ge,a
"A New North Carolina Honu-Lx.
sen.ion oriho Norfolk ana wcs,-
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An exchange says this Is the reason
an engine is call .she." They wear a
q train behind them; they have d lap,
need guides. ride whoels, will not turn
for pedestrians and sometimes refuse to
work; they attract men, arc sometimes
very contrary and 1t always takes Il
man to manage them.
The branch of the seabosrd Air Lint
between Cheraw and Camden, s. q, has
reached such a point that in a letter
70 tho Manufacturers Record Mr.. f.
st. John, vice president Of the scaboard
hopes 10 have it ready for service be-
fore January next. Already contracts
nave been let for construction and for
the material needed. 1t will be about
fifty miles In length and form very
Important link In shortening the main
line OF the Sea board between the North
and Florldn.
A report from Jacksonville, Fla, is
TO the effect That the syndicate con-
ironing the Seaboard Air Line and the
FLORIDA Central an9 Peninsula'r rail-
road mas purchased or leased the At
lantlc. Suwannee River and Gulf rail-
road. This line connects with the Flor
Ida Central and Pcninsular at Jackson
Hiiie. and extends from Stnrke, Fla. to
the SuHannec river, q distance of flfty-
five miles. 1t has q close connection
with the Florida Central and PENN
suiar by which it reaches Jacksonville.
Work uDon the terminal improve
. ments OF the Chesa peulee and Ohio rail
ROAD at Newport News Is now being
pushed as rapidly as possible. They
lnciudc the new elevator to hold ,00o-
additions TO the other wharves which
have been MANNED. Material for tho
elevator is now on the spot, and several
hundred men have been given employ,
ment.
The noted vestibule train on the Nor
folk and Western, known as the Can
non Bali, has como out with new equip
menis that make 1T one of the finest
passenger express trains in America.
The cars are entirely new and their
furnishings and all equipments likewise
Ihis train runs solid between Norfolk
and Richmond
Mr.. j. Mon. johnson. a. lawyer OF
Aberdeen, n. c., representing the bond
brokers (of Boston) OF the Fayetteville
and Albemarle railroad, is in 'Fnyette-
Vile, N. c., for the purpose of making
all estimate OF the tonnage In freight
in and out of Fayetteville. each year,
by mercha nts and factories. Eight miles
OF this road have already been graded
and four miles OF ties have been laid.
1t is to be q feeder to the great Sea-
board Air Line system, tapping it near
Southern Pines.
Mr.. Johnson told an Observer repor-
ter Friday that he thought it more
than likely that the Fayetteville and
Albemarlc railroad would be running
into Fayetteville before n great while.
a dispatch from Crisheld, Md. is to
the effect that the Baltimore, Chcsa-
peake and Atlantic Railway Company
mas decided to erect pier. also pas
Senger station, at Crislield which will
be utilized for transferring passengers
and cargo from a steamboat line to be
operated between points in Tidcwater
Virginia and Crislield. The terminals
VIII be built by the Pennsylvania rail-
road, OF which the Baltimore. Chesa-
peake and Atlantic is now a branch.
The yellow Poplar Lumber Company,
of Ohio, is estimating the cost OF build-
Ing railroad from its coal and lum-
Der lands in Buchanan county, Virginia
to luchlands, a Station In TazeweIl
county, Nirginin, on the Clinch Valley
extension of the Norfolk and Western
railway.
The Virginia and Southwestern Rail-
way Company will build new depots at
Bristol, Clinchport and Big Stone Gan.
The first shipment of coke to the Bris.
tol, furnace arrived to-day over this
road.
The latest compilation made by the
Railway Age shows that for the nine
months Of the present year ending Sep
TENDER aoth. 200 miles of track have
been laid. It is noticeable that the
South has constructed far more in pro-
portion than the ether parts of the
country. According TO the calculation
referred to, Florida has constructed
102 miles; Alabama and mississippi. 100
miles each; Louisiana, 1928 miles. while
Arkansas heads the list with o43 miles.
This is thirty-one miles more than any
other State in the Union. In the South
west alone 655 miles have been built,
or nearly 25 per cent. OF the total. This
IS an indication of the development in
the states along the Gulf bordering on
the Mississippi river. Industrial inter-
ests, agriculture and business generally
& are making such progress that the con-
struction of transportation lines is alb
solutely necessary, and the extensive
mileage which has been recently built
s 1s not due to any extraordinary cause
but to the natural growth of the terri
tory in business and population.
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