The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-12
Twenty-Five New Locomotives for
Each of the Railways.
GREATER INCREASE IS RUM0RED
Seaboard Said to Have Negotiated FOR
More Rolling Stock, But Particu-
lars are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
dent Ingalls, is Pleased with
ImprOyements-ltc or
General Interest.


were awarded to the Richmond Locomo-
tive Works yesterday Twenty-Five were
awarded yesterday morning by the Ches-
apeake and Ohio. and last night Pres
ident John skelton williams Of Seaboard
Air Line announced that the Seaboard
had just closed negotiations with the
local works for twenty-five ten wheel
heavy freight locomotives. These en-
gines will be of the latest design and
! the cylinder dimensions will be - By %
and the drivers 60 inches in diameter.
! The engines will weigh about 10000
pounds and the tenders $1,000 Tho de-
livery will begin in April and the last
engine will be turned over TO the Sea
/ board by July 1st. This contract Will
mean tho expenditure Of about $4,000
| here.
IL was also rumored that contracts FOR
! twenty-five more engines had been
/ negotiated for, but particulars were
/ unobtainable.
| The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
pauy will also add twenty-five additional
| Class O.. g. consolidated locomotives 70
| it's equipment President NJ. T.. ingalls,,
! who was in Richmond yesterday, author
| lied General Manager G. W. Stevenes TO
! contract with the Richmond Locomotive
/ Works for these new eng ines.
The duplicates of ten of these loco
! motives are now on the road and fifteen
are in course of construction in the shops
of the Locomotive Works.
These engines are justly considered
about the most perfect heavy freight
| engines in the country, and were design
ed under the supervision Of Mr. w. ).
| Morris Superintendent of Motive Power
! of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail"ay.
! They weigh lS6. 400 pounds In working or
! der exclusive Of The tender.
The contract requires a delivery be-
| ginning next August. This order makes
o. total Of sixty-siX engines received at
the Locomotive Works within the past
week
! PRESIDENT INGALLS, RETURNS.
President NJ f. ingalls,. OF the Ches-
| apeake and Ohio Railway, returned 10 this
| city yesterday morning. after spending
| Sunday al Newport News. Mr. ingalls,
| accompanied by Mr. Stevens. left yester-
! day afternoon for Clifton Forge and the
| West
President ingalls, is I'm high spirits and
is greatly pleased with the condition of
the road and the progress Of the inn
| provements at the eastern terminus Of the
! Chesapeake and Ohio He Is much graf
flied with the progress Of the improve
| ments az this point. and when here Satur-
day inspected work along the river front
and the local shops.
Several conferences were held yesterday
| at the local offices. and matters concern
| ing the operating Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio were discussed.
WILL NOT AFFECT PLANS.
Mr.. Thomas r.. Ryan. one Of the stock
! holders objected 20 the consolidation of
! the seventeen railroads into the Seaboard
| Air Line system at the meeting al Raj
| eigh. Saturday last
This objection on the part Of Mr.. Ryan,
| however. will not prevent the consumma-
| tion Of the Seaboards plan OF consolda-
tion.
! President Williams said yesterday that
| the bringing OF the roads under one head
was steadily going on. "Of course said
/ Mr.. williams "this is a matter that can
not be- rushed but it is being perfected
and in good time The holdings OF the
obiecting party are only twO-tenths OF
one per- cent
RAILROAD NOTES.
Mr. Z. Ensign. manager Of the Ameri-
can Car and Foundry Company Of Hun
tindon. w Va, was visitor at the
| Chesapeake and Ohio offices to-day.
President Spencer. president Of the
Southern Railway Company says: The
total fixed charges of the Southern for
the entire lire. Columbia % Savannah.
including interest on cost Of property
purchased or built. and renewals for
trackage rights and terminals. Will be
S63.O 900 per aunum, which represents the
interest at per cent. on less than 5000
per mile OF road This makes the eXten-
sion a very cheap one and, beyond doubt
a profitable one
one OF the largest reservoirs ever con-
structed for railroad uses is to be buiit
by the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
Railroad for the purpose Of supplying
its engines and shops with water II
| will be located five miles southeast OF
| Galesburg, H., a division point on the
main line, l63 miles from Chicago. The
reservoir will be two and a half NILES
long. 800 feet wide and % feet deep and
will have a capacity OF ibm,gO gal-
long
The officials OF the Pittsburg, Besse-
mer and Lake Erie Railroad have let
the contract for the construction OF the
Monongahela Southern Railroad from a
point below the borough of Duquesne 70
Finleyvile. From this town line has
an surveyed running through Washing
ton county to the mouth OF Ten Mile
Run. a few miles above Webster, on the
Monongahela River. From Ten-Mile Run
the line runs along the MonongahelG
River 10 the mouth OF the Cheat River
At Point Marion. the mouth OF the Cheat
it connects with the Cheat River Rail-
road.
The Great Northern Is injecting young
blood into the management of its system
and the majority OF the new heads or
departmeuts one from the South and East
The Hooking Valley Railroad has
placed an order for six new passenger
locomotives TO be delivered In April
Representatives OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railway Company have been sum-
moned to appear before Railroad Com
missioner hin, AT his office. In this city
on December 18th, TO show cause why
their road not should connect with south,
ern railway trains at Suasbars aud