Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-08
RISE IN STEAM COAL.
IT COMES About THE TINE OF
INCREASED FREIGHT RATES.
A COLUMN CT RAILROAD NOTES,
Consolidation OF Raleigh and CASTOR
with the scaboard Air-Line-An
southcrn's Southwestern Limited.

An increase OF from 20 Is cents in the
price Of steam coal Of every quality is at
tracing the attention Of railroad men.
II was probably made for the purpose Of
meeting the recent general increase In
! freight rates inaugurated by the railroads
The Chesapeake and Ohio and the Nor
folk and Western are among the great
coal-carrying roads Of the United States
| So while these two Virginia roads are
roaping their fun share Of the immense
increase In freight business, they will also
have to pay more for their coal than
when business was not so good.
The Chesapeake and Ohio has now re-
ceived the last of the 1000 freight cars
ordered of the Pullman Company several
months ago. The lack OF cars Is still
very noticeable. Regarding the lack of
equipment from which all the roads In
the country are now suffering, railroad
man said yesterday that the lack or loco
motives was quite az general az the lack
of freight cars.
The consolidation Of the Raleigh and
CASTOR with the Seaboard Airline viii
be formally effected at a meeting OF the
| stockholders Of the former 10 be held az
| Raleigh on the 29th instant
Captain c. W. Westbury. travelling pas
senger egent Of the Southern, was nou-
fed Yesterday that official or private cars
cannot hereafter be attached TO the Wash
/ ington and Southwestern limited trains
| between Washington and Atlanta. a SIM
/ lar order has been Issued regarding the
| New York and Florida Limited and the
Cincinnati and Florida Limited
! Recent statements regarding the earn
ines of the Southern show very remark
! able increases. For the week ending &C
! tober 3lst the earnings were. For 1879
Sq87 OlS; for 1898, S797, Cog. Increase, $lS9'4O9
/ Tbis increase Is considered very
/ large. despite the fact that the earnings
/ for 1898. as quoted above. include sol sOe.Vz
! for passenger earnings from military
movement, and SSH for freight earnings
J from military movement. -four Weeks
/ ending October 81, 1899 SZ'@oMt $50
81. 5i3 sos. Increase S3S5,0J2. July !, lsss'
10 october 81. 1899. SlOSls O36; 1895, 1921 -
| 52S. Increase N096,50s
! The work of erecting the union depot
| Of the Seaboard Airline and the Chesa-
| pedke and ONO Will not DC sle"bS pu9"oN
| before spring. The foundation Will be IN
| readiness by the time the good weather
sets i'm, and the structure VIII 90 up
| rapidly
CAPTAIN Westbury was officially notified
Yesterday of the raising Of the quarantine
against all Mississippi Louisiana and
Texas points. and tickets will now be
sold to all stations in the previously in
fected sections
The Southern railway has just issued
IL very attractive booklet entitled Hunt
ing and Fishing IN the South" II IS a
book descriptive OF the best localities in
the South for various kinds Of game and
fish, written I'm a fresh and breezy style
and embelished with a number OF eX-
cell, ,hotogravures of hunting scenes in
the southern woods that make the mouth
Of tho sportsman 20 water. The book
also contains the game laws OF Virginia,
| Kentucky, the TWO Caroinas. Georgia,
| Alabama, and Tennessee. Mississippi has
no law for the protection Of game. -
| The Northeastern railway OF Georgia
! will henceforth be operated as the At
| lanta Division OF the Southern