Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-03
RAILROAD NOTES.
A MEETING or THE RICHMOND AND
TIpEwATEa STOCKHOLDERS.
TIE T. &P.'S BRIGHTER PROSPECTS.
II 10 Hoped That II VIII soon besi"
Doing Better-A Richmond fir"
s.cure. nm Atlanta Contract-New
Engines.

There viii be a meeting OF the stock
hcidcrs OF the Richmond and Tidewater
railroad al the Office OF Mr. Miles VI.
Martin. in this city, at noon next Thurs
day. al which time permanent oreani
cation will be effected
AT meeting Of the stockholders In Mr.
Martins ONCE yesterday a temporary or
sanization was effected. and the meeting
for next Thursday was decided upon.
Colonel c. z. 4. Burgwyn, Of this city
the engineer engaged to make the pre-
IIininary survey OF the road. will have
corps IN the field in a few days The
work Will not require great deal OF
time
The prospect Of the construction OF THIS
road al an carly date has caused great
deal OF qualification in this city and in
the counties through which II is TO run
~ deep water IL will give the latter
easy communication with Richmond mar
kets. and Richmond houses viii have a
new and valuable territory.
Colonel r. NJ. X. Talcott the recently
appointed receiver of the Farmvllc and
Powhatan railroad, stated yesterday that
h. hoped to see the business Of the road
Improve materially within the next rev
months. The output Of coal at the WIN
terpock mines, in Chesterfield. Will be
largely increased. II is stated that new
mine there will be shipping a hundred
carloads Of coal by the first OF the year.
1t will all be hauled by the FarmvilIe
and Powhatan Colonel TalcOtt went 10
Chester yesterday TO inspect the com
pany's shops there. lie and certain OIL
cials OF the road will make an Inspection
Of the road-bed in few days.
The contract for the construction Of
Atlanta Bedtime. Of the Atlantic ana
West Point Railway Company has been
awarded to A. and c. Wright q Co., of
this city The work will be very heavy.
Il will include five and half miles or
main track and one and half miles OF
siding The Messrs. Wright contract to
have the work completed In six months.
il Will cost about $1,000. Mr. II. II.
George Jr., Of the firm. has just returned
from Atlanta, where he was looking al
Ter the work.
Tho two ten-wheel passenger engines
for the Chesapeake and Ohio have ar
rived at Charlottesville. and will be given
their trial trips at once. If satisfactory
the engines will be put in service be-
tween Charlottesville and Clifton Forge.
They are numbered ia and lij
The Richmond LoComOtive-Works Is
building several locomotives for the Chess
apeake and Ohio. Several have been re-
Gently delivered.
MIR. w. S. Morris superintendent of
motive power Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio. is the author of the suggestion
which caused the company TO be repre-
scented in the big parade Wednesday by
q gondola loaded with coal. Mr.. Morris
had seen this in a Cincinnati parade Once,
where II made as great hit as II did
Wednesday.
The Chesapeake and Ohio shops at
Huntington have recently turned out
palace horse-car to be used for trans
porting fine horses. 1t has every appoint
ment needed to make che aristocratic
equine traveller comfortable.
The common stock Of the Big Four rail
way has gone beyond sixty, and 1t IS pre-
dicted that it will go to seventy before