Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
y, G. WIS NEW LINE.
LEVIED IT PROPOSES TO SECURE
ENTRANCE TO CINCINNATI.
FREIGHT OFFICE TO REMAIN HERE.
,~o,nd for the Rumor That the
~ A o. would Move This Depart
cram Ucrc-B. Il q. 10 New
>cws-Southcrn's New Link.

.r, Ncws-southcrn's New Link.
-,.,...- that the Norfolk and West
,.. ,sased. or a5out purchased,
...-i. Portsmouth and Virginia
..f despite the halfway denial OF
..... F.s. Of the former road. has
< Of furry Ia the RAN
r... voa-
-.. ,rcr, 90 such purchase would be |
e.. .a. Norfolk end Western en-
..... .... Da.!anou. and 70 make it a |
l.ype...- ra the Chesapeake and Ohio
- business .om the Ohio Valley me
,-e2oi.s 10 cs.F water.
The Cincinnati. Portsmouth and Vir- |
CHA has heretofore connected very close |
with sac Baltimore and Ohio
s.lWcs.c-u at Cincinnati. j IS likely |
Sab srraaSements Will be continued by !
Oh. NosfoA and Western so that in adj !
lr 90 gaining entrance TO Cincinnati. |
81. Norfolk and Western would also get
lilo 81. Louis and the great Middle West
B., means OF the proposed purchase. The
Ca.1aau, Portsmouth ard Virginia ex-
mlas from Cincinnati TO sciotovlne, o..
O.. ,le line of the Norfolk and West
t th.rty-four miles west of Kenoya.
p. anc : liz miles in length. The fact
ft 30 is i-Si2 gauge, while that Of the
N.r,ok and Western is 49,, makes it !
Almost certain that the gauge VIII be
lsht up TO the standard.
s. prominent railroad man stated yes
ts.day that he felt certain the coDstruc- /
non OF a Baltimore and Ohio branch /
from Washington, or some point near
that city. 10 Newport News was mat
Ter Of only comparatively short TIME,
The semi-authoritatiVc statement 10 the
effect that there are 10 be two aDattolrs
erected at Newport News lends most vivid |
d, .OrIng to the rumor II Is not Hkely
cit q rival OF the Armcurs viii under
,.t 90 establish anything OF the sort
,.ss there bee prospect OF another road.
.s said that an abattoir company man
f..mtut IS always very close TO the man
cement Of the road that brings it the
~. stock The fact that one abattoir
8. -o pc built at Newport News also
makes DO very probable that the Baltimore
... O.io or some east and west trunk
On. besides the Chesapeake and Ohio is
.... terminus there. An abattoir is
r.. establishment. and VIII not, if
,..... depend FOR existence upon one
.. supply. 4 Well-kuoWn railroad
,..,r..for who was in this city a few
l...... stated TO a newspaper man that
,- railway builders of the country were
n...ure work on the Baltimore and
a.. l.e 90 begin within a year. and
wei, .ukng out for contracts.
~fs Suthern's announcement of iuten-
t..tll l. on "a line of steamers between
N-sE and Liverpool, following close
,.- %. announcement that the North
or.. Do Transport Company was about
......-h lines between Newport News
Oil. H.u.rIam, Hamburg, and Liverpool,
dictates that the business Of railroad
Line. ru Norfolk and Newport News is
r.r..s1e rapidly.
e..., all the Southerns business
TON N- X abroad has been done Ia
ta,- ,r.mers. The Southern is going
tr.t . -ree steamers month each
3d., lr-. September 18th. The expert
Es.t r he continued until March 10TH
Es --tll. the line will be permanently
es.-sl.
-m9r that the general freight Off
csl.-le Chesapeake and Ohio were TO be
1-sI from Richmond 10 Cincinnati
rs founded.
ur E -. Hotchkiss. general freight
l-.-, " the Chesapeake and Ohio in this
.y yesterday received the following tel
,..---:
Cincinnati, o., May 90 1899.
'.r Z. d. Hotchkiss. Richmond. Va:
Dispatches from Richmond in Gin
c---u papers stating probable removal
o. YOUR Offices here and consequent
C.a-es. Please see this is emphaticauy
denied. as there Is nothing of this kind
o.,tuplated. as you know.
II. NJ. whitaker,
Freight Traffic Manager"
W published only as rumor, the
Information upon which the publication
was based lent it coloring OF truth,
r.c-a ely good reason for the removal
w-s L.l al.4rent
I-. La d Commissioner of Virginia
D. Instituted suit against the Louisville
and ro 10 compel it to reduce
lt. - ..uber. logs, and other forest
I...., a the Cumberland Valley, in
L -a. Wise counties, 10 Norfolk and
Other points in Virginia. Attorney Gene
IL u l-asIe viii represent the State.
I1e southern has purchased the Caro-
ST., Midland. The road runs from Allen
D. $. c., on the Charleston and West
r Carolina railway, north. TO Seiyern.
i. IS seventy-two miles IN length The
.t does not tOucu llr ooAlltIu at any /
-rt but IL practically parallels the
ia Central and Peuinsuiar, the
s.Hern's Florida route, recently ac-
.rtl by the Scab0arJ. The DISTANCE
.m selyern 70 Columbia, the southern
Terminus OF the Southern. is about sixty
90 miles. II seems apparent that the
,-I.iu has bought The road with a
tF -, making of IL a link in line 10
-r..
"a, AID C.. W. WestDury, travelling pas
t.. asert Of the southern, with head
er here. has been quite III for sew
Cd. days. Tie is thought better now.
-- a. Harton. who was formerly
Dr.. WITH the Southern, but now repre-
SITS t.t company IN Baltimore, IS sup
. Captain Westbury's place.
l- Llward S. Simpson, Chesapeake and
s...rirtendent Of telegraph, and
- y j. Leonard. OF Gcncral-Manager
'u office have returned from the
.,'l9l Of the National Association Of
,ra,entclts of Railway Telegraph. at
'- stou, y. c.
.-, Jonn A. UpshuT for a long time in
-a pcakc and Ohio general freight
here bot since February, in charge
~ .-, roads freight business at Norfolk,
'ao city yesterday.
NEWS OF BARTON HEIGHTS.