Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-13
IN NEWPORT NEWS.
PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE
THERE TO RECEIVE VISITORS.
The RAILROAD MEMS CONVENTION.
Their Meetings to Take Place mt Old
Point-somc Details Thereof-Ship-
mcnt Of Richmond Locomotives to

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. June 12-Cspe-
cial)-Delegates to the two great railway
conventions which will meet at Old Point
Comfort in the next ten days have COM
menced to arrive. The majority Of the
delegates who are now at Old Point, and
those who will get in tonight and to-
morrow. are members of the National
Association Of Master Car-Buiders, which
will open its convention Wednesday morn
ing. The delegates to the National Assoc
citation Of Master Mechanics Convention,
which opens next Monday. will put in an
appearance during the week. Most Of
them will be quartered In the Chamber
lin and Hygeia hotels at Old Point, but
some will be here and others in Norfolk
II is expected that the mass Of the dele
gates will pass through this city to-mor-
row over the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road.
The large special train Of the Railway
Age. the official railway organ. will arrive
tomorrow morning after the regular pas
senger train from Richmond. The Age
will print a daily paper on the cars. The
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad continues
to handle new and special cars embody-
ing the latest ideas i'm construction, which
will be in the great exhibit at the POINT.
Large quantities OF SPECIAL machinery pat
ented for car use has been sent down for
this exhibit. IL is expected that large
crowds of people from the neghborinS
cities will visit Old Point during the con-
yentions for the purpose of inspecting the
wonders in the way Of car-constrhctlon'
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for these conventions, as wei
as Of the convention TO meet in Norfolk
to-morrow-that of the National Assocla-
ton Of Local Freight Agents-have ar
ranged to have the delegates spend half
a dav i'm Newport News before leaving.
ON Thursday Of this week the delegates
to the Local Freight Agents Convention
will come over from Norfolk TO the num-
Der OF 80 on a special steamer rendered
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Company.
They will visit the ship-yard aud the
Chesapeake and Ohio terminals, and at
noon will take a special train of parlor
cars over the Chesapeake and Ohio for
Old Point, where they will take dinner at
the Chamberlin. The car-builders are eN-
pected here Friday, and the master me
chanics will probably come next Wednes-
day.
POLICE COMMISSIONER.
Mayor Moss to-day received a letter
from Secretary G. W. Reynolds, OF tho
Democratic city Executive Committee,
stating that the committee had endorsed
| the candidacy Of Mr.. VI. Y. -. Doughty
for reappointment on the Board of Police
Commissioners, and urging the Mayor to
select him for the place for three more
years. the term Of police commissioner.
! The Mayor stated to-day that he would
positively not give out the name OF his
appOintee until July LIST, when the new
man is expected to enter upon his duties.
He will have to be confirmed by the COun-
ell however
The grand jury of the Corporation
Court to-day indicted Frank Mallicot for
feloniously stabbng Francis Burke Sat
urday night. The man was jumped on
and beat by five young men, of whom Nal
lcot was one.
RICHMOND LOCOMOTIVES.
The British steamship Alexandra went
up to the ship-yard last evening. and this
morning commenced 70 load the parts OF
| engines shipped here by the Richmond
iocomotive-W Works for the Government
Of Sweden. The United States Shipping
Company, which is handling the locpmo
tiycs, has awarded the contract TO load
them 10 Mr. l.. =. Stearpes. formerly Col
| lectOr Of Customs. Mr.. Stearnes made
arrangements with the shlp-yard and is
using the big crane there. The first con
signment OF ten engines received here
consists Of thirty-two carloads of ma
chinery carefully packed Some Of the
boxes weigh as much as sixteen tons
To-day six carloads were loaded and to-
morrow ten will be sent in. There will
be twenty locomotives in the consign-
| ment. No advices have been received
about the arrival Of the other ten 10 come
but il is stated authortatively that they
will be here in time TO go on the Alex
| andra, which was chartered especially
to take the locomotives. She will land
them at Copenhagen, and from there they
will be sent into Sweden 10 Gutenberg
An effort will be made 10 get the Alex
andra away next Sunday.
1t IS understood that the officials Qf the
| Chesapeake aud Ohio railroad are CON
sidering a plan 10 have electricity as the
! only power i'm the new elevator now
building The Westinghouse and Genera
Electrical companies will be asked tC
submit bids for furnishing the plant.