Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-13
RAILROAD NOTES.
Meeting in Richmond Of Virginia
Roads Passenger Men.
Separate Car Law Makes Trouble for Louis
vile and Nashville : Richmond's New
Union Depot Handsome Illustrated
Natter Florida Special Discontinued.

The passenger men of the Virginia
roads in the Associated Railways held
conference in the office of the assoca-
ton at Richmond Wednesday. The
meeting was for the purpose of consid-
ering summer excursion rates and 9TH
er matters of Kindred nature.
The officials present We're Mr.. W. B.
Bevill. general passenger agent of the
Norfolk and Western road; Col. w. A.
ger agent of the Southern railway; Mr..
II. NJ. Emerson, general passenger
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, and
Mr.. Ernest Williams, division passen-
ger agent OF the Atlantic Coast Line.
both of Wilmington, N. c., and MIR.
j. d. Potts. assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio.
SEPARATE CAR LAW.
The separate car law, which goes into
effect in Virginia July /. seems to have
gotten the Louisville and Nashville into
trouble. y dispatch from Louisville
announces that suit has been institu-
ted i'll that city by Winnie Smith (col-
oreD against the Louisville and Nash
willie for an alleged violation of the
colored coach law. The PLAINTIFF says
that April last she boarded one of the
defendants trains at Bardstown, being
first-class passenger. She says she
took a seat in the colored coach, and
that five or ten white men entered the
coach with string of fish. She says
that they smoked, drank whiskey, and
cursed, and that her protests were ig-
nored by the conductor and other en-
ployes.
RICHMOND'S UNION DEPOT.
Mr.. f. w. Scarborough, engineer of
bridges and signals of the Chesapeake
and Ohio, has returned from Philadel-
phia, where he has been to open the
bids of builders for the construction OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Sea-
board Air Line Station in Richmond
An award Will be made when the bids
shall have been examined by President
Stevens, of the Chesapeake and Ohio,
and President, Williams, of the Sea-
board Air Line.
NOTES.
The railroads are getting out some
handsome illustrated matter for the
benefit of teachers who desire to at
tend the National Educational Associa-
ton i'll Charleston i'll July. The rail
roads of the country have made q rate
OF one fare plus Il fixed sum. Passen-
ger men are counting on 10000 people
| having to be hauled.
| The Florida Special OF the Atlantic
Coast Line was discontinued Wednes-
day. The Florida travel has been enor-
nous this season. 1t was stated at
the office of the Atlantic Coast Line
that it was not yet possible to give
even approximate figures of the work
done, but that it had been very heavy.
The Chesapeake and Ohio has re-es-
tablished observation car service on the
f. +. V. trains between Hinton and
| Cincinnati.
The American Car Works, of Hun
tinEton. w. Va. will turn out fifty new
north and south rolling stock box cars
i'll the next two weeks. The Chcsa-
peake and Ohio will load them with
coke for Chicago.
The Richmond. Petersburg and Caro-
lima Railroad has completed its tracks
to Centralia, and is now at work about
300 yards from AIineola, the residence of
DR.. S. d. Drcwry.
The mother of Mr.. Garrett 3. Wall.
real estate agent of the Chesapeake and
Ohio, has died at her home, in Mays
Vile, Ken.
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