The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-23
LATEST NEWS OF
TEHE RAILROADS.
Rapid Progress Made on the New
Chesapeake and Ohio Branch.
MORE LOCOMOTIVES ORDERED.
Contracts For Powerful Engines
Placcd-Thc Coast Lines Ex-
tension-othcr. Items
of Interest.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
nany is getting along b7,avely with its new
West Virginia road from Ronceyerte to
Durhin in Pocahontas county. The road
follows the GreenoTier River and is about
one hundred miles in length. AT Durbin it
wall connect With the West Virginia Coal
and aron Railway, and through that will
get connection at PEttsourg. The grad
ang of the road is practically completed
and the track is laid more than half way.
Tho road is butt in a most substantial!
manner and is-saad to be one of ehe best
pieces of new road in tine South. passes
through an exceedingly wild country and
taps dense forests of virgin timber Work
viii probably be suspended during the
: winter. but will be resumed in rhe spring.
and long before this time next year the
road will have been completed.
MORE LOCOMOTIVES.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has
Just placed orders for four new passenger
engines. The orders We're placed with the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, OF Phiiadel-
phia and the Schenectady Locomotive Works
of Schenectady, n. Y. The latter works Sc
cured the contract for three eight-wheel-
erS, similar TO some of the engines now in
use on the c. & O. The drivers will be
seventy-two inches in diameter, and the
cylinders viii be 2ox26 Tue total weight
OF hs engine IN working order VIII be
about 13S.oGo pounds.
The Baldwin Company win build for the
c. & 0. another of the big ten-wheelers,
similar to those now in use for mountain
climbing. The cylinders will be 22X2S inches,
and the drivers six feet in diameter.
The engine alone is about 1l0,e0o pounds.
and in working order with the tender is
about 2SI, 900.
All of the engines viii be delivered soon
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WRECK INVESTIGATION.
A preliminary investigation of the
wreck on the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad, which occurred
near Acca Saturday night, WAS held in
the offices of the r., f. and p. yesterday.
The investigation was conducted by
Mr.. 3. H. Wright. superintendent of the
r., T. and P, and the members Of the
crews Of both trains were examined. One
of the most important facts developed was
that q speed of not mora than ten miles
an hour was being maintained at the
,tine Of the wreck
Capt H 3. Fitzhush, conductor of
train No 50, is not seriously injured as
I was first thought. and was present.
The damage TO the engines and cars is
also lighter than was at first reported.
No steps were taken as to the placing
of the blame and nothing further will be
Done until the return Of Major Z. I. D.
Myers TO the city
BRYAN TRAIN
The Chesapeake and Ohio is handling
The special Bryan train from Huntington
to washington The private Pullman
Rambler containing Mr. William j.
BRYAN and his party, was delivered TO
the Chesapeake and Ohio by the Ohio
River Railroad at Huntington Sunday. ana
the tour logan Yesterday morning at 10
o'clock, when the party left Huntington,
and ten minute stops We're made at St-
Adams, Charleston BrownstoWn, mont
geometry ana Thu1mond- The party reached
Hinton at O'Clock yesterday afternoon
and Wa sh.ngton this morning.
VISITING OLD SCENES
Captain r. D. Wade, formerly Superin-
tendent of Motive Power OF the South
crn Railway is visiting Richmond and
old scenes Captain Wade was for many
years connected with the Southern, but
since his retirement from active faii-
road work has been enjoying the lie OIL
a fruit-grower in Southern California.
Captain Wade has many friends in old
Virginia.
EXTENSION COMPLETED.
The Atlantic Coast Line extension
from Sumter to Camden, s. c.. has
been completed and is now open for
business The extension is thirty miles
in length and gives the Coast Line a
short route to Camden and n correspond
ing advantage to the S. c. and G. extern
sion.
sEABoA!RD CARS
The Seaboard Air Line for the past sew
erai weeks has been receiving at Richmond
,.onsignrnents OF cars from the Baltimore
Car Works The cars are part Of the CON
tract recently placed for gondolas and are
sent here for inspection and then distrl-
ttted along the system.
c. & O. MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
COMPANY will be held at the general Of
noes of the cornoarw to-day A
meeting of the Board of Directors VIII
be held in New York on Friday