The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-19

Wow, sseG ass 900. an increase Of s3S, $685. 123
The gross earnings per mile OF nne ope-
rated were s7005. an increase OF S2'o over
these for the preceding year.
The 2049 railroads owned or controieu
PC 7e2 locomotives on the last day OF the
year to which the report relates ot TINS
number 1884 were classed as passenger,
% rs as freight, and $50 as switch, "illle
col were not CLASSIFIED
The total number of cars was l,o''''io'
an increase of 1912 over the precealhs
wear. OF this number ESQ were assigned
to the passenger service, 1,29o,5io to 1relsht,
and 4S 93S to the direct service of the rail-
WAYS. Cars owned by individuals and cor
rorations other than the railroad com
Danies are not included in the above.
The amount Of railway capital outstand-
ing on June 90. 1859, was 81 ,o33,9 o4,S9s. an
average OF s6O,55G per mile of line
The number Of employees at the close
of the fiscal year Of 1899 was reported as
cog g24 AN average OF 437 enp!oSe pei
100 miles Of line. This represents totai
increase of s.. 33G employees. or q per lVo
miles of line, over the figures of the pre-
ceding year.
The total number of casualties to per-
sons on account of railway accidents was
s., 74s. the number killed having been I.l33.
injured 4462O. OF the killed $50 and OF the
injured 3.442 Were passengers In olher
words, the NUMBER Oh ItiSSSiSSiS Nr'iA-
being 523. 1868. an average OF only one
passenger out of every 151.9aS was injured
and only one out every 2. co was Killed.
AN OLD LANDMARK
PERHAPS every city and town IN the
United States has at least one man VINO,
during his sojouTn in Washington, mas
slept at the famous Wizards Hotel, whose
walls are at present on a Level with the
ground
The foundation of this famous old houss',
which was known as the City Hotel, was
built about the latter part of the eigh-
-teenth, or the early part of the nineteenth
century While there are no records TO
show at just what time this historic
structure was built it is a wel-KnoWn
fact that it was standing in 1914. when
the British invaded Washington and
the British officers awaited themselves OF
its hospitality while thsdr troops pillaged
and burned the city.
The hotel at that time was large
three-story frame structure, With gapie
roof. 1t was one of the relay stations
of the stage line running between Baln-
more and the Southern States. and at the
time had a large courtyard to the north
and west of the hotel, into which the
stages were driven and halted while new
horses We're being substituted for those
which had carried the stage from the pre-
ceiling relay station. North of the hotel,
on the ground now occupied by that por-
ton of the structure facing f Street, was
a truck garden. in which We're raised the
vegetables for the use of the hotel.
Among the many relics recently un-
earthed by the worknen employed Ill tear
ing down the hotel were the walls of the
old we'll which stood in the courtyard OF
the hotel. This we'll had the reputation
CT producing the finest water in the city
of Washington. and tradition has lit that
the we'll was frequented by servants OF
the President during the dry season, who
were sent with buckets to carry water
for the Presidents use.
Until recently, when the old foundation
of the hotel torn down. some trace
of the original building was left AS the
capital grew in Importance tha demand for
better and more commodious hotel quar-
ters grew also. and. accordingly, the OLD
frame structure was moved from -Four
tee1lth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
to Fourteenth and + streets. For a time
it was used as the annex for a new brick
structure which had been erected, but
later on it became the parsonage OF the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
whose congregation at that time worship
ped in what was Wizards Hall. a struc-
ture recently torn down to make room for
a portion of the $3.000.00O marble
hotel.
AR0nr on pPFSIDENTS