Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-07
WITH THE RAILROADS
Large Party of Baltimore School
Girls En- Route to Norfolk.
Moro Talk About a. c. LIS Absorption of
II. F. 6 r. Annual Eeetins of Claim
Agents Called : Estimated Earnings :
Hero and There.

Il do not know anything of the re-
ported consolidation of the Atlantic
Coast Line and the RICHMOND Freder-
icksburg and Potomac railways" said
Major e. T. D. Myers, president OF the
latter company, to Il Richmond Dis
patch writer, Thursday night.
Il have read Of it with great inter
est" continued Major Myers, in his
quiet way, but l know nothing of it.
President Walters and General Mana
ger Henley, of the Atlantic Coast Line
were here yesterday So was President
Warren G. Elliott. of the Wilmington
ana Weldon railroad. part of the
Coast-Line system. We never men,
toned the subject of consolidation"
Traffic Manager Warren ?. Taylor
of the Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac. as secretary of the Freight
Claim Association, has issued call for
the annual meeting to be held at the
Southern Hotel, ST. Louis. May I'd and
Sd. There are 205 transportation COM
panieS represented in the association,
which meets to formulate plans for the
settlement of freight claims. All the
railroads in this country are represent
ed. Mr.. j. T.. Orndorf, assistant gen
eral freight agent of the Chesapeake
company.
A large party of cXcursionists from
the Woman's College and Girls Latin
High School. OF Baltimore, reached
Richmond yesterday morning over the
Southern. coming to West Point via the
York River Line. They stopped at the
Lexington. The party will remain
there until Saturday night or Monday,
and will then come to Norfolk
Travel over the Richmond, Freder-
icksburg and Potomac and Atlantic
Coast Line is now extremely heavy.
Four sections of the Florida and West
Indian Limited will pass through this
morning. Each section will be COM
posed of from ten to fourteen cars
Three sections are from Jacksonville
and one was made UP at Thomasville,
Ga
Between March 1st and 2Sth. 23.11c
tons Of coal were shipped from New
port News. going to Bermuda, Vera
cruz. Rio Janeiro, Montevideo, Colon,
barcelona. Alexandria, Fayal and Mar.
settles. The Chesapeake and Ohio. OF
course. delivered 1t all at the wharf
and it all came from West Virginia
mines.
The estimated gross earnings of the
Norfolk and Western railway arc: For
fourth week of March 1900 s416.ll6.
Increase. SS3,4S1. Total for month
81. 1861 42; increase. s21O,SSs. From july
lst to latest date. lo,363,317 increase
S1,733,01O.
Contracts are to be given out imme-
dlateiy. 1t is announced, for the union
Depot to be built in Richmond by the
Chesapeake and Ohio Company and
the Seaboard Air Line.
Taylor T. Harrison. formerly Of Rich
mond. has resigned his position at the
chesapeake and Ohio terminals to ac-
cept the SUPPLEMENTARY of the South
ern railways bragg system at Primers
Point.
MIR. RYAN AGAIN DEFEATED.
Baltimore, April 6.-The MARYLAND
Court of Appeals has confirmed the de-
cision of the lower court in the pro-
ceedings Instituted by Thomas +. RYAN
OF New York, against Louis NIcI,ane
and others, composing the COMMITTEES
with which a majority of the stock or
the Seaboard Air Line was pooled.
Mr.. Ryan purchased certificates rep