Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-26
RAILWAY NOTES.
Norfolk & Western Order for Cars
Has Been Withdrawn.
Local Lines Carry Out Quantities of
bananas C. & o. and It's Mountain
Speclal-Collis r. Huntington Expected
soon-New Norfolk s. Western Train
Monday.

The c. & o. railway yesterday shipped
six car loads OF bananas to Western
cities. These came in yesterday In the
fruit steamer Habil, of the Norfolk and
West India Fruit and Steamship Com
pany. The Southern and N. Y, p. G.
N. also secured several carloads for
points along their lines.
MT. w. B. Johnson, private secretary
Of the Big Four railroad. and Mr.. L. F.
Sullivan, comptroller OF the C. & o. rail-
road at Richmond. reached Newport
News Thursday on the C. & o. steamer
Appomattox from London, where they
have been spending a month.
1t Is stated on good authority that
the Richmond Traction Company han
died, Independent of the horse-car line
running up Broad street. about 800 900
during carnival week. This represents
$4,000 dollars.
Mr.. c. P. Huntington left San Fran
cisco yesterday morning for the East
after an extended stay on the coast.
Mr.. huntington Is expected in New York
the latter part Of next week.
On the lfuh day OF June the G. & O.
railway Will put on another train.
which VIII be known as the Mountain
Special, leaving here in the morning.
This train will leave Newport News at
$50 o'clock every morning, and after
leaving Richmond will make no stop
until Gordonsville IS reached The
steamer In connection with this train
VIII leave Norfolk at $3.50 a. IN. A new
feature in summer business will be a
"a h.
put into the train about noon at Cor
louisville. and will run through to
Rouceverte. There will also be a chair
car.
Mr.. L. F. Sullivan, comptroller of
the c. & 0. railway. and Mr. N. r.
Johnson, secretary to Mr.. ingalls,. of the
etiia-faf iwse,-wcre ciStiug utyiIvr,
passengers on board the Appomattox
which came in yesterday morning from
| London.
The Atlantic and North Carolina rail
road officials are having the route sur
| veyed between LAGRANGE and Snow
Hill. N. c., and contemplate building a
railroad between these two points in
the near future, says the LAGRANGE
| Sentinel.
The Norfolk and Westerns new train.
ocean Shore Limited" leaving at 9:25
a. m. for Richmond. will commence
regularly on the 2Sth. Monday. Other
changes take effect on the 9th. All
| schedules in another column
President Fink of the Norfolk and
| Western, referring to the conditions af
| fecting railroad operations, states that
| he had recently countermanded orders
| for 500 new cars because of the high
| prices of materials.
II found" Mr.. Fink said that the
cost of practically all the materials
needed in the construction of the cars
| was about double the price of year
| ago. Under the circumstances 1 con-
sidered it better to withhold the orders
| that were in contemplation in the be-
lief that may be able to build the cars
| later on much more favorable terms.
THE Norfolk and Western. some
| time ago" he added. practically re-
and under the present conditions gov
erning the movement of that tonnage
and the rates obtainable, we do not
care to carry much of it. The tonnage
moving over the Norfolk and Western
requires the use of every car that can
be obtained. and the new rolling stock
as received. is immedia tely put into pro-
| fitable use"
| Many of the iron furnaces on the
| Norfolk and Western were late in going
| into operation. having been idle for
many years, and there are still some
| preparing to start UP. All are busy
and expect to run at their full capacity
| indefinitely.
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