The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-17
/ lIE:ST NEWS OF
THE RAILROADS
Iron Shippers Want a Reduced lar'ft
Adopted.
WORK ON The NEW DEPOT.
Sa,,,crn Capital Seeking investments
Along the Southern Ka''"as'
Other TIE u $ OF
Interest.
WORK ON THE NEW DEPOT

r i-o, manufacturers. and siippei
nc. ne noIIntrv want the railroads OIL ,he
country to adopt lower tam Gan+ra,
sh;n,nt.nts and a meeting o. S,,,,n,b,,S
I,raight Association was neii d. ,,,,1tar
ntlo Yesterday to consider the nc ~.
Oo.o, als, stated that the general tIaiiic
ti.nation would come up for conS'uei 't''i
,,d discussion at this meetLls.a, ,d
potb ire Chesapeake and ono ~
>ascai,. and western Railways were re-
.'nn.a,,tad at this conference, the loi NJ
~, General Fright Agent +. y. ,os,,t
kiss and Assistant General freisil
j. T. Orndorit rate claim
+tat the recent reduction in the priee -
;r.,n has made the. present tarii on nc
ao,,,,,odit, an excessive one. II Is pio
abla thai some concessions Will ne lnaoe
CAPITAL FOR THE SOUTH
The following appeared in the E En- =
6ynosit;on Edition OF the Ne" io'>
Times, July oath: c,n.
Another lady, an appointee % .'.e Sr
oissiorer-General. has secured the p'oii' .
~ turo Northern capitalists to hives.
IN tho ricn timber lands along the iou.s
If rho southern Railway The me ra, la
or+istic disnlay of native WOODS III 'n1
a,ne, TO the Forestry Building, toS
with the lady's knowledge OF tiie piai ~
lions in Virginia, North Carolha' t 800
harnS and Arkansas, navy
this large prospective sa.e. r1,o.r
rb, contractors for the new union SC
.;on for ,he G. and o. and S. ~ l.. 'a az
n..ye state that about two-tn-rds VI ~
| work of the foundation wall IS no" colil.
Melted The east ard north walls "ie -
finished IN to the ground tloor, d 49, 49,
of o5 feet from thu base or the io'ti'us ~, .
which is II # below levei OF the sttee 49, -
nlpted and tuc
vest wall will soon be under way. nc
, two interior walls on tho e.'-'I
two-thirds completed.
This foundation wall is q homogeneous
wal; made of concrete and crushed stoi,e
no1red between temporary retaining "ooo-
on walls and thus moulded into the ie-
CURED thickness and direction.
This portion Of the work VIII % co'lips :
tod about September 18TH when the "aHs
nronor will he built on these sold foun-
sations and the building in all is coInpe.
ted beauty will soon be a feature OF that
section OF the city.
Kentucky blue stone will be used on 'll1 ne
first floor above the foundation and VIA
be 10 1-3 IT. high up to the track fiooT OF
main floor Of the depot. Above th.s el,e
building VIII be competed il DUH -co'-
ored pressed glazed brick.
The building and train sheds III the rear
WIN extend from Main Street TO the llhe
Of Grace Street and will probably be in use
next winter.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Five specials. composed Of eight cars
each. left Cincinnati, Louisville and Lex
;ngton for Atlantic City yesterday 1hes
are run Via Washington over the C!aSa-
peake and Ohio and Pennsylvania INES
4 special run in two sections carried liie
! 1,icbn,on3 C,onfect;oners on their outing TO
re,ckroa Beach Yesterday morning. There
were about 1000 people carried
Mr. 7. s. Hartsell, soliciting agent OF the
| Atlantic Cast Line, Tarboro. IN C., IS al
! tho local offices Of the Coast Line