The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-09
no OUT .EITIS
FOR EAB0ARD'
Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania
Connections,
PRESIDENT WILLIAMS PLANS
The Building OF The Richmond ana ana
washington air Line Will inau-
Euratc New Ezra in itch
anond's History.

.It is the Intention OF the Seaooard AR
Line to inaugnrate new e'd AZ ~
history OF Richmond and of this section
OF Virginia. said Nr. John Skeihol W.
liams, president of the Scaboard. II Is
the attention Of the Scaboa!d -air-l-sns
In hiring Richmond into direct connection
( srith the Baltimore and Ohio system,
thing that she has never enjoyed. IRE
idea and plan OF the Scaboard. or. more
specifically, the building OF the Rich
1nond and Washington AIRLINE VIII
mark nm era in Richmond's and in Vir-
giniats history"
10 TAP TWO SYSTEMS.
1t is the intention of the Seapoafc,
president Williams explained, 10 oulio am.
operate ats own line between hachuoii"
and the Potomac. The Seaboard VII Sc
cure outlets, north, cast ana "esi' pt
means Of the Pennsylvania INES d. d.
tho Baltimore and ONO system. i"e
PENNSYLVANIA will be tapped al lsuahtiSo,
or at some point between Qisii,ieo aiio
I, WA sl,;ngton The Seaboard will, in using
This connection, cross the Potomac on
the Pennsylvania tracks. and thus S;-il
entrance 10 Washington.
The other plan proposed Is 10 connec.
with the Baltimore and ONO. Inns io''u
has two lines into Washington one ~
the north and the other 10 The South. 1as
vet 1t Is undetermined which oil lhe lines
VIII be used in making the cohiiect'oi,,
Arrangements already exist y! With
tho Potomac can be bridged, and 'hereoy
give the Baltimore and Ohio through
line south, and the SeaDoaia Il 'iAA"1st
line north and west
COMPETITION LIFE OF TRADE.
4.I,he asichmond and Washington Ar
line railway proposes NO run 1hlous"
the counties of l1eurico. Hanover. caro-
line. Spotsylvania, Stafford. france WIZ
lY:.rr1 FAIRFAX and Alexandria, ana lae
cities of Richmond. Fredericksburg ano
a alexandria. and said Mr. Williams.
..,bt. takes which this road Will pay 10
fha cities and counties through winch
IL viii pass will probably amount 10
from ten to twenty thousand doiiars per
s nn1lt,rn in addition 10 the taxes when
it pays the State,
..Jnder ordinary circumstances. such
an enp,ication as we ask for would be
Granted without hesitation by the Legis-
ture Of Virginia: the only reason mat
this charter is not promptly granted is
that the State of Virginia herself IS IN
fercstel in the Richmond, Fredcricks-
burg and Potomac railroad. But com
petition Is good, and parable! case
may be found IN Inc Western hiio -
5Iautic and the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railways The former IS
owned entirely by the State of Georgia,
but in 1884, when charter for the East
Tennessee Virginia and Georgia was ask
ed for. by which 1t could open up paral-
lel line between ATLANTA and Chatta-
7looca, II was granted Future years
have demonstrated the wisdom OF this
course Not only has Georgia rroi1ted
enormously by the competition. but new
business was developed 10 such an extent
tlrat The average gross earnings OF the
Western and Atlantic road for the eight
years following the opening OF the conn
petinr line showed an actual increase
oyer the earnings for. the preceding eight
years, and the last annual report of the
railroad commission Of Georgia shows
the net earnings of the road for the past
fiscal year to he about fifty per cent
more than the average earnings for Tho
eight years prior 10 the competition.