The times., 1901-03-17
THE SBABOARD'S NEW DEAL
Plans for Observation-Disclosures
Line Abandoned.

| six Companies Arrange to- Use the
| Existing Railway Facilities be-
| tween the Two Cities-A Live stock
| Venture On the Part Of the =. :. l..
| NEW YORK. March 16.-The project Of
| the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
! and other interests to build new line of
! railroad between Richmond and Washing
| ton has been abandoned, and an arrange
ment has been made by which six differ
ent railroads will jointly own and use the
| existing railroad facilities between these
! two points.
The six companies that have combined
in this joint control of about one hundred
and twenty miles of railroad are the Penn
| sylvania. the Southern, the Chesapeake
| and Ohio. the Seaboard Air Line, the At
| lantc Coast Line. and the Richmond. Po-
tomac, and Fredericksburg Railroad Com
| pany.
The last named company owns the road
from Quantico TO Richmond, and the
Pennsylvania Railroad, besides controlling
the Richmond. Fredericksburg and PO-
tomac, owns the existing line from Wash
ington to Quantico The joint arrange
ment just perfected is a concession on the
part of the Pennsylvania road.
There is the best of authority for the
statement that the new issue of $1,000 90
of per cent gold bonds authorized by the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company has
been taken by Hailgareen * Co. and Yer
milye & Co. of this city. The particulars
of the transaction are promised early next
week.
1t was learned today that the Seaboard
Air Line is about to launch into scheme
which is more or less phlanthropic in
its nature-for the benefit of the chicken
and cattle raisers of the Southern States
through which its roads run. The com
pany Will go into the cattle and chicken
business with a view to improving those
businesses, and the Southern farmers will
be the beneficiaries of the scheme. The
plan, as outlined at present, is for the
company to own bulls and roosters OF the
finest and most aristocratic breeds, which
will be loaned tofarmers desiring them free
of charge for the period of ninety days
Any farmer who wants rooster or
bull can get one by merely sending an
application to the company.
The Seaboard Air Line has already be
gun to buy roosters and bulls in large
numbers and il is now sending to pros
pective benefciaries circular letter set
ting forth the different breeds in stock
and naming the conditions under which
they can be obtained The letter is as
follows:
'.The industrial department Of the Sea-
board Air Line have the following breeds
of full-blooded ROSTERS: Light Brahmas
black Langshans, and black Minorcas,
which they propose to loan to those who
are located on the line of the SeabOard
Air Line system for the purpose of i'm
proving their breed of chickens. These
roosters Will be loaned to parties for the
term of ninety days. which time will be
ample to get the breed Of same II is ex-
pected that parties who have the use Of
said roOsters, for which there Will be 40
charge, will see that they are we'll taken
care of and not allowed TO De disturbed
By any other roOSteTS that they may have
on their place.
1t is important in order to get "a good
pure breed of chickens to let the roosters
above mentioned exclusively run in pen
with not more than fifteen hens. Those
desiring the servic" of any one of the
above named roosters will apply 10 me
AT the address given below. Applications
VIII be recorded and served as they come
in turn. l am, very truly yours,
-. STRANG.
Assistant Chief Industrial Agent. Ports
mouth, Va.
The the circulation of the company's
bulls is ia charge of the same agent and
circulars telling of the breeds on hand
and the conditions governing the loan of
them ire similar TO those for the ROSTERS
In order to ensure the widest uoSsibIe
circulation for these valuable loans and
the grea test benefit to subscribers the
company has directed its local station
agents to talk up the scheme and interest
the local f3rsacrs in kline and chicken cGl-
tUrc. soon Autographs and booklets viii
be ISSUED ana these VIII be widely dis
tribittG
The only possible weakness of the
scheme Is that the company fails to fur
nish a book of rules telling how bulls
and chickens can be Kept from fighting.
As get farmers generally have failed TO
discover any such means and now IL looks
as II IL WAS up to the company. grain
Of comfort may be found in the reasonable
suppostion that the Seaboard Air Line
bulls and roosters being of very superior
breed, may have superior manners 10 the
plebeiau bulls and roosters.