The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-13
C.&0. LEASE STILL
BEING TALKED.
1t is Generally Thought Negotiations
are Well on the Way.
MAY BE SOME TINE DELAYED.
Til: Chesapeake and Ohio Freight Depot Is
Being Torn Down. Colonel Smith Finds
an Honest Mana Goose
and an Owl.
MAY BE SOME TINE DELAYED.


cover a wcll-in,ormed railroad man who
does not believe tina, sach deal is on
the tapis, and who does not expect 1t TO
he consu1nlnated. Repeated statements
denying that the lease had been effected
had the effect Of making Chesapeake ana
Ohio stock fall away d point or two yes
tcrday, but it will so up in few days
when the lease is authorltatlVeiy an
nounccd. Men who watch the stock mar
ket and everything calculated to Affect
ii arc a unit in expecting the deal TO DC
cors,immatcd, and an increase IN value
of Chesapeake and Ohio stock when such
consummation becomes public property.
The news may be longer in coming thah
is expected. There is little doubt OF Its
coming at last.
Among other improvements neceSsi-
tstcd by the construction OF inc Chesh-
! peal1c and Ohio viaduct is the destrnc
tion of the old freight depot OF inc Ioau
al Seventeenth and Broad streets. Ii.is
old brick structure must nave oee'l u7iS
when new. It has certainly peen IN
slightly for many years. The ruliolhs IS
being torn down TO make Io"i'' ~ ~
cstals for the ridduct.
az 6nd lots OF honest men, saia oo':
y T. smith division passenger agent "
the lseaboard Air Line, yesterday.
found ono to-day, but ! don't kno" ms
,,ar,o When 7 opened my mail a lttic
while ago. I found the WASHINGTON 10
,Richmond end of a Rchlnohu,
icl,sbur- and Potomac ticket from .iii'
CITY to Washington. With 1t was an on-
signed typewrittcn note saSll'S ''iI
,sstsod IN return a ticket which the con-
.,.a.or an thc scaboard train had failed
+n .,la an. T sent the ticket TO warren
T.,.1or traffic manager of the hlchnlohu'
Frederick sburg and Potomac taliioeN IL -
rer, Icars ago I sold man ticket ~
the Tar. west and made mis'ahc VI 49,
tocn or twenty dollars III inc pricI.
oa-,,- tainted when I received lettei
r,onn Atlanta, unsigned, saying liie
h.d bought the ticket for less IMAM .'!o
fixed price, as he had learned AZ
Iauta. enclosing the dltle1eHee'
, carload OF tobacco for LONDON Ens
,,rd viii he shipped from this CITY III q
sa, ar two. The Southern hahdlcS H.
r1re nroposcd route Of the 1orkto"h'
, 1.a,,,,oc;n and Hampton Railway VIII DC
SURVEYED in g day or two. inc piopo't -
ro.d is to extend from 1orkto"l =. -
Hampton. An effort is 70 10 N.,,s
i,a,.n tho road built to Newport news
instead of Hampton.
Mr. Calvin Satterfeld. chief clerk 70
Mr.. T. w. Knapp, superintendent OF 'i y
,.hesaneake and Ohio. has recclHeu d
7,rge wild goose from Mr.. Albert Oa'iA'
| of Columbia, Va.
Wallace Henderson. the 1ourtecn-Scai ,
o,5 teIocraphcr in the office OF Genera
N.narer Dovlc, of the Chesapeake ana
Ohio, upon his return from WISH " his
narcnts at Greenwood. Va, lew Gays
ago. brought with him bcauti1a! OWL
lie kent the bird a while and then gave
him away.
Thc currcnt number of the t'Book OF
the ROYAL Blue is out. Mr. Arthur G
Lewis of Norfolk, southern passenger
| agent of the Baltimore and Ohio, IS one
Of the contributors to the excellent num-
Der.
| The excursion season will he opened by
AIcssrs. Michio and Adams on Easter
Monday. They will bring specials into
Richmond from Norfolk and FarmVille.
| W. E. Christian. general agent of the
passenger department of the Seaboarc
| Air Line. with headquarters in Ports
| mouth, was in the city this morning.
| Mr. W. II. Dali, New York travelling
| passenger agent of the SeaboaTd All
| Line, is in the city.