The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-28
The Last Six Months of 1900 was
Phenomenal.
REMARKABLE SHOWING 0FC. go.
The Earnings for the Third Week Of Febsu-
ary Far Beyond Anything ia the
History OF the Road.
General News of the
Railroad
Lines.

The meeting OF the directors of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway in this city
yesterday was not productive of any
thing of general public interest The
meeting lasted several hours. President
Williams said last night that scarcely
anything was done beyond the transac-
ton of purely routine business
The matter of choosing a vice-presi-
dent and general manager to succeed
Mr.. ST. John was not considered said
Mr.. Williams. 1t was expected that this
would consume much of the time of the
meeting
The meeting was held in the new Of
Eces OF the company at No. 922 East
Main Street. The members of the boart,
in attendance We're. Messrs. j. w. Mid
dendorf. s. Davis Warhsld, and r. c..
Davidson, Baltimore; c. Sidney Sheppard
and w T.. Cochran, New York, and John
Shelton Williams and james Fl. DooIey,
Richmond This was nearly a full rep
resentation of the directorate
The board was delighted with the re-
ports OF the gross earnings of the Greater
Seaboard Air Line system for the six
months ending December Slst which
showed an increase of s3S7, ,7o4. 10 over the
same period of the preceding year The
earnings for the six months ending with
the last day of 1900 We're $5.G91.TS46a. This
increase bears out the statements re-
peatediy made by Seaboard officials that
the traffic of the road since the consoIi-
dation OF all the subordinate lines has
been increasing.
Fifty Shares OF Seaboard Air Lire pre-
ferred stock were sold on the Richmond
market yesterday at 2S3-4 The stock
has been point higher within the past
wetk.
The increased earnings of the Chese-
peake and Ohio since MIR. Stevens asstnl-
ed the duties of President in December
1899. have been commented upon all over
the country, but it is believed that the
earnings from February 18th To February
21st show an increase almost if not quite
unprecedented in the history of Ameri-
can railroads. The statement shows a
total Increase over the same week of last
year of $1a3.22226.22T7 226 81
The earnings for the week oE this year
We're slS3S,9l5.ss. an increase OF So l5o6S
The receipts from coal traffic for the
week this year Were s9i, ,SG6 o. an increase
of s4S, 80 over last year. which shows
that the roads coai-carrying business
| nearly doubled.
The total freight traffic for, the week
erdins February alst OF this year was
S2io,1Ge.H- an increase of So. .sea.6 g.
Passenger traffic yield the road for the
week mentioned, $4i33,35L 80. AN Increase of
| si.2s5.91 us compared with the week last
year.
Six OF the river spans OF the Chesapeake.
and Ohio are completed. and the work
| is being pushed right along. The viaducs
| from the Fulton end has reached Main
Street. and lack OF material has some
what delayed the progress, but large con-
| signments Of structural steel are nov
daily arriving.
Captain L. III Lea, agent of the South,
ern at this point, has returned from At
lanIa. where hs attended a meeting eir th-
/ Executive Committee of the Southern Rail-
way Agents Association. The commits
tee selected Charleston as the place of th,
| next meeting of the association. which
will be held in May.
| 4lessrs. Evan Powell and D. r. Evans,
! eouI operators of Powellton. W. Va, were
| callers at the Offices of President Stevens
| of the Chesapeake and Ohio this morning
| Mr.. George w Pope, auditor passenge;.
| receipts Chesapeake and Ohio has return
| ed from the West.
| Mr.. Warner Croxton. OF the Southern
freight soliciting depa rtment. will leave
| this city tomorrow for Columbia, s. c.
Mr. Crcxton becomes the chief clerk to
Colonel David Cardwe!l, D. E. A. South
.rn at Columbia
The troop movement over the chesa-
| peake and Ohio from Newport News te
| the forts in the West was made yester-
dag.