The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-01

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ing Tic whole period OF its continuance,
which attracted favorable attention. LA-s
$ccllent exhibits were also made at Yin.
clnnati and st. Louis curing the TAI
months. The distribution OF printed mat ma.
ter giving Information about the SCUM
has been carried on to a greater extehl
than ever before. and there Is no doue.5
that this systematic and aggressive "olh
which has been done to bring before the
outside world the openings in the South
for immigration will lead TO still further
rapid development OF the Southern cnun-
try.
LaTEsT FIGURES
The latest figures available showing
traffic movements are as follows:
Year ended Year end g.
Juno 50. 1871. June ~ 1st''
Tonnage 49,. 5.sSI,J1S tons lo,Zpi, zas IONS
Gain $50. LII tons
Loca! passenger revenue. Sc. 426. *ss 5ss
Gam ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. e-o,19
Through pass ger revenue 2so',ln s'osa'o's
Gam ..................... Z,2.osS
In addition to about 1000 freight cars,
fortS -four passenger cars ana thirty -ise
locomoti es, contracted for last SIP. its'
orders have just been placed ior saAe'-
seven locomotives.
For Industrial sidetracks, applications
have excecacd all former years. ana nave
come from all the diversified interests
contiguous to the lines of the southern.
Fine modern stations are being erect
ed at Knoxville, Tenn. Columbia .. ~
ana Savannah, Ga Standard depots are
being butt at many points. oulte q
number of these have been completed
during the past year.
TRACK BETTERAiENT-
A great deal OF Work mas oeen co1ie
during the past year in track improve
ment. The ruling grades and curVatures
on the entire line between knoHVliie,
Tenn, and Asheville, n. c.. have been
so reduced that the train load has been
increased over forty per cent Similar
improvements arr being made on the line
between Ashevilie and Salisbury, N c.;
also between East St Louis, ILL.,, ana
Princeton. Ind. in Virginia: similar Work
| ~ been begun on the me between
!. ashington and Manassas, and large
expenditure will be required to carry 1t
out.
on January l, 1901 the Southern Rail-
way Company acquired the property ana
franchises of the Louisville. Evansville
and ST. Louis Consolidated Railroad
which 1t has operated since as the S,.
Louis division of it's st. Louis-Louisv1iie
lines. The property is 374.34 miles IN
length and gives the Southern Railway
entrance from the east into st. Louis.
On March LIST, a large majority OF the
| bonds and stock of the Mobile and ONO
Railroad was purchased Inns properly.
about 916 miles in length. is operated
A number Of branch lines have
been under construction which will be
valuable feeders to the system.
THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN.
The Norfolk and Western Railway has
in operation 1850 miles Of main line and
branches, of witch 1850 miles are IN the
State of Virginia. For years this com
panv has fostered the local development
of the territory contiguous to Its iines,
with results as shown by The feilo"lHs
comparisons of its earnings and tonnage
Where the railway las prospered the
country likewise prospered, and the
lands. industries and manufactures nave
increased in TIE value and volume OF
their productions, thereby provle.ng
livelihood for a large area OIL population
of some OF the largest and most proouc-
tive of the counties OF the state Along
its lines are located many mines, fur-
naces and factories, and great variety
nj tho most ,.-dely-used and celebrated
mineral springs of America, as Well as
two of the greatest neutral wonders, the
Natural Bridge and the Caverns OF Lu-