The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-18
5Hevs az Railroads. ..

n The stwenty-fifth annual report OF the
Board OF Directors Of the Chesapeake ana
Ohio Railway Company has just been
Issued, Il covering the fiscal year ending
June Both, 1908. This Is q pamphlet OF
thirty-eight quarto printed pages, en-
bracing the list OF officers and directors,
report OF mileage In operation genera
income account, extraordinary eSpehdi-
lures, equipment contracts, freight tral-
fic statistics, passenger trafhc statlstlcs.
general remarks on the plans, business
and prospects OF the line, statements ana
statlstics,- including cost OF tho road and
equipment, securities owned. comparative
sta temcnt Of earnings and expenses, de-
tailed statement of operating expenses,
! classified statement Of tonnage. operat-
| ing divisions, maintenance OF way and
equipment tonnage Of freight car EQUIP Il
ment, report of Chesapeake and OHIO
Hospital Association, and Of Y. NJ. Z. a.
buildings at divisional points,
Trains OF the Rock Island and Frisco
systems recently allied with tho seaboard
Air Line Railway. will be running regu.
larly into Washington over the Seaboard
tracks by December 1st. Work on the,
Birmingham connecting link IS being
pushed with all expedition, eHd VIII soon
be completed. The first through business
over the newly extended system from
i -.
1 died on Septemb Der 18TH 1t consisted OF
the transportation OF Companies and
| M of the Third Battalion OF Engineers.
which were carried through this city 70
! the Pacific coast. with the completion
OF the connecting link regular through
/ passenger and freight traffic VIII be ope-
l rated over the whole line. THIS VIII
i greatly augment traffic over the se sea, 70
/ tracks through this city, and VIII aod
Il ,,oaN,, - tho importance OF Richmond
4 as a railway. center.
i MI. T, C, McNeeley, general superln-
4 tendent OF the Carolina Northern Rail-
( way, with headquarters at Marion. 8. q,
was in the city yesterday on official bus'.
ness and called at the district offices OF
the Seaboard.
low rates from all points to Greensboro.
N. c., on the occasion OF the reunion OF
North Carolinians October 18th and 18th
Tickets will be pm sale from points pc
yond a radius OF three hundred miles
! from Greensboro on October 9th and
. 10th ut one fare for the round trip. plus
one dollar, From points WITHIN radius
of three hundred miles tickets VIII 20
, sold October 10th and llth at one taIe
plus twenty-five cents and limited LOT
return passage to seven days. Tickets
sold outside the three hundred mile radius
, will DO extended to October 3lst by the
agent at Greensboro not later than the
8 o5th for fifty cents additional, October
18th IL North Carolina day. -,
9 rho Chesapeake and Ohio Railway SUI
! rcports trafflc In passengers heavy over
: that line, owing to the return OF summer
tourists from the mountains and SPRINGS
resorts, this having been one q the pest
yoars'records In this business
The Southern Field Issued by the lane
and immigration department Of the South
ern Railway, Is publication that
doing much to attract home-seekers t
: Virginia and the South The September
y number is very attractive and Is tull O.
opnortunities for home-seekers IN a.
parts of virginia along the line OF TN:
y system Mr.. M, v, Richards ls now ant
has for wears been In charge Of, this pup
1: licat which is development OF moo
t ern raIlroading in the building up, Of IN
: country along tho lines OF the railway,
!. Tho compare tive statement at the earn
i Ings OF the seahoard Air I4'na RAJ %
r the first week of september makes I'M
= following showlng: ~. 800 az,
y Week ending September 9Th. loM sEn 9,
y TOT; same week last year, $2N'l7 az
= crease, $13. 400, July lat to september ISL
i 1908, so,2ia7s1' for the same ne t'H'o 'as
it yenr. so147,O67; Increase, S0h,7Hi
o Tho Chesapeake and Ohio local trial
from Columbia WAS Delayed someWha
Yesterday by tho breakaEe OLA Vince
e under n freight car on the main trafl
2 in front of it. Tho accident occurred
II few miles from Columbia, on the Jane
is River division. Several small wnshout
G. were cn,,sed along tho line Of this dlyl
t. sion Yesterday by the heavy rains, bu
- they wore promptly repaired and train
~ Will ma"ntaln the usual schedule