The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-24

ue So ul!LlaI rs SOlll ptllly HUB 9TeColliy
lSturned out an elaborate dining car for tho
American Tourist Association. This car
has q eating paclty Of for ty-s-eight
seats & being Il provided for forty 4 er-i
sons. in tho main section, and seats for
more In q private dining. room. The
|fseating capacltySis greater than any din,
ling car yet built. t3 q 5f,5s5 AZ
The Virginia Railroad ~ Improvement
Company have been ncorporat ed lin N CIV;
| Jersey Wth6a capital stock Of s250, CO..
The Incorporation papers 5proyld 8 for the
side $of New Jersey. the leasing Of rail-
roads and the ac1uisl ton 8 e water powers
electric light and power plants. The
incorporates are il osiah r. Cunning,
George Webster and X Daniel t IT. Ritten-5
house Of Trenton n, II ~ .3s 5SSIa a5 i'm;
Mr.. s. II. A.. Beaumont, general foreman,
OF tho Baltimore and Ohio at IanesYille.
Ohio, hnsy. been appointed n general II car
with office at Newark. Ohlo..$
"A bill has been introduced in the Texas
State Senate -lnuthorlzing the Southern
Kansas r. r. to acquire and operate the
property Of tho Pecos Valley g. Northern.
Texas and 4 the Pecos River roads. All
OF TIL lines named belonging to tho Santa
Fe5 systenl.s X, {i5 IA # s5335 .3
|8 Most Of the eastern lines have, succeed Y
ed In raising their embarg oes, although
they continue to issue oticesl now and
then against certain commodities destined
to points where the; traffic cannot be
handled. ~ 3s1 e.. { " II I'll
Mr. Charles o Brlen has been APP
pointed Il Treasurer Of the Chesapeake
Lines. 5vice William Kendall resigned.
The syndicate formed some months ago.
by Brown Bros. 4 &; Co., Il Hall garden & Co..
Ito float the first consolidated 4 per cent.
gold. bonds Of tho Atlantic Coast line
fhas been dissolved. N G5 ,5iJ III & i5g,
N The Headquarters OF Nfr.GW. T. Tyler.
general superintendent of the st. Louis
Iron NIountalni&s Southern, have been res
moved from ST. Louis. Mot Little Rock
& Arkansas. "
5 q: Bids Of the railroads for the government
naval traffic were opened at Washington!
recently The lowest figure was that
presented In tho joint bid Of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific for carrying
the marines from Chicago to San Francis
CO., i t Il IS mot known what Chicago
i Missouri River line has Joined In this bid
The rate offered per capita for parts
less than 100 is So, GO cash and STU bonded
aid credit, FOrspartle5 OF 100 or over II
Is 1915 cash and ,sl771 bonded aid credit.
FL W. u. $Spooner,3 Chief Engineer Of the
Arkansas, Missouri g. Kansas has returns
ed West from New York, where he placed
the bonds forth building Of tho new
railroad from Chanute, Kan. through
Joplin to Memphis, Tenn
Statistics which have been prepared by
the Western Passenger Association show
that during the year 1902, b72,l53 imm-
grants entered the port Of New York. an
Increase of 13521 over 1901, Taking
these figures ms representing 90 per cont.
OF tho total about $4,000 Immigrants
entered the United States last year.
& law nf Orleans
& Northwestern Railroad, denies that
his line which Is part of the Queen s.
Crescent System, has been sold to the
Southern. IA
j, Shipments Of grain Increased $4,000 bu-
shells, being the largest In five weeks. and
increased 95a,0OO over last year,
q Employees OF the Atlantic Coast Line
arc to be given practical instruction In
regard to the different systems Of steam
heating. 5&
Shippers Of nter-stnte freight to the
Southwest, and especially to Texas, have
boon advised TINT Important advances in
rates will 20 into effect. They were
agreed upon at q recent meeting at st.
( Louis or tho Southwestern freight Com
mittee, and promulgated In detail last
week, While traffic all the way from sea-
board territory Is affected, johbers and
manufacturers will find that the advances
nave iD0rll. IUdUB many V''NSt e'N !
particularly from st. louis. Not only
have class rates moved M, hut large
number Of articles that formerly were
rated as commodities are now included
Quite number OF railroad companies
have been called upon by the lnter-State
Commerce Commission to explain why |
they have advanced rates The reply or
all is embodied In the reply % the Norfolk
& Western which calls attention 70 the
faa tbatfthe prices Of materials have
greatly INCREASED. Since 1889 the cost .saf |
coal has advanced So per cent, gasoline
100 per cent, nails 1l6 per cent, pig Iron
1874 per cent. coke 800 per cent and freight
axles 10 per cent. and other materials
In Incorporation.
The Florida Railroad Commission has
Issued orders to the Atlantic Coasts line
that on and after May LIST Its fares In |
Florida OH all main and branch lines must I
be reduced to 3 cents per mile. a IKE /