The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-29
RAILROAD III. NEWS.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway IS
now receiving somo of@thc fifty new
locomotives recently ordered for service:
III their freight transportation depart
nlcnt. Twenty-Five of these locomotives
wero ordered from the Baldwin Iocono-
tive Works, Philadelphia, and nine or
ten tr these have been delivered and arc
III service. twenty-five were ordered OF
tho American Locomotive Works, and
IRE being built by tho Richmond Branch
One Of these is promised for delivery to-
day, and 1t is hoped that the remainder
will be ready for delivery in January
and February, 1901. Tho engines arc
heaviest ana most powerful type used
BY Tho Chesapeake and Ohio, and espe-i
clally adapted for heavy service and
grades. The Chesn peakc3 sand Ohio some
time ago placed an order with the Pitts
burg Pressed Steel Car Company for one
thousand cars. each of 10000 pounds
carrying capa city OF this number two
hundred have been delivered, and the
others arc being delivered as rapidly as
they can be built These cars are OF the
twin drop steel gondola pattern. The
cars arc delivered to the railway at
Huntington and are Immediately placed
III service at tho coal mines. With these
additional cars tho road will be excel
lently equipped for their large coal car
ryng service. 4A 5s5.l (. a.
President George W.. Stevens, Of the.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. returned
Sunday from Glcngyle, his beautiful
country home, near Natural Bridge,
where he and his family spent tho holt-
days, and was at his desk as usual&yes-
tcrday. There arc no developments IN
the matter of the contemplated removal
OF the general offices of the company
The Richmond Railway Club will hold
its monthly meeting In Murphy s =.
on Thursday EVENING, January u l9oi.
The programme for the meeting has not
set heen announced in detail. 4s5
Tho seaboard Air Line Railway on
Sunday handled special train, carry
Ing 295 United States army engineers. en-
route home from the Philippines. Tho
special passed through this city via the
SenlUard at a AN. Sunday, bound for
washington and Montauk Point. Al tho
Officers aboard have been on Philippine
service rho Seaboard received the par
ty 1T Atlanta and transported II from
that point. via to Richmond to New y ork.
City Tickct Agent ". J. May, OF the
Seuboard Air lime Railway, has been
spending the Christmas holidays at his
former home at Macon, N. G. He is cx-
pcctcd back in a. day or two. lH
Mr. r. j., O'Keefe, OF tlarr l:'o .it
Va, formerly Of this city, was Gale
q Z. Tt.F
Norfolk and Western and Coast blno
Railways. 5Ss
The tide Of holiday travel Is nov ebb-
ing. the homc-goers being on their way
back. The trains are still crowded with
people, nearly all carrying bundles and
packages. All these are travelling 81,
special round trip tickets. as a Fallroa i,
man expressed 1t yesterday, they are az
travelling on passes, for they merely paid
fare one way, the return trip being pra .
tically free. All the roads have done a
large passenger business for The past
week and trains generally will be
crowded until January 9Th.
The earnings Of the Southern Rallway
Company for the third week OF Deem z:
Der. 1903, with comparison. are thus
stated BY Auditor. q. H. Plant: For. the
week this year. s79i135; for corresponding
week last year s744;sls; Increase for t !.
week last year, $49'3S9.' y Earnlhss o' e.,
Louis. Louisville lines for week TINS
year, s6el23; for week last year FoS,4s0'
increase for week this year. $7,925.