The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-19
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TERMINALS
Belief Tliatstlle Wabash HAS SCI
Cured Valuable franchises VI
at Norfolk. ,sf
CHESAPEAKE 9 / TRANSIT co.
Believed 1'hatnTlis Electric Line
to- l1C' Cape IIcrry2Is sthe Basis for
Great Development There. s
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N 't5 X cStl1S, VA, April 1s.--rhosc il, a
position TO know say that tho purchase
OF the Norfolk and Southern railroad
trucks and properties by tho pittsburg
| (Pcnnsylvnfin) Interests controlling tho
Chesapeake Transit Compnny'y electric
line from Norfolk to Cape Hhnry and
! Virginin Beach, means that the Norfolk
atld Southern, heretofore owned and con-
trolled by tho Vanderbilt Interest, has
been seized by George r. Gould, presl.
dent " the Wabash system OF railways.
giving tho Wabash nm outlet at I.ynr.
haven Inlet, Princcss Anne cocnty, which
ID considered by 5natiy5Fto DO tho most
5adyant ageoi,s point along tho entire At
lni1tic saaboard for deep water railroad
terminals ii W ST I'll
PIERS AT LYNNHAvEN.
| Railway people and others say that tho
great brea.kwate ter and railroad, conl and
merchandise piers that have 30 long boen
talked about for Lynnhnycn3 Inlet ARE
nov In practical sight n
Tho o Ulcers OK tho Norfolk and South
ern Railroad wGre summoned from Nor
folk to Now York last week and meet
Ing was, held In hat city Friday. al
which the Norfolk ana Southern, with It's y
tracks and all properties lii Eastern Yir.#
gina aud North Carolina, passed into the
control Or Flint. Bacon and compuny
5Pittsnure who nrs sud TO be tho direct
representatives OF George j. Gould In this 4
transactlo on. VT 5jss x y Sis
VALUABLE RIGHTS.
III With the Norfolk and Southern Rail-
road, which has tracknge OF ono hun.
dred and forty-nne miles, the Gould or
Wabash Interest secures q large inter-
est in tho Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt
Line Railroad, which Is owned princ7
pally&by Pennsylvania Railway interests. b
The Goulds control the Tidewatcr Rail-
way Company. which has chnrter8to n
come TO tidcwatcr from West Virginia.
and the plan. as 1t now appears, Is to
come In back OF Portsmouth on the
tracks OF thc belt Line cross the eastern
brunch to tho tracks OF tho Norfolk and 4
Southern, and thence on to Lynnhaven
,lnlct.to the ,rcat terminal piers. SIX 81. f
More Wabash Terminals.
Especial to The Times-Dispatcho Il
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. April 1s.-The
negotiations for the purchase OF the "a
Sewalls Point property which ruMor has
connected with the proposed terminals OF
the Deepwater railway, are said TO have
been consnmmatcd, and those In position
to know. claim that there is no longer
my doubt regarding the terminus o: ~
road
A petition was presented to Judge Ed
trlct Court here to-day. ~ the Vande-s5
grit Construction Company. and SOME
or the stockholders Of # Is Is Hampton
Roads Railway, asking that the receivers
OF that property be discharged They ask
that a trustee be appointed to complete
tho road The court took athe matter
under advisemcnt.
IsSss MAYOR RIDDIcK.
Mayor Riddlck has made no public
statement regarding his probable candi-
dacy for reelection, but his friends now
believe It probable that the Mayor Will
return to his practif as a phys lcian, and
that he will not stand again..
Ten Cinnamon arrested In Newport
News and Hampton are held here 10
await action on their c6s.E. They can
not speak English and may be extrad,ed
without having an opportunity to combat
the testimony of the governments Wit
nesses.