The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-10
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1.-THE scatoarl Traction Company Company.
Chartered by Commission ssa'r11l .s
I853 BcginFat Once 4,
ri cAMoN D ITO PORTSMOUTH \ u Il
viii Rim rhrougll 1'ruckillg$as'1i11'c3ll.
Peanut Sections Nipple
Capital.

H&sIflfhesprov isions OF the charter stai i.S
yesterday by tho Corporation Sot1l1li'st
sion to tho se;iboard Traction COMPANY
nro cnrrcd 8info effect, Rlchi1'ond W.
be put In trolley comm'ltnica t l' VIZ
tho seabonrtl8cltcs Of Norfolk: ana 1' i,o1.s-
mouth ina short While s5s
rho line il to be three hundred Sli, n mes
III length, ard is orun from R.chfnohu
to Portsmouth through tho 5p n = ls
trucking and peanut belt the lsta o.
Tho capital stock is named ut 5000 l')e'
to $500, 900, nndHis to be $el'5Niuca ~
shares of 500 each. s Il. vi NJ .l5
It is provided that the work snail ll oesil'l
at once and tile main line rs 20 i8l'p W.
through the following counties 5be ginning NJ
ut Portslnouth:#5g ~ 4. Il u
Norfolk, lansomond Isle Of Wight " u,
Southampton, surry Sussex Pri !. G \
George, widdle5 Chesterfield alid .iloll-
rico, touching tho cities OF eterspurg
and Mancllcstcr bes des lnleuIANotsip'o
small towns al ong tho route. gi II, Il ~
N Power houses will be built to supply!
so,neof the power, and some Spow,e y \. may
10 used from the nov AppomattoX sltlv lI
plant ut Petersburg. 5858s3 81 e
STRONG OFFICERS ~
y1,he principal kofrlces OF tile com parry
are to- bn att Suffolk, and the olllceris Az
the first SearSare: U. n, \.
President, Ill Their r. Britt First lce-..
President Robinson. Of 81 N 70 II
Second Vice President, George III Ba Oh.
of Suffols Treasurer, WI D.a Southall;
General Manager George Il. Lewis, y Or =
folk; Secretary ind Auditor. Lee Britt,
Suffolk Directors. ". II Robinson, 81 81
( Fl, Lewis, ". y. southall, L. e: Britt,
Norfolk; IA Dudley Z. 4 Britt, Glarksbtoullrg,
wv va; Lee Britt. George u ga 8. rtoE,s
Suffolk $s8 31asssi 81 q I, Sf
"a II rs expected that the line Will be In
partial operation%within one Year. and and
that 1t will, be completed within two
years. sS III FL III fs4 i $ VI q. III Ill
The line pro poses to- open g quick LICK
transit route for the great trucking IN
terests OF eastern Virginia to Baltimore,
PHILADELPHIA and New York. 1t VIII run
from Suffolk toil,5ig Point, where aster.
minal will be built and floats VIII trans
fer to cars to Newport News.
Here the NJ Chesapeake and Ohio VIII VIII
take the cars and put them in Wa hing.
ton, Baltimore, philadelphia and New New
York in half the time now required. a
BUILD BRANCH LINES. 9t a
The ChesapeakeSfard Ohio wi i take '
the cars by@way:Sof boswell over the
Richmond, F'reder cksburg and Poto mae 2
and the washington and tllern.
i83 The q company IS authorized n to n build
bra nch lines not over fiftYmilesFlo ng, and
one Of these will be to Smithfield, ir:E the
heart OF the rich peanut section. This
VIII :ena BILE peanut growers TO shin direct
+ to Northern and Westernsmarketsfins Instead
OF having their product taken to Smith
field by the Old Dominion steamers, made
ready for market andlther sent to Nor 1l:.
folk or Newport News before starting for
elthersthe Northern orfNestern ms rke ts
Tho charter provides for the line start
ing at any point on the Eliza beth River,
III the county of Norfolk or city of Ports
mouth, to any point on the James River
If. or near the city of Richmond or Man
chester.
The scheme is said to have ample CAPT
tai behind it. and IL gives every promise
OF success.