The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-26
ROADS BROUGHT
seven THOUSAND.
Immense Throng Poured Into
Richmond by Every Rail
way Line.
HUNDREDS OF cARoLINlANs
Flocked From Old North State
to Sec Their Colors
Go Down.

Tho railways and steamship lnca
brought to Richmond Thursday, lin adj
gdtion to regular travel, nearly or quite
1000 peonle. ninety per cent. 4 OF whom
came to this city TO attend the Thanks
giving Day foot-ball game. While no
figures are afforded for those lines which
operated only their regular trains and
for the steamship lines. and many came
Wednesday, who are not included III the
estimate given here. The nulnDcr OF vlsl-
tors to this city Thursday make be
conscrvativcly placed at 1000.
y The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
"a the Peninsula division from Norfolk,
Portsmouth. Newport News, Hampton,
Old Point, aud ansportcd fully 300
people. Two special trains over the
james River division brought from points
along the division and lts branches GOO
people. y local train on the Peninsula
division brought go more. and the Char
lottesville special hauled 100. The last
&tra nto arrive before tn egame was q
Peninsula through special, which reached
the station at 1910 =. NJ. All the other
six arrived before that hour.
The Atlantic Coast Line brought In
total OF about 400 on two special trains.
+ One OF these was operated from Eden. on.
{ NJ c., and other North Carolina ana vr-
glnla stations via the Norfolk and sonh-
el,n. Norfolk and Western and Coast
Line. Another was run frQm Elizabeth
City and points along the Inc over tn,
Suffolk and Carolina, Norfolk and West
crn and Coast Line. Many others came
through on the regular trains from va
srious North Carolina and. Virginia poins.
Still They Come.
r 10 E1,r
about 1000 people, many of6them coming
vening points between the two capitals.
Others came In on regular trains, all Of
which were crowded.
The Southern brought about 60 persons
from Chapel Hill, Durham, Hillsboro and
Oxford while the regular trains brought
many others from Charlotte. Salisbury
Greensboro and Danvillo and points III
iVirg inia, s.5,
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac, Railway on its many trains also
handled a large crowd, In fact there
We're busy scenes around the railway
stations all day Thursday and far into
the night, and even yesterday,
The University OF Virginia eleven left
Railway for Charlottesville. The team
and coach ana manager were accom-
panied by many friends
fHElle Chesapeake and AZ Ohio Railway
management is negotiating for the addi-
ton to Its rolling stock Of five hundred
additional gondoIa cars, It Is. expected
that a contract will soon be signed eth
the Pressed Steel Car Company. OF Puts
burg, for the. five hundred cars. which
arct to be Of fifty ton. steel. double-drops
gondola PATTERN, similar to one thousand 4
purchased last year. The addition OF
1860, with an Sggrcgate carrying capacity
of 5000 tons in two years. indicates to
what an extent the coal haulings of the
road have Increased. The five hundred
additional cars Will increase the carrying
capacity OF ], the road 1900 tons. These
steel gondolas cost about s1.o0D each, the
five hundred representing an outlay Of
half n million dollars. Besides this. the
company Is having twenty additional loco
motives multi forBits use. @