The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-30
TRYING TO GET
TO- WASHINGTON
Wabash System, Known, as the
Gould Lines. May Purchase
c. and O. Canal.

According to a philadelphia dispatch, the
dissolution of the Atlantic Coast .L iiie
psspa,sn a, the II, R'g ssaonT "na All '"E ne
Despa tell. a general rrnrganiAll9n " ,, ,,aI
freight business Of the three roads na 1rl,.,
las taken place. The Richmon,d ann ,,t par
&Railway system. On December lst tnsse
three despatch lines. which have herG .,,g-
fore been operated jointly, VIII DC us rs,
solved and instead OF one n ,,nc CON q, pn
Ma wili have its own representative. The
agency in Baltimore will be i,6andon r.,Ii
and the manager of the lines mere WI VI,
take tax Charge Of the Southern despatch
business in Philadelphia. Each OF the , sev-
ernl roads will handle its southern bu JUS,
ness for Or itself. The Southern Railway VII VI
he represented in l'hiladeipnil ny coa.
Parsons formerly at Baltimore the ne r Seh
hoard Air IIne bv Samuel i>ilpsa,tric1hs'
and The Atlantic Coast Line by W. Is.
Brown. The new plan will open posltii,9,n ~
Tor many more men IN inc various ci.i''e'7'
where agencies are located.
Tic Wabash system. we'll known a. the
Gould Hines. is endeavoring 10 ei5eS e. n ~
srntrance INTO Washington city. ana is eH,
ypected ia become the purchaser or the o ,la
chesapeake and Ohio Canal. which VII VI ,b pc
sold by the Board of Public Works %, 81 NE
State Of MARYLAND at A r,,,,,9o ALSO owns
u s,,,,,a ne e, he bnnds. and bill will be
offered in Congress to, authorize the s sais,
The canal is 1874 miles long ana runs i l,otat
Cumberland. Md, to GeorgetoW,nIl 81 h,,,o ia
nav a mortgage debt of half nilii ,oi1
dollars Mr. Gould 4 year ago slart.su
Tie railway world by effecting an no,o en-
shipping centre in America.
Mr.. II. D. Parrack, for the past four
years employed as clerk In the CITY pas,
scurer Office of the Atlantic Coast Line
Raway has Just fo neeh nc Anntio Coast
Line Despatch Mr.. Parrack came 10 TINS
CITY from Petersburg, ana has made many
4 friends during his residence III ms ely.
His new appointment IS 4 very dcsI ,, an,o
one, and Is looked upon as line oppor
tunity for advancement One OF two loca
changes will occur in the next few days
as a result OF the transfer of Mr.. Parrach.
THE statement OF earnings and expenses
or the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for
the month of October is n continuation
of the fine showing made by the system
during the earlier month or me ycaI.
which will without donnl prevf me state
Gross earnings for the month 0, OGtioDep,
according to Comptroller L.. f. SulllVans
statement. just issued, were SLsu.,abliit,$
an Increase of S92 729.+4. Expenses, FOR the
iSS.7S..a5 over October. 1903. Gross earnings
were therefore, sGSS,13S. 16, an increase
over the month last veal, OF s,si6.a9. ror
the Quarter ended October 3lst the gross
earnings were s7.0l7642.23. All Increase or
s5l3,530SG over the same period OF u: l9o o.
Expenses for the quarter We're 10y;
an increase Of s14O,9A92 over The l9o5
period. Net earnings for he quarter were
s,7655S an increase nc a;a OF sS,Iuo; 9d cat
gross earnings of over eight millions Tor
the yearif the record of the quarter De
maintained