The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-08
TO CATCH
BUSINESS
Passenger Agents Following the
Circus, Awaiting Disband-
1ncnts Of Performers.
RUN EXCURSIONS FOR GAME
Several Roads Will Bring Large
Crowds Here Thanks
giving Day.

| Railway passenger ira fflc representa-.
| tives IRE gathered In considerable number
| III this city on account OF the show here
yesterday OF the Forcpnugh-Sells Broth,
I ers' shows ami the prospective carly dis
| bandment OF that aggregation for the
season. The great shows will go to Nor.
| folk, thence To Petersburg, and then to
North Carolina points, and will end the
| show season at Tarboro on November
18th. With the circus are from five hun.
drcd to six hundred employees. whose
homes are scattered all over the United.
States. Tho cnterprlsing passenger men.
from many lines are hustling for this
| passenger traffic. and many passenger
Iagents Will follow the shows On the re-
| maindcr Of thor seasons circuit, 50 as
| to DC III at the finish. The mali on the
ground will get ths bulk OF the long dis
| lance travel while his competing road s
| representatives are away Tho agents OF
the local roads were yes terdny looking
after their several interests, and n num-,
| Der Of fout-of-town passenger inen were
| here on the same mission. Some of those
lin the city in this connection are: NJ. +.
Braff of Roanoke. travelling passenger
| agent OF the Norfolk and Western; Ma
| than WE'LL. travelling passenger agent OF
| the southeastern district Of the PcnnsYl-
vania; w. s. Bronston, travelling passen-
ger agent OF the Pennsylvania lines, ana
! a number OF others. The SeaDoard AIT
| Line Railway will take the show trains
| To petersburg. and then they will take
! the Norfolk and Western to Norfolk and
/ back to Petersburg. and thence the CIR
Gus goes southwark over the Atlantic
Coast Line.
The Pennsylvania Railway has recently
placed All order with the Pressed steer
/, Car Company, OF Pittsburg Pa, for 200
| steel cars, most of them Of the twin-drop
gondola pattern This company builds
| thousands OF steel cars for use on the
coal roads, the Chesapeake and Ohio
|having ordered a thousand IL the past
1.-Two years.
Mr. Victor NJ Cluis the newly appoint
| cd commercial agent OF the Rock Island.
Frisco system in this city. has arrived
! aud entered upon his duties. Mr.. Clus
| is an affabe gentleman and an expe-
! rienced traffic man. He has made most
| favorable impression on tho local rail-
! way representatives who have met nlm.
! The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway yes
! terday operated TO this city four special
! excursion trains to bring visitors to the
| .
/. line west OF this CITY; another from the
Epcninsuln division, and the other two from
1.-THE James River division and the LUCK
Iingham branch.
| Several OF the railways entering TINS
! city Will run. special trains to Richmond
| on Misunderstanding Day to accommodate
the crowds that will witness the virginia
/ Carolina foot hall games While the de-
| calls have not been arranged, the chesa,
| peake and Ohio will run two spec'al
/ trains. and the Southern one or more
1 The crowd of Carclinians and of virginia
| pcople outside of Richmond who VIII az
/ tend this game will break all records ! {
| the weather be propitous,
| gM MI. Rrcd Robinson. sales agent OF Inc
Pressed Steel Car Company.of Pittsburg,
was Iii the city yesterday and was vlsi-
tor ut the general offices Of the Chesa-
pealte and Ohio Railway.
Comptroller A. II Plant. Of the South
crn Railway, has issued the following
4 statement Of estimated earnings Of that
system for the fourth week of October:
| Earnings for the week this year, 81, 2So.944;
| for the week last year. sl.@6,4iS; decrease
| for the week his year $50 sol. The earn
Tires for tho week were sl35,52s, an in
crease Of s3l,7S?.
Tho Louisville and Nashville Railroad 3, a
! Company has placed an order with the
Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad for
5000 ions for delivery next year.
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AT HIS OLD HOME.