The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
Bad Train Service Robs This
City IF Tens Of Thousands
~ 81 Dollars Every Year.
BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE .s
5., THOROUGH AROUSED
Leading Members OF Other Com
rnercial Organizations Say
Their Bodies Will Press the
Demand BY Resolution and
Influence With Trans
portation Companies,
portation Companies,

58 portat1oll Companies
Into every section Of the business wor1
or the city there Is spreading the aglta
4 ton for a more direct and immedia Z
communication between Richmond and ths
great Valley OF Virginia, a5tcrritory thai
now scarcely knows the Capital City ano
that pours its immense volume of6wealu
and trade into the Golfers OF Baltimore
New York and o;ller points North.
l6# Cary Street, the mecca Of the whole
sale and produce men, is alive with tbs
subject, and ali unqualified endorsement
4Hof the movement for better railroad
schedules, the key: 10 she situation, vii
DC followed by such other steps as car
be devised for the benefit o { the scheme
On Friday evening last 4 meeting OF the
Richmond Fruit aud Produce Assocta-
ton was held. and after a free and en-
# thusiastic discusaon5 Of the matter q
resolution waa adopted IA BY lnanimous
vote II was offered by Mr.. Joseph Wal
lerstein, chairman OF the Ira nsportaH iior O
Committee. a h copy OF II Will be atd
before the authorities OF tho u lie sa-
s,,ea ks ana DDU;, and he! MAJ ter Sfi be
pressed in that direction. The resolution
icads l s.5S g@ft}s33 s3I .EE
..Be. ii resolved By the Richmond !,
Fruit and ltroduce Associa ion, That
y We wish to express our hearty z I'-
s-- proval OF the movement TO secure ear Z
licr trains out OF Richmond \ on the
Chesapeake and Ohio ilway.s IN
order thai our daily papers may reach
points along the line Of the chesa-
pesake and Ohio within 800 miles OF
Richmond within a reasonable hour.
fHt We think the best nteresis OF Rich-
mend and the people at large Will DC &
greatly benefited by this convenience,
and It will keep Richmond abreast OF
other cities In giving out the news OF
the day at an carly hour we ear
mostly commend this proposition to-
the officials Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway, who have always stood
ready to do everything in their power
for the best interests of Richmond
All Favor It,
The Produce Association Is composed
or ali tho Cary Street commission mel1,
largo and Influential body who repre-
sent one Of the most important branches
OF the business life OF the city. To
these gentlemen the question OF schedules
iss one OF very practical and immediate
interest. This applies not only TO; the
Valley OF Virginia, but TO other sections
OF the State as well. The schedules are
everything. Unless lie farmer can liuve
easy facilities and favorable fretg hts "a les
40 Tichmond he Will 30 somewhere else.
tits a principle OF business. as well nssof
physics that a body proceeds along the
line OF least resistance. WhenSit Is easle:
and cheaper 10 put stuff in Bal lttnlorc,
several hundred miles away tlian M Q
RIchmond nhalf hundred miles Oft, " y! G
goods invariably goto Baltimore. tlough u
tho dis parity OF distance makes the 5tran
action appear ridicuous = his Us Just what
IsEhappening In several different pa ces----
the Eastern Shore, the Valley and else l's
where. s51,h .f.- 81 Hi Il, ~ u
H With reference, to the yallcy, the tna-
IN ~ neculIar. Bccn,lse the Chesapeake
and ohiont,1lin. is made TO leave here ms
late as 10 O'clock III the morning lt
rnIsscs every connection and puls tHc
gJ,lchnond ia pers and the Richmond mnn
IN The Valley section the next dav 1lsr
the territory has been sWe ? Z Darc ny i -. s,'e
,raIn from Bnltimorctand the Nortn.tIEi,he q.
result Is that tho people Of lls t seGt'oo1lls ~
Z I;nnw35little or Richmond nnd en'e le's'
III t.boasts not to them VIVA - i'''tpen
Ing In this Isolated and out ol Nto w =
spot which 1t takes them severn u,'S
10 ,reacl, and return from. ~hl!ea tnes y,
have Immediate and splendid communlch :
IA, wit Il, The other, places outside OF the
2 tIOll Will t''S " ''N's- - t3at
State.@t
Diverted From Richmond.
rho immense trade is theratnis .,'l, Z al, a.,
verted from Richmond, the {capiial, ,n.u
the logical mnrkctpace. and the wv
G,lce men hero can set scarcely no pns, !,
ness from, this section. rha me o.
schedule, apparently simple and easy,
enough. would remedy all of this, anu
1t IS such II change that the present I, hs &
tation has In View, a train leaving Nlc,l, ),
1rond at or a. NJ, @lnsteaa ~ o. y, y
A. M would mnkefnll connexions i, a,l'l !,
would put ithfs Ricllmond papers ~ III .he
Valley on the day Of plpllca lioli' lls
people OF this territory would tllnn hear
sometimes of Richmond, and Wlth 2
schedule from there here corresponding gly
good, would begin to send their ~ oaure
To- this city. Cary Street would -ac Vastly
benefited mud Cary Street knows i WELL
and the entire town Is beginning 70
awake to the fact.
Il am heartily In favor ofl the move
ment,n yesterday said Mr. w NJ del-
kps,. president of the Produce AFiso'
ciation. y regard 1t as one of tho most
important things eyer tndertakell mere
The produce men are a51lnl g on ne sub
ject, and were enthusiastic In fheir.
adoption Of the resolutions FrldaY n1igh ht,''
& Similar words We're spoken by OF
S5Jn the public discussion several gen-
tlemsn eagnged, and Mr.. IL. 3, YYlltmore,
Of II, IS, NYhitmore atid C'onpRlly }relntsl
SOME of the trials he hn1 personally eS'
rs N '1fsontin,lad NJ on Third 4 PaEe) 9 &