Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-15
President Stevens Confers With
Co mnittees from Valley

N"'"S 'Opoib VI tb'
b, meeting in Richmond last weel
: with Presid 1T Stevens Of th,
: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroa /,
: with reference to a better schedul,
= on that road in this section OF the
State, was published in last Thurs
days Times Dispatch.
Representatives of the cities OF
Lynchburg and Staunton and The
towns of Lexington and Harrison
burg, yesterday had a very salts
: factory conference with President
: George w. Stevens, General Man
! ager G. E. Doyle and General
Solicitor H. Il. Wickham, IN the
effort to secure better passenger
schedule between the points
named. The party EN- braced some
prominent business and profes-
sionnl men of the places named
The result Of the conference was
that the Chesapeake and Ohio
officials gave the visiting delega-
ton satisfactory assurance that
the railway company, on it's part,
was ready to do and WAS already
doing what it could tc effect an
arrangement looking to better
schedules down the valley from
Lexington.
President Stevens stated after
the conference that a complete and
free discussion of the situation
was had, as result of which the
conferees thoroughly understood
each other and agreed to work to-
gether to perfect the service ana
to remedy the conditions COM
planned OF by the visitors. The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway will
take up and consider carefully the
suggestions made by the visitors.
The delegations representing
the various points consisted of At
tornsy- General Anderson, Captain
S. b. Walker, General Scott
Ship, Mr.. B. Estes Vaughan and
Mr.. w. LeConte Stevens, of Lex
ington Messrs. John G. Dabney,
vice-prssidsnt, and John A. Faux
ner, secretary, Of the Lynchburg
Board of Trade; Messrs. f. w. !
Carpenter, j. l.. Avs and Frank
l.. Sublett, Of Harrisonburg, and
Hon. A. Caperton Braxton and Mr.. |
Clarke Worthington, of Stanton.
General Scott Ship, Mr.. Dab
ney, Mr.. Braxton and other men,
bers of the delegation presented |
the situation intelligently. They |
showed that under existing sche-
dulles it was difficult for person
to go from Lexington or Lynch
burg to Staunton, Harrisonburg
or any point in the lower valley in
any reasonable time. What they
desired was through train or u
connection at Lexington sufii cient-
ly close to make it possible to
make a continuous trip dovn the
valley. The Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway, by the James River di-
vision operates u line from Lynch
burg and Richmond to Lexington,
and there the Valley Branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio begins and
runs through Stanton and Har-
risonburg and over the leased
tracks of the Southern Railway
down the valley to Mount Jackson,
New Market, Woodstock, Slrasburg
and Winchester, where connection
is made for Harper's Ferry and
points between there and Wash
ington. From Glasgow to Lcch
Laird, a distance OF slightly more
than eight miles, the Chesapeake
and Ohio uses the Norfolk and
W estern's Shenandoah Valley
going from LOch Laird into {
Lexington over the Chesapeake t
and Ohio. Then comes the route, t
rs outlined above. {
The advantages of through {
rain or connection 80 close as to
oe equivalent thereto, wers force .
'ully presented by the advocates 4
" close connection, and they were
given an attentive audience by
President Stevens and is fellow A
,lllcers. y
1t was made apparent to the
representatives. Of tie cities APP {
,earing that the Chesapeake and 4
)hi, WAS willing to do what it
ould to bring about the desired |.
nd, but that the consent OF the =
Baltimore and Ohio would have to 7
re secured. The Valley Branch of n
he Baltimore and Ohio now has
he responsibility placed upon it e
f doing it's share to secure the re- +
orm desired. The various cities
epressnted will now appear before r,
he proper officials of the Balti- r
lore aud Ohio and present their
ause. X
The representatives Of the var N
,us towns were general y well sat
'fied with their reception and
lie hearing accorded them by the E
'il"ay officials. y
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