The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-29
one MILLION IS
APPROX. | RATED.
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Norfolk and Western Directors
Declare 2 Per Cent.
Dividend.
FOUR CENT FARE ALLOWED
FOUR CENT FARE ALLOWED
Commission Says That Rate is
Not Excessive if Conditions
Justify Increase.

At q meeting OF the directors OF the
| Norfolk and Western Railroad, held In
| Philadelphia a dividend OF Q per cent. on
! the stock Of tho company was declared,
payable February 10th, for the purpose
4 of cnlarging the yards at Roanoke, and
extending the double tracking Of tho road
ut various points, the sum OF 81, 0OoO wig
! appropriated. by the board.
In the cuse of Artz against tho Sea-
4 board Air Line Railway, just decided by
the Interstate Commerce Commission. 1t
| appears that the CARRIERS passenger fare
!, from Fcrnandina, Fla, to Savannah, Ga.
! E124 miles, Is five dollars, or ABOUT four
| cents per mile, while ratio OF three
| cents per mile Is fixed by state authority
Tor fares within the States OF Florida
and Georgia. The carriers line between
Savannah and Fcrnandina or Jacksonville
is more expensive to maintain than other
! parts OF its system, and the freight traffic
is light and the local passenger traffic m
significant a reduction OF the interstate
passenger fare would not contribute 20
tho development of the section or IN
crease materially the passenger business
. of5tthe line. Reducing the fare TO three
cents per mile would render the carl-
ings OF this part Of the system less lhaii
the average upon the whole system anu
loss than the average in that part OF tlle
country OF other roads.
r The Commission holds that ordinarily
the through interstate passenger fnre
should not exceed the sum OF local 1arcs'
but there is no specific requirement IN
the regulating statute to that cHect anu
tho only question for determination -
whether the fare complained OF IS uiire .i,
sonablc. 1t Is further held that upon ~
tho circumstances tho fare In questlon
cannot DO deemed excessive ana inc c Gun
plant Is therefore dismissed.
New Freight Agent.
]. Il. Cox, commercial agent OF the
southern at COLUMBUS. Miss has been
appointed division freight agent at that
point.
j. T.. Gould, formerly with the Kan
handle, has been appointed superinten-
dent OF motive power Of the Norfolk ana
VI. Is. f Parker, general auditor Of the
Colorado Southern, has been elected Sc
ccnd vice president in charge OF opera
ton and traffic.
Mr.. D. L. Kirkland has resigned MS
district superintendent Of the Atlantic
Coast Line at Waycross, Ga
On1cial notice has been given OF the
J.
agent for the Big -Four at Toledo O.;C.
". Smith, travelling freight agent at De-
troit, and r.! J. Kizcr. travelling freight
agent at Grand Rapids. Mich.
Cards are out for the marriage OF Neil
D. Emerson, son Of President Emerson.
or the Atlantic Coast Linof to, Miss
Lillian slocum, Of Fayetteville, N G..
Mr.. w. r. Sullivan. formerly assistant
secretary of tho Atlantic Coast Line, and
later private secretary to Pres'den,
Erwin at New York, has been assigned
to duties IN the office OF President Elmer
son. at Wilmington. N. G.
George p. spriggs, Of Cleveland. for
many years general freight agent Of the
Nickel Plate, from which position he
retired in Juno, 1901, died Wednesday,
aged seventy-one years.
Thousands Of Cars.
Official returns from all OF the car
building plants in the United States and
smaller builders whose output has been
estimated, show that 1oS,006 cars were
built during the year 1906. including cars
for use on subway and elevated railroads,
but exclusive Of street and interurbnn
electric cars. These figures do not in-5
clude cars built by railroads In their
own shops Of which an exceptionally
large number have been built this year.
OF the above total 66,465 are for freight
service, and 2,551 are for passenger SER
vice, 162,7O1 are for domestic use, and
5,35 are for export. This Is the largest
car output In any ono year that we have
yet reported, and is considerably more
than double tho total output for last
year, which was eo,95O. The next largest
output for any ono year was in 1902.
when a total Of 1B2547 cars were built.
During the past three months the car
companies have booked some record
breaking orders. Tho majority Of these
aro for 1907 delivery, and among them
are orders from two of the leading rail-
roads, which alone amount to almost a,s
many cars as tho total car output in
1904
During the year 2.164 cars We're built
by firms In Canada, an Increase Of 222
cars over the number built In 1901 Tho
following table shows tho estimate OF
cars built during the last seven years: