The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-18
RAILWAYS REPORT.
MUCH PROSPERITY | J
Conditions Most Favorable III All i.
Sections and Prospects
Very Good.
SOUTH RAPIDLY ADVANCING I. 4 \.
Farmer Prosperous and Finds
Ready Market for Products
81 the Field,
SOUTH RAPIDLY ADVANCING ADJ ! u.
Especial to Tho Times ispatch.)

BALTIMORE September 1.-THE Man-8
ufacturers' Record publishes this week
special kilograms from railroad execu-
tives In different parts Of tho country
telling Of the general prosperity prevail
Ing In many lines and giving the reasons
why that prosperity should 4, continue. IL.
Vice President W, VI. Finley OF /, t 4
equitable distribution of great atural
resources throughout q vast extent of
the
area, and. the. rise of a.multituuc OF
thriving cities in trade and Industry. the
reasons for the South being the eom, M
There are nowL.at work more agencies
for the material adyancement Of that sec
boG eyer ns Pp
along practical lines for industr rial up
building. Capital Is dilisenuy feeling TIE !,
Is efE rha rapS AZ
healthy business CONDITIONS and auGuTs
me lie fsas arEet
good price s for all he can produce. These
conditions are drawing the attentiona OF
on ny Of ths Gn,ed satss to SOUTH
for investigation and scttlcment.
Zirnmerman's Opinion.
President Eugene Zimmerman. Of the
road (Grent Central Route, whose, plan
ATLANTIC, sea aboard at Charleston, 8. G.,
oy q railroad extending through the great
coal fields Of Eastern Kentucky, has re-
Of the business and Industrial outlook
Tor the country as follows:
IN my Judgment r the bns,ess . ou II sok
conditions upon which prosperity rests,
VIZ, crops Of quality and quantity, sxt tt,
and peace throughout the world favor
ing the greatest production OF the carth's
all tho parts of trade. 1t Is an established
fact that the gross earnings Of Its rail-.
road Indicate the general prosperity Of
lis vailed resources. Reliable estimates
of tho gross earnings of the entire rail-
way mll"age Of the country for TIE
trersc s pain over f TIA previous six
months OF $lQGlOOU. The great growth
ami :xransFl revealed by this si'lcndldS
showing reflects, not only the marvellous,
mon curriers' of the country. but the
cuM,llr notable industrial prosperity.
Never before has the manufacture OF
first half Of 1905. So extraordinary has
the de mand been for its products that
the, United States Steel Corporation has
Withdrawn from the market for the rest
&
mace controlled by it in blast. This fac t
is cited to demonstrate emphutically the
prosperity of the railroads, which are the
largest consumers Of iron and steel In
this country, and whose tremendous Or
dcrs for steel rails and new locomotives
and cars have stimulated this gratifying
situation In the iron and steel ind ustry to-
day. While the products Of mine and
mill supply a large tonnage for the rail-
ways their chief dependence must nee
essarily be upon the bounty OF the soil
What Ramsey Says.
PresidentJ. Ramsey, Jr., Of the Wabash
/ Railroad who has Just returned from
! abroad. reports n friendly feeling there
| for American methods and machinery, q nd
says:
industrial conditions at home seem to
be excellent. and promise to continue
seem 10 be full of orders. Engines. cars,
rails and all sorts Of railroad supplies
will be required in large quantities to take
care are Of f. traffic and Increased safety IN
Vice President J. T. Harahnn. Of the
Chicago favorable condltlont through
o., on. the entire Missssippt Valley With III It's
the corn of Iowa and Illinois, the tobacco
Of Kentucky, the cotton In tho lower val
ley and the sugar-cane and rice Of Lonisl-
ana. ~
Mr.. I1arahan finds that the fear Of yell
low fever has to somo extent affected
lGGa Trade In L9usiapa and sonheT
adj SsS Itself p now That "t the s'go W
officials have the matter we'll In hand.
President a. II. stlllwcll, OF the Kansas
City Mexico and Orient Railway, has
Is now, and this prosperity is enjoyed also
| y believe that Kansas, Nebraska, Mis-
| their crops this year thnn they. hav,e,
ever before received, Little banks NIL
oyer, lie West are very strong In money,
ly prosperous. The territory OF Texas
along the line of our roads has never
had, such abundant crops, and land has
doubled lee . in value during the last twelve
ter would be required to impair seriously
wtp one bsn 5%e the sht
opinion Of President j. A. Edison. of tho
Kansas City Southern Railway, WHO fines
In existing conditions guarantee or pros-
president b. y Wnchell,, Of the Rock
or fifteen month or g good b 21sn as, ~. ~
Air Line RnIlwly hive been above the
average the saw-mlls and cation, man;
ufaetIrsrs are all %ntkr TO , thrir !, fn
''Taking the situation ms n whole, i Is
most encouraging. The Industrial deyel;
opment is MI that could be desired, and
more flatterns, and unless sonnet thing. I'M
| forcseen happens, II is my belief that
the next twelve months viii be q record
! breaking period in the South"
INVEST Virginia.
President Henry e.. Davis, Of the Coal
and Coke Railway, lust completing It's
lines of about 200 miles through the
| centre OF West Virginia, says.
"'rhe Industrial and commercial condl-
| lions OF tho whole country for the near
future appear bright. and nowhere moe
South than In West virginia"
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. finds that
| there is a very general feeling that busl-
ness conditions have rarely been more
promising. than they are at This tine