The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-08
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Chesapeake and Ohio Orders rs
Many Locomotives
and Cars.
The TRAFFIC &c VERY E::I7' i E, w.
Road Keeping Time With It's
Increase in Busi-
ness.
THE TRAFFIC VERY HEAVY

rrboE Chesapeake and Ohio Railway yes
#tcrday placed an order for steel cars OF
.gthe value of more than million ana u
3 hnlf& of dollars, and In addition thereto,
gave an order for eighteen locomotives Of
the Class G, consolidated type. me cost
or the locomotives VIII bring tne 'ot'.i
expenditure close to the two million dol
lar mark These contracts were signed
for the company by President George ".
stevens yesterday. on the eve Of a foreign
tour Of two months.
The award of the contract for the ],opo
h steel cars had been forecast for several
weeks. and it wns understood would pe
4 given before Mr.. Stevenss departure. rms
order will make seven thousand OF these
Il fifty ton cars ordered by the company
within the past three years, or total
carrying capacity Of 10000 tons one
thousand Of the cars arc to DO OF me
Fl t1y1n-drop gondola pattern for use N
hauling coal ,apd the remainder Will ne
( r1at cars. This steelsta1s are fast super.
seding the wooden, ones. They are more
durable, of course. and better Withstand
"A he shocks of wrecks and collisions. and
arcs more easily repaired. Their carrying
canacity Is greater also than other cars
Binf use, and this is an important advan-
5taEe. The company had five thousand
OF these steel cars. and recently gave
an order to tho Pressed Steel Chr Conf
pany, of Pittsburg, for five hundred
more This order is now being filicd'
many cars having been delivered. Inc adj
,dltionnl one thousand will mako total
Of six thousand and five hundred steel
+ coal carriers, all ordered from the Pitts
3 burg company.
Tho order for tbs eighteen additional
L n, nH n
& pany recently ordered twenty-five, which
are now being constructed mt the Rich
7 mond plant of the American Locomotive
z Company IT Is specifically provided IN
The order given yesterday for the eighteen
4 additional that they are to BIO built at tho
Richmond plant. President Stevens al
ways looks after this provision for the
employment Of local mechanics In placing
orders.
This enormous expenditure made IN
obedience to the demand for Increased
equipment and rolling stock. is in itself
The best evidence OF the immense and
rapidly augmcntng business of the road.
The coal traffic Is growing steadily and
remarkably, and new branch lines are
under construction that will serve as
feeders and swell the volume OF main
line traffic.
The new order for locomotives and cars
is to be filled as soon as practicable. The
locomotive construction Will insure work
q for mechanics at the local plant, which
is now prosperous and growing In busi-
/ ness monthly. Eighteen hundred men are
now steadily employed there, and efforts
Z are being made 10 increase this force.
The last New York and Florida special
Of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, the
F pioneer road in special Florida trains.
passed through the city last night for
Jacksonville and ST Augustine for this
season. The last special OF the season
y nortt-bound, will leave 81. Augustine
4 April 10th. These palatal trains have
been run daily. since carly in January
< and have done u larger business than
ever before. Tine Florida travel has ex-
ceeded that Of any previous winter The