The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-06
.sEABOARD.NO1TF0'|R
INT. WALLACE ! |. ! |: [: !.
Officials Deny That He 81 Will stic-ss.
cecd Barr AS President
Of the Road.
A. c. I. DIVIDEND INCREASED

tGould's Trans-C Continental Sys-53
tenn is Being Rapidly Pushed. Ss
Railroad Personals.
Officials OF the seaboard Air Line in-S
terests again deny the report that Mr..
John n. Wallace, former chief engineerf
Of the Panama Canal, will succeed Mr..
James NJ. Barr as president. i5 ~ Il
Mr.. ]. s. Goodrich has rendered his u
resignation as superintendent Of the ST. "
Louis division Of the Wabash, and a Il II
Is stated that he will retire from active n
work. Ela sa} GSi S3
Mr.. w. E.,Whitmore has been appointed
commercial agent OF the seaboard Diss.
patch, at Pttsburg. Pa, to succeed MR..
J. A. Murdoch deceased. S Z
The preliminary annual statement "a III
the Chicago Great Western, covering the II
fiscal year ended June Goth last, showa
gross en ri,ings OF $7.377,7l1, a decrease % "
1914, 1863. as compared with the previous
year. II {{s SS,11i
According to the Lehigh Valley reports, II
Just Issued. including both merchandise NJ
and coal, the entire freight traffic arnount...
ed Ito 2377i,2s7 TONS being an increase of
1865 100 tons, or 8.51 per cent. Is "a
9E An. important step in the completion OF
NlF. SfcOE8c 8Ju1 tOulQ BafIfan-COnttnGn tai lS
Railroad was taken last week, When thoA
contracts were let for the construction
Of 500 miles Of the Western Pacific the
line which Mr.. Gould Is to build from
Salt Lake City to San Francisco. .silsa
Mr.. Woodman s. Eaton, Of Portlands VII
Maine, who had been connected with4
the Maine Central for many years, died 8
recently, aged flfty-ntne years 3,S 5,l.
Approximately $4,0O0,O0O will s3} be I'd res
CURED to build the Genesee River Rail-
the Erie Railroad 4 e. IA a i13s5g7ss3$
Mr.. William Fl. Bush. heretofore assist
ant engineer OF the Missouri Pacific at n
St Louis Mo-. has been appointed engl-s
neer OF maintenance OF way OF the KAN Ii
sas City Southern, at Pttsburg, Kan.
Mr.. E. w. Tolerton attorney for the (
sPennsylvania Company, Toledo, Ohio, NJ
died last week at the age OF fifty-six II
years. 4g al S 81 l5189 %7tJ's
Mr.. Cornelius Dugah has been . s.
pointed special freight agent Of the LIE.
nigh Valley at No. 143 Liberty street,
New Y ork. s ~ h {5gTS, 'SH
MR.. J. Harding, assistant engineer &
OF bridges and buildings OF the Chca go.
h Milwaukee and st. Paul, has been an.Sf5$
pointed engineer Of masonry construc.sss
4 ton, succeeding Mr.. J.. G. Hahn. resigned, III
Mr.. WI Al Glass, contracting freight
agent OF the Pere Marquette at Buffalo,
N. Y. has been appointed chief clerk
to the superintendent OF the Buffalo
Division.
Mr.. q. W. Knittle, general agent h az
the Big -Four passenger department at
Dallas. is to succeed Mr.. G. C.. Clark al.
central passenger agent in Cincinnati ss3
BY the passage Of the, Gambler bill BY
the Georgia LEGISLATURE all railroad tax
arbtrators are required 1t to complete
their work and report to the comptroller
OF the State within thirty-nine days
after thclr5appolntment. Il, u Viii 34;- i
The directors OF sthei Atlantic Coast
Line Company, OF Connecticut. have de-
clnred quarterly dividend Of 10 per
cent, payable September 9th, This n is
an Increase OF ono half per- cent. S over y
the previous rate, and places the stock
on ten per cent. dividend basis. is8
Mr. w W. Whitaore, agents Of the
Empire Line at Cleveland, has resigned.
The Trunk lines have announced in.
5creases In the rate on grain from Buffalo
/ to News York md other Atlantic ports,
varying from ono cent bushel on srye$ ii
to one-fourth cent on oats. @ AZ. I2s
The date for opening bids for tho "A
Philippine 8railraod concessions hur heeni
&nostponed by Secretary OF War tTafts1
E from November 1st, the date mentioned
{ In the invitations for proposals, to De-
ce1nber 1st. . .l{.i " ~
agent OF the Eric Despatch at Columbus
o., to succeed Mr.. Huntington Fitch, re.&
signed on account of III health. T5
a verdict In favor of the Pennsylvania
Railroad for sion 900 has been been rer- &
derod In the civil courts at Wheaton. ] ll..t$
AGAINST the city Of Chicago, In SUITS
brought to collect damages from the s&
city for property destroyed during the
Pullman strike OF 1894.
1t Is announced that the rail output Of Ss
the Illinois Steel Com pany has been Sold
lin to ca paclty until J,,ne Of mex yea r Fss
n twenty-five railroads reporting july
earnings show mn aggregate 'ntrea So OF "
q. 6s7 sO0 or tao per cent. In net earnings.
Mr.. IT, w. Parker hns been appointed
general freight and passenger agent OF
the Orange and Northwestern, With hea d.
qua rters at Orange. Tex.
KY The twenty-thlrd annual convention q X
: the Roadmnsters and Maintenance O. 4
way Association will be held at Niagara
Fails, N, Y /, beginning on September Jl2t H.
Headquarters will be at the lnterna tlonaAl
Hotel.
# Mr.. Geo. ], Gould has been elected acts
ing president OF the Wabash. owing to the
absence OF tho president, Mr.. Joseph Ratns II
sey. Jr. Il
IFS II is understood In railroad circles thas
tho Alton and tho Burlington are plans H
ming to build another bridge across the
river ut Alton or establish n transfer
system In st. Louis. 80
The first rcfunding mortgage Of ting
Southern Pacific Railroad Company ana
southern Pacific Company to the EanltasS
BILE Trust Company, Of New York. secur-5 Vi
Ing an Issue OF $lGo,ooo0oo bonds payable a5
January l. 1856 hns been executed. ,.+
Mr. Jesse II, Rhodes, agent OF the Cht-
cago Cincinnati and Louisville at Ma
rlon. md, has resigned to become assists l s. y
ant to Mr., w. T. Allen, president OF : ne ID
Mississippi Valley and Gulf Line.
I Mr. w. 3, Jones has been appointed c
SUPERINTENDENT OF Transportation OF the
Chicago, indianapolis and Iouisvllle,. sue
ceeding Mr., T. II. Parker. reslgn ~ u
The seaboard Air Line Railway reports Z
for June a surplus over charges of $ll7, 3l3.
against n deficit in June n year ago o. Il
;s.141. For the fiscal year the surplus ~ h
81. os4, o92. an Increase OF $780, 97 over the
previous year
Mr.. Andrew r, Fillerbrown, assistant