The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-20
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chesapeake and Ohio 2 Has i; $57 Placed 's
I Order for tive Hun N
dred More.
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lVcstb,ury r. cturi, So South ltl178s
erin q Earnings.

y, :, I, IL, a, u rreenent filled ycster-
AZ, i Il, this city between ail ana Cotli,
80 1,.SE thn On sapealse and Ohio 1SalrohH y
:, ~ ia : New York Security ana 'Ir vs.
r.nn,nary. filed Yesterday, Is to cover t the
" 70 nendt,1re for steel gondolns and lo 'sl,
mn, "a; nov being built for the Chesa--
e nenkc and Ohio Tho e ompan ny fre s. CIV.
con tructed with the Pressed 93 stecl ~
& Company, Of Pi ttsburg, for eoVo ~ tl 't,
drop steel gondolns OF fifty TONS cait'es-
In y. each and the order is now beng lli ieu,
#;Thls & III addition@to the one thousand
rondolas received from the same WORKS ''' y
& I'D #yc;,r, and no:v III service, Recently
tic same road ordered twenty locoln 70
n ives built by tho American Locomo tl ;S
1,omnnry. At It's Richmond works. " IN
4 All tie equipment now ordereS' has o 7 ~
e delivered the Chesapeake and ONO VIII VII
le one Of The most thoroughly equlppeeu
roads OF the East.
4 by the use OF steam, the Chesapeake =. Q
/ and Ohio Railway has been able to great
Nv facilitate ana expedite the unloading
sof coal Epndolas tnt its great NEWPORT
n News piers. Tho exposure Of the conl 70
q falling weather and melting snow dam
mems il. and ga--change oG&tempcratufc
freezes tho Jumps together SO that it was
found difficult to dump the cars into the
holds of vessels and considerable Tune
& was expended thus and q larger torcc
REQUIRED. Il BY sending steam through #thc
coal the freeze Is loosened and the cars
dump without difficulty. TIC idea has
saved the roiau considerable money. and
will no doubt DO adopted by other lines
{ at their coal piers. 81.
Mr.. Victor L. Clubs, or$the Rock Is
{ land system, was absent from the city
esterday hnstling business for his line.
JIG has 10 range over almost he entire entire
state. 54
<,aptain C. w. Westbury, OF the South
c,ns Railway, has returned from South
Carolina, after spending several days ~
the Palmetto State,
The through Florida trains OF the vari-
Gus lines running through Virginia arc
now running practically on schedule every
day, and are hauling more passengers
than at this time last year. The South
t.rn tourists travel Is growing every win
Ter. Many of the tourists stop over IL
this city Oh their way to their homes,
sgS The Southern Railway is now conclud
a ing arrangements with the New Orleans
Terminal Company by means OF which Il
will be able TO divert its export and lin.
port traffic coming from or do
stined TO points in the Mississippi val
ley to New Orleans. instead of delivering
1t AT Atlantic ports First Vice-Presiden
Nv. w. Finley and Second Vice-Presiden
y. NJ. Culpi have been negotiating for TIL.
n change. -G
SIR. ArthurCi. Lewis. Southern passen
ger agent OF the Baltimore and Ohit
dalroad, located at Norfolk, was IL
Il tho city yesterday. incidentally he wa
distributing some handsome menu card
used on the dining cars OF the Royal Blu
linc These cards are works of art, wei
worthy OF preservation as souvenirs.
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frbe report Of Comptroller a. ii. Plant
pf tho Southern Railway, shows the fol
lowing earnings Of the system, estimate
for the second week in January: The wee
this year, sS0SS3 week last year, $7S2,l
Increase. for the week, this Year SIS
G75 Al this rate for the entire year a
increase in earnings OF nearly Il miliio
and d half will be shown.
f{rhe recent meeting of railway equiv
ment menat the Richmond Hotel, in hi
city, attended by dozen representative
Of Southern roads. while Of little publ
interest In its results is Of interest !
showing that Richmond is getting MOI
or these meetings of Various ralwa
bodies since lis hotel accommodat!ur
have been enlarged. With further eel
largenient II is anticipated that this CT.
\ will become evcn more OF railway Gel
Ter. y Dill
PA Announcement IL made from Pitt
IL burg that President Ramsey Of the w
hash, has placed orders for this road Il
u sest01 90 ton gondola cars.
lSta} a3f M kIaity - $Gs i&5s Y g2Et