The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-30
WASHINGTON lime
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freight cars every twcnty-four hours. 4
The yard, which is possibly the most
modern in the country, is built on the
"hump'' or gravity plan, so that cars
pushed TO the top Of an incline are dls-
tributed among the various siXty-eight
tracks by their own momentum. While
the capacity now is enormous, 1t is the
purpose Of the officials OF the WASN'T
ington- Southern to still further enlarge
1t, although the cost at this time has
exceeded q million and q half dollars (
& Mr.. Duke, assistant to the president,
In speaking OF the work Of double truck
ing the road, said that the grade had
been reduced to q maximum Of six-tenths
going north, and eight-tenths going south,
while the maximum curves were per-
cent. 1t was his opinion. he said, that the
change In roadbed had increased the
Tonnage carrying capacity ofsSthe road
more than fifty per cent.
President t.Leake .inlude the following
statement regarding the future plans Of
his road.
Fast New Yorker.
#I5.There B in contemplation, when tho
new work Is finished TO and through
Washington, to run train from Rlct-
mond to New York, leaving Richmond at
II o'clock ut night and reaching Wash
tlHSlOl III llTlc W w III lIiC Asis' '
Chesapeake and Ohio train from the Hot
Springs, uniting with It and reaching
New York between Z and s o'clock IN
the morning. 4
8RcturinnEsss ino::s7vill sslcave; New
ork between II o'clock and midnight and
will reach Richmond aboutf7 O clock the
following morning, the same train carry
Ing the Chesapeake and Ohio Hot Springs
coaches to Washington, thus accommo-
dating both Richmond and Hot Springs
travel.
The train, as contemplated, being pure
Nv local train from Richmond, Will
have 'seepers'' open at 8 o'clock for
those who care to retire early, and this
same condition will apply In New York.
lit will probably be a year before
this plan is affected, but Mr. Stevens of
the Chesapeake and Ohio and !. have
been discussing 1t, \ as II scheme which
will give Richmond and Hot Springs
travelling accommodations which they
have not been able TO obtain heretofore.
"The operation of the plan will mean
train to and from the North"
President Lake Pleased.
President Leake was asked If he was
satisfied with the working Of the now
route. 1Ic replied:
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suits and ! believe It will afford, both,
for freight and passengers, the greatest
Improvement In condition., It Will enable
the road to very much more than double
the business that it could have done un-
der the old single track system
M"The cost Of the double-track, change
OF grades, curvaturcs and other Improve
ments, including tho Potomac yards be-
tween Alexandria and Washington, Will
cost an expenditure Of eight millions Of
dollars. OF which nearly three millions
is spent by the Richmond, Fredericksburg
mond and Qunntico and the balance. Of
five millions. on the very short end OF the
line OF the Washing on Southern EXTEND
ing from Quantico to the south end OF
tho long bridge at Washington
"This latter amount of five millions.
however. includes the very large cxpendl-
ture Of one and n half millions for the
magnificent Potomac yards, built on the
most modern plans"
1t is stated by excellent authority that
She Washington Southern Is operating
forty trains a day between Richmond
and Washington, while In the busy sea-
son sixty trains n day Is the average.
There are on the pay roll OF tho COM
pany 1900 employees, who receive 100000
per month. ~
An official OF the road, after express
! ing his satisfaction with the new work
said: II think there has been made only
one mistaken the change of the name Of
one OF the stations from "Polccat" to
"Pcnola" 1t was an old colonial name
that meant something"