The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-24

WILLIAMS U. PRAISES HICKS {!
aboard Air d Line Has Three,
Offices Vacant Chairman Isl
Blair iii Europe. isf.

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" President William Josiah Lenke, Of the
Richmond. Ttederi cksburg and Potomac,
who has been attending d ootvontlon OF
railroad officials In New York, will res
turn this morning. }55 less
assistant to n the President Duke and
General Traffic Manager Warren p. T'ay-
Tor, Of the Richmond. fredericksburg and
Potomac, nro with Judge Leake. N Ss
General 8 erintendcnt Culp. Of the
Washington and Southern, Is in the North
on his holiday. E38 M + s5 4 ms
President George w. . Stevens, Of the
Chesnpeako and Ohio, who has been n
New Y ork attending the ratio convention.
is now MT ll!s ountry homo tareenlte,""E
near the Natural Bridge. lie will return
to Richmond 4 on Monday. II i s$ Sj5i n
5 Presld ent John Shelton w llintns, OF the
Augusta Roads, was asked yesterday II
3fo know ything regarding tho rurored
ircsig1lat Ion OF President Alfred Walters,
of the Senboand Air Line Mr.. Williams
declined to discuss the question IN any
way He sold. however, \ I consider Gen-
5eral Hicks, OF the Seaboard Air Line. o
remarkably fine railroad man.
The sseaboaLd Air Line organization Is
ct present 1t ID said, In o most unsatis-S
factory condi tion, there being no general
manager, no first vice president and no
ttreasurerl 81 S II II III II & gt
Chairman Blair and two other nen,bers
OF the Executive Committee are :, in E N'
rope. ia M s II II ). IL:
Assistant iii General Passenge r Agent
8NYarthen, OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
says that passenge business this season
has been unprecedented and that his
road has had practically all the business!
1t could handle. rs N
Second Assistant Postmaster-Ge General
yShallen berger announced yesterday that
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company had
agreed to put into operation on its Lines!
the seventy-fo OF all-steel non-combus
Bile postal cars, with a view Of lesseningI
the danger to the lives Of railway postal
clerks in the event Of a wreck. Y \: Il
@ The output Of locomotives by American
manufacturers, exclusive Of railroads.
own makes. is estimated roughly at about
1000 a year. OF this number approxi-s
$mateyI 10 per cent. was exported from
the United States ingthe fiscal year ended
June goth, the val e being Sc, s76, 22s.5
Japanis industrial growth Is shown by
the fact that; that country proved the
best customer for this commodity, taking
over 30 per cent. Of the entire number
shipped. NJ or 178 out of 6s2. Tie next
largest number was taken by the Central
American States and British Honduras,
where 1Ol locomot ives, valued at 1871 $3.50,
were shipped. g 81 y85 sH st s. D
The Interstate Comm cree Commissionj
has Issued an order calling upon all frail-l
roads engaged in interstate commerce to-
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September /. 1905, the totaf number Of
freight cars owned on L August Il 1906;
together with the mum ber3 OF such cars
equipped with air brakes. MI s3 rs "A
Acting under the authority conferred;
upon It BY section q OF the amended
Safety Appliance act OF Ii March q, 1905,
the commission. on November 15, 1908,
made an order effective August /, 1906,
increasing to 70 per cent. the minimum
percentage OF power brakes to be used
in all trains subject to the provisions
OF the statute This order was mad s as
the result Of a hearing, as provided by.
law, previous to which the commission.
had obtained reports showing that about
4 IS per cent. OF all freight cars In the
United States were equipped with air
brakes on October I J. Il 903. GA Tho purpose
of the present order Is y to learn WI hat
progress has been made 4 In II equipment
since last October, With a view OF com-l
plying with the IS per cent order. which
went into effect August p It. Y NJ i5f II
2s The Master Car Builders Association,
representing practically all the railroad
mileage in the United States. has Issued
q rule requiring that all cars offered in
Interchange after September 1906.
must be equipped with air brakes, and
many Of the leading roads, among which
is the Pennsylvania, have already lied
all connecting lines that they will res;
fuse tofaccept cars In interchange unless
they are equipped with air brakes. is8 The
purpose Of the law Is that all trains
shall be operated with full compile
melt Of air brakes. It Is claimed that
the railroads are complying with 1t as
rapidly as tho equipment can be secured.
az According to tho annual report Of the
railroad commissioners Of 54 Connecticut,
lust submitted to the Governor, the trol-
ley carried more than 30 perg5 cent,
more passengers In the year than tho
steam lines Tho steam roads carried
{G4.4o3149 passengers and the trolloys
s1O2,S04.1G0. The gross i earnings i We're
3s52,o57,9o3, and the net $14,3l1.261' "a It
took s22, 424 500 I to- pay & the S2.798 cm-
5ploycs. The total stocks, bond s and float
Ing debts OF the trolley companies
amount to sGs,Q4S.ss92,S2, an increase OF.
isl2,641.252.75 in the year. III