The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-23
SOUTHERN USES
ALL.S|'T ! | [: n |: J.
First Road, to Introduce Cars Of
This Construction on Pas as
set1ger5 Trains. ~
MUCH NEW CONSTRUCTION

Detailed Statement of the Double
Tracking Comple on the
II a. Southern. Ia u
Fl The first all-steel passenger cur FOR d
railway ever made In the United States
VIII &at once be put into service on the
Southern Railway. The vehicle Is ~ feet
Q inches IN length, feet 10 inches wide
and IA feet 2 inches high. The little wood
Used in the trimmings Is absolutely fire.
proof. It cannot be set on fro, nor can
lt$be telescoped In q wreck, or have It's
ends smashed In. While the cur wciglis
about 10 per cent. moro han the ordinary
coach. tho builders believe that the weight
can 20 Y educedt 5 per- cent. Two other
Railway, and II they prove sue cessful,
tho@road will change its equipment All
experimental order from the Pennsylva-i
acter also has been given n 5,g a
Mr.. T.. E: J Johnson, president OF the Nor.
folk and Western Railway, writes from
rsna M @ Ina ma the VIRGINIA snd and
Potts Creek Railroad, both lately inoor-S
norated wll eon 5 an
the two lines WILDE about 20 niles. rae.
Interior and West Virginia Railroad Will
connect with the Big Stony. and the Vlr-a
g III Greek RailEoad WIN con
and through the Big stony to the Norfolk
az Western. The terrtory to be tra-5
ysrsed mentainous Mr
have been asked for construction and no
will gbe purchased.
y Mr. Raymond Dupuy, general manager
saying. that the first division from from - Nor
folk westward d for l25 miles will be in
operation by the first OF next year. also
are laid Counting What IS done In i, est
Virginia y e ab out& 100 miles Of track are.
The Roanoke and Northern Railway
II. Vaughan, president; James p. Woods.
vice. president; William F. Il HUFF, secre-
tary; q. I; Valgh an. treasurer all Of
aoansNs va tls Sstpssnln and e
Camp, Roanoke, Va, James Goodwin, Fin
castle, Va. s3f s5s2:s ya'. n. 55 js IL
Mr.. Hugh =. Mayor. secretary Of the
has given out the following statement:a
The gentlemen who propose to build
y railroad from Front III r val through
.Chester's Gap to Sperryville, r appahan--
llOCh Guilty. 1ldP0fg lllCo
5organizationE.he here, and applicat ion; has
been made for q charter for the t., Front
Royal, Ra ppahannock and s$ rldew vat y
IS r. Millar Of this town. was
elected president, and Hugh y. Naylor,b
secretary, OF the Front Royal r iverton4
Board Of Trade. was elected secretary
board q drss1o5s s
solid business men OF the country
through Which the road will pass, }
THE money has been subscribed for
the survey and location OF the road, :an aii
engineers with view to getting into the
field cnrly8in August. number OF pro-
noters and financiers have been oyer
the proposed route. nnd they report the
ton On. Of the Southern Railway, Washing
ton, D.. C.,s has furnished a sta ement
of construction work done from January
idouple-tracking from 5Danvlle 70 Pelham
completed In March. The double-tracktng
from Pomona to High Point, IN 9. also
and that more than Z miles Of rails are
laid on the northbound track and 81
miles on the southbound track. Double.
tracking Is also in progress from knox 6
line, lis miles, on which about 3.4 miles
have been laid on the eastbound track
and ! ia miles on the westbound track
From Jefferson City to New L,ne I9ln.,
is is being done, and nearly 6;2 miles Of
eastbound track have been laid.
Ths w0rk Mo5 has pssn f0
troeK for t1esI the Pratt Consolidated Goal
Company, near Davis Mines, Ala.,. - 81
mile with about an equal a m J 10 81.
sidngs spur track f or the t.as niles lies
With lipu about IL mile Of sidings;, spur
track l FOR the obey River Coal Company =, !
hear obeys City, Tenn, 81 OF g inlle'
with a Of a mile Of sdings. &, Z, !, 4,
follows: Spur track for the Mafs Sheats
s niles Snd 70 aD eSe SoS Fl e
MAE CONT compuny, sl4 miles, with miles q
Of track ln!d tHSe % q niles. Win
50 I'm miles; track ali laid but not ballas s, g.
Delta sopthern nnlWay y niles Nis
leng 3, Wa ion eom for s. wfG
ercy branch miles Sen Long, Iai a. and ia e
mile Of track mas ,, peg lnns' 81 The IT,
i sl branch, l0l miles long, there are
niles Of track laid. The sldiings WIZ pe
an lIl''e tha 13G,umberland railway in Tennes-
see n little more, than 8 miles Of tra ,,.s
have boon laid s. Campbell county 99t ySha ano
something more than miles ~ IN KKe u't.kt
ebout is niles Of track have been a 4!
in He'll county, making total nl'!ea ls
Of aboutl2s completed On ~ 1h' tbe 'h Gnsley
sos,th spu. Railway near short Greek. Ala:.
For the Tutwiler Coal and Coke G9lnpahy;;
Il II is 81 3 Of "a mile long, with sldlnng IS q
aI In conclusion, Mr.. Wells says that tne
southern has number of other tracks hat,s
under construction and on ,s somSs ee 81 tM nin
INT not baIlasted, and It will be some !
TIM time before they are scady for opera tlo ~