The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-30
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TO'RE.S.U.N''|E|I0:|-.D|:|..A|'|.Y'
& CORPORATION Commission Will
Continue Rate and Classifica-
ss5a ton Hearing.
RAILROADS LARGE EARNINGS ! I | '
All the Big Systems Show Pc e.
and Healthy Increase.
About Railroad M ell.

.rbs state Corporation Commission will
II meet gain at IL O'clock to- day IN iythe
Z hall OF the House of Repre- en tatiyes 20
continue the hearing OF the rate EASES lss =
! d Nd Will spend at least another day hear
s5inr tie objections Of Traffic Manager
g uotchkiss, Of the Chesapeake and ONO,
II II the proposed Virginia State rates ana
* ciassincatons proposed to " be .prolnul-
u gated by the State Corporation ConnilsT
q sion n 6 f. q a .'.s 3, Il. V. II.
& Major Hotchkiss has been on the Wit
Il moss stand for a8week, and so far as any
one on the outside can guess, he was not
Il half through when OIL Friday the conf ON.
s or. more properly speaking, Mr. Braxton,
vino Is cross examining the witness, WIS
4 not Marlborough with him. Ri
885 III us the purpose of tho commission 70
u gets Through with Major liotcnklss as
II enrly gtfii sgweck as possible, and then ad-
j jouril tbs ratio herring to early In Sep
j TENDER. 4. 5SSS IL 8
FOR the second week 81 July the gross
4 gated gated ss,54a,577, agalnst s7,5ss,27o in the
corresponding period last year. an IN
j crease Of se7l,so7, Or. 1857 per cent, y !.
For the third week 81 July me glH taS
sixteen rlroaas eor
responding period, last year, nm increase east
* Of s61e ,O57 h, orc12.65 perS cent. .2 4
vi From July list to July LIST the GROSS
II earnings of sixteen railroads ahgsresatea
sl5.71o, 033, against s13,s0o.7S6 IN the cor.
responding period last year, an increase
J Of Il ,SO9,24S, or 1901 per cent. 4
5t5t The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,s
Il statement Of the coal and coke orlgln I1lI
Ling on Its lines east of Pittsburg and Erie
\ for the week ended July 2lst, With COM COM
+ parsons. follows: ~ ~.
Week end. Year TO Year to
r., q T,,Ix al 1n1v Col
short t. tons ...1o2,l4o 2,3s7,723 1850, oso
3s short tons 57sos5 1I145,so l5,575,511,4
ton tons -. ~. 2s7l52 e,es4,ss9 6,o57,44e
Total (. ,. 9ls,877 6,4es, o26 s4,2s2 900
Baltimore and Ohio officers are consd-
eringS an order for freight and passenger
/ equipment and the order may be placed
within the next few days There are to
\ be, q, 900 freight cars. OF which about
/ 3 900 will be box cars and the remainder ~
lfsteel hopper md composite cars; !. Ihe
I&of& construction. Of the order Of 10, 900
lsfreigft cars placed last year by the COM
\ pany! there are about 200 box cars yet TO
@ be- delivered. is@ N NJ Il i
Next Tuesday has been fixed as the
hhcate by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for "a hearing, requested by a
SSconlmittee OF ives tern VI railroad OH clas
safor the Interpretation Of the railroad ratio
law III SO far8as 1t is within the province
aofgthe Interstate Commerce Commission
John Barrett, minister at Bogota. re-
ports the formation OF. "a great En- lish
II Company, with4n capital sof 81 100000,
which has purchased a number Of rail
and steamboat lines OF communication
il Colon bia. and Is preparing to build more.
StThis new organization Is called the Car
4 tagena, Colombia, Railway Company
Il Limftcd). . l{i q
Colonel Alva u. Smith. general passen-.
\ ger agent OF the Lake shore whose life
q lins hung in the balance ever since he was
attacked with pneumonia died Thursday
q at Ridgewood Villa, Harriettstown, In the
Adirondack region. :Is 4.s y X 5sa} sS8