The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-25
'MANY7CIH'.ANG.ES|N|I.
0 OFFICE ] [: SYSTEM 4 n
Part III Chesapeake and OliloI
Clerical Force Now Iii Witt II:
lock B uildii1g. 5.t.laI
MUCH CRAMPE:!D!| J. ] For ROOM ON
In Few Years New and Pcr1t1a-5
11ert Headquarters Will
|. " Be Necessary. 33l

u rho additional OFFICES for the Chesn4
X peakes and Ohio Railway located In the
B;SVhitlocl building, adjoining the regular
office (Paco) building OF the system, which
were ,iecessitnted by tho expansion III
finl the departments OF the railway, have
sl.oGil furnished and completed, and the
accounting department has moved INTO
Stl,eirSneN headquartcrs.2 81
This move 9F was occasioned by ING g
steadily increasing volume OF business
which has been going on for some yea rs.
and by the simultaneous incrensaEof tho
clerical foroe to meet the larger demands;
8ETut Y may be regarded as only NJ tenn.
apornry headquarters, for 1t Is understood
that even the present increased Office
room, will be soon outgrow and that the
management, is determining in the next
& two or three years either to secure an
entirely new office building or; to take
offices IN III larger building that will be:
entirely convenient and suitable for the
needs OF the business. 81 M S5F H. 5iE
Ell The Jrhltlock building has been leased!
for two OF three years, after Which new
and permanent offices will 5 be secured.
+ The ne WHY opened Offices are occupied
BY. Il. 5 b. I1nslow, auditor OF $disburse-
men is. and g. W. Poe. auditor OF pnssen-
ger. receipts on the second floor OF the
building. Tho entire third floor is occu-
pied by O. D. James, auditor of freight
receipts IN addition, the management
10 perfectlng arrangements for board
room, whichahns now become an absolute
necessity. This will be in the oiticesGat
present occupied by NJ. II. spicer, chief
clerk to the president. and adjoining the
offices of the president. on the second
floor. " The room nextAto the presidents
pfflce3 and now occupied Sby tho freight
traffic manager, will be used for oflices
Z to the chief clerk to the president. and
also as entrance for callers to tho pres
iidents office These changes are now
under way and will be- completed within
3afweek or ten days. 5
EOthers 10 move into the new building
are Mr.. Lowry, and the freight claim de-
partment under Mr.. Gilbert and Comp
troller T.. +, Al Sullivan. all of whom will
move to the second floor. Mr.. / G. b. Wall
will move from the top floor Of the old
building to make room for #. 81 c.. Cabell,
engineer sof maintenance OF way. The
Offices E OF Purchasing 4 Agent w. r.
15aBon ia, who has moved down to the
corner Of the building on the ground
g floor, re being re modeled for the use
OF 4 district Freight Agent & Lehman and
General Agent Cary. Of the Kanawha
dispatch. Contracting a gent Macon and
Travelling Freight Agent Brander Will also
move from across the street into the
Offices being prepared on the ground floor
OF the general building office,
There has been much shifting about
In the arrang cement OF the offices. and the
fact is q pparent that soon all the avail
able space on the block between Eighth
and Ninth Streets on Main will be oc-
cupied by the Chesapeake and Ohio. and
that for further expansion OF room they
VIII have TO look elsewhere, when that
necessity becomes unavoidable, Where the
road will locate the authorities will
not say, but 1t Is understood that they
are preparing themselves for an entirely
new location for their offices.