The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-24
WESTERN TRAINS
WERE DELAYED.
Landslide on Chesapeake and
Ohio Caused a Stop OF
Twelve Hours.
NO MORE PULLMAN PASSES
New Railroad For West Virginia.
Movements OF
Officials.

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! Mr.. c. p. Doyle, general manager Of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, re-
turned to the city yesterday. Mr.. Doyle
had been for several days in New York.
| Captain Westbury, district passenger
agent of the Southern Railway, returned
from st. Louis this morning.
The Chesapeake and Ohio trains from
| the west were delayed twelve hours yes
terday on account Of landslide on it's
| tracks No damage was done to any
train, as the trouble was discovered be-
fore any train reached the obstruction.
| The Pullman Company lis considering
| the advfsabilty of abolishing passes
| Since the abolition of passes by the rail-
roads, 1t is said, that the number Of Pull
| man passengers has fallen off materially.
The United States Supreme Court on
yesterday decided that the State OF Texas
has power to require half fares on street
railways for school children.
With the fling of a 100000 mortgage
in the recorders Office OF Washington
county, Pa. a new railroad project from
Millsboro, Washington county, to Man
nington, W. Va. has come to light. The
proposed line Is to be built by the South
ern Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
which is Il consolidation of the old COM
pany Of the same name with the Waynes-
burg Southern Railroad Company and the
Waynesburg and Warrington Railroad
Company. The capital stock Of the new
company Is s2,OOo,0O0.
The report from San Francisco that L.
n. Hartman had secured control OF the
Pacific Coast Company by the purchase
of Sl6,0Ooo00 OF its capital stock was on
yesterday officially denied.
Mr.. Paul Rinkerton, travelling freight
agent of the Southern at Augusta, Ga.
has been appointed commercial agent at
Columbus, Ga, vice Mr.. II. B. Stafford,
who has been transferred to Cincinnati,
o., as travelling freight agent. Mr.. j. 3.
Erwin, Jr., has been appointed travelling
freight agent at Augusta. Ca. in place
|of Mr. Pinkerton. Mr.. Thomas b. Dixon
has been appointed travelling freight
agent at Albany, Ga, succeeding Mr..
Erwin. Mr.. E. r. Oliver has been APP
pointed travelling freight agent at Chi
cago.
Mr.. E. D. Stratton commercial agent OF
the Southern at Peoria. Ill., has been
transferred at Evansville. Ind. In a sim
liar capacity, succeeding Mr.. r. Ii. Nor
ris, who has been appointed commercial
agent at Cincinnati, o., in place of Mr..
c. ]. D'Armour, who succeeds Mr.. STRAIT
ton at Peoria. Mr. ]. n. Templeton has
been appointed commercial agent at Pitts
burg. Pa. Mr.. L. NJ Jones has been ap-
pointed soliciting agent at Louisville. KY.
in place of Mr.. Templeton. Mr. c. v.
Marker has been appointed holNtung
agent at st. Louis, Mo, and Mr.. j. A.
Dickinson has been appointed travelling
freight agent at that point. Mr.. William
| Humphreys has been appointed travelling
| freight agent at Cincinnati, and Mr.. n.
v. Hutchinson has been appointed travel
ing freight agent at Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. w. G. Pennell, division freight
agent of the Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chi
cngo and St. Louis at Columbus, o., has
been transferred to Louisville, KY. in a
similar capacity, to succeed II. F. Frost,
deceased Mr.. w. G. McAIillin has been
Atlanta, Ga. succeeding Mr. w. p.
Bramley, resigned.
! Mr. H. p. Stewart, travelling agent of
| the Louisville and Nashville at Jackson
vile, Fla, has been appointed general
agent at that place, to succeed Mr.. O. p.
Bartlett transferred Mr.. Willis Gallo
way has been appointed travelling freight
agent at Jacksonville in place of Mr..
Stewart. Mr.. d. Lineham has been APP
pointed travelling passenger agent at
Montgomery, Ala.
Mr.. Z. C. Williams has been appointed
commercial agent of the Atlanta and
/ Dot tow, 90 A lohn at
| ST. Louis, Mo-, in place of Mr.. G.. b..
tyler, who has been transferred to New
Orleans, La, Mr.. w. j. Parker has been
appointed travelling freight agent at AT
| lanta, Ga, in place of Mr.. NJ. NJ. An
| sley, promoted. Mr. j. W. Hooks has
| been appointed contracting agent at Co
iumbus, Ca, succeeding Mr.. w. j. Parker.
Mr.. Il. e. Ellis has been appointed to
succeed Mr.. Hooks as soliciting agent at
Atlanta Ga.
The Macarthur Bros. Company. of chi
cago, who have the contract for building
one hundred and eight miles of the Tide
water road from Roanoke, Va, west, have
sub-let two more sections of the work
to the following parties: Jerry Cohnelly
of Kansas City, Mo-, thirteen miles, from
Roanoke, west; Douglas Bros, of Pitts
burg, Pa; sixteen miles. H. Fernstro1n,
] of Norfolk, Va, writes that track has
been laid on this road from Algren to
Suffolk Va, eight miles. Grading is in
progress from Sewall's Point to Aleren.
twenty miles. and from Suffolk to the
West Virginia State line. 3ol miles.
The spartanburg and Northern Rail-
/ road proposes to build railroad from
Spartansburg. S. c.. north to the Nortn
4 Carolina State line to connect with the
extension of the South and Western.
which Is building from Spruce Pine. N
i G., south to Spartansburg.