The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-20
FREIGHT HOUSE
F0R|C. { 0. RAILvAY.
Prominent Official Declares That
There Will Be Mo- Union
Freight Depot.
GRASS WlDoWERs' SPECIAL
Southern and the Louisville Show
Increased Earnings for
June.
GRASS WlDoWERs' SPECIAL

A prominent official OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company said last
night that his company had been for
some time acquiring property in tho VAL
ley along Seventeenth Street, with view
towards erecting largo freight house.
There is nothing new In the matter
and every one has known OF our desire
in this direction. We have made no do
finite plans yet, but the freight house
Is an assured fnot
The Chesapeake and Ohio official denied
positively that the, new freight house
would be used by other roads.
Prominent among the railroad officials
who are attending the session OF the
Corporation Commission are Messrs.
Alfred P. Thorn, counsel for the Southern;
A. H. Plant. comptroller. and L Green,
of the Southern and Alexander Hamilton,
OF the Atlantic Coast Line.
The grass widowers'" special from
Waynesboro to Richmond will be In
augurated on the first Monday in July,
reaching Richmond at e:45 o'clock
The new schedule of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company will be
III OpeTutlOn On July ISL stl u l5f
Mr.. A. H. Plant comptroller Of the
Southern Railway announces the follow
Ing earnings OF his road for the second
week In June:
Southern Railway Company. excluding
st. tLouis-Louisville lines-This year,
$685. last year, ss11.612; increase
ss2,oS2
Southern Railway Company, st. Louis
Louisville iines-This year, s7s,030; last
year, s72,GS: Increase, 5000.
The gross earnings of the Louisville
and Nashville for the second week of
June 1905 sso,sss; 1906, s752,e1o: In
crease, s7S,3s5; July to June IA, 1905,
s4o,s4s,377; 1905. ss7,256ol1; increase,
$3.50, 366.
According to an agreement filed in At
lanta between the Seaboard Air Line and
S. D, Loring and Son. OF Boston, the
former has purchased new equipment to
the value Of $2,108,760. The equipment
consists OF thirty freight engines, ten
passenger engines. $50 box cars and 1 900
gondola cars.
The engines are to be constructed by
the American Locomotive Company and
the Baldwin Locomotive Works. and are
to be delivered between July and Octo-
Der.
PHILADELPHIA, June ,1s.-rhe Bal
timore and Ohio dividend is established,
and, as the company Is earning and is
fully able to pay an increasedi dividend,
the directors will probably Increase the
dividend to 8 per cent. at the adjourned
meeting Tomorrow. The usual time Of
holding the meeting Is In July, but II
was called earlier this year The pres
ent earnings OF the Baltimore and Ohio.
and Its prospects warrant even a higher
dividend rate than s per cent. It can
be said that the Norfolk and Western
dividend will probably be Increased to
5 per cent. in the fall, but it Is not
likely that the Chesa peake and Ohio
dividend will be changed this year.
NEW YORK. June 1e:-A comparison
of Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk
and Western on basis OF expansion or
traffic and gross earning power some-
what favors the latter road. Norfoks
tonnage movement has Increased 70 per
cent, while Chesapeaxe's has Increased
63 per cent:
Tonnage. c.. & o. N. & W.
r 1896 $13,3HEy1 SIS. s62. 323
1904 % ,55A17 14,1p1,652
1853 9.68,5u 14.11O,18l
l90o lO,9O4,1G5 70 2Bs. 100
1901 1O,125, W 1874 ,OSi
1870 8. f46. $40 ~ 10,7S3, 221