The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Brilliantly Edited, illustrated and Published
For Them By Walter Houston
Henderson, of New York.
Finest Publication Ever Issued For Railway In the South
Contains Valuable Information For the Investor and
Shipper Ii Is Comprehensive. Contains 400
Pages. Is Magnificenty Bound. 1t Is
Printed On Coated Paper, and Is
In Every Respect Won
derfu Production.

be other than an abridgment Of the his
tory OF territory so bountifully en-
dowed by nature.
Tho po..oy adopted and maintained
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company in its various steps of progress
sion, from it's very inception, has been a
liberal and, as subsequently proven, wise
one, as the extensions of the lines ana
their various branches have met with the
hearty support of the inhabitants of the
fertile regions through which they course.
il is, perhaps, because of this fact more
than any other that the company has
been encouraged in the expenditure OF
many millions of dollars in double-tr track
ing its system and adding betterments
from time to time to It's already excellent
facilities. Furthermore, the company has
not only In contemplation, but it Is the
avowed intention of those to whom this
great property has been entrusted, to do
that which 1t is believed will prove
successful investment of the roads funds
and ultimately rebound to the benefit OF
It's numerous present and future patrons.
The contents page shows numerous sub
( jects discussed, among which may oe
| mentioned Agriculture, Pomology, Coal
| Fields Commerce, Forest Products, Live
| Stock, Minerals. Water-Power, Manufac-
| lures, Finance. Education. ETC., as well
| as av,lescription of every city and town
! on TIE line. The book also contains
| list of the officials and general agents,
| alphabetical list of the stations, with
| which is included such additional ship
| ping information as location OF agencies.
! functions, track scales. telegraph offices.
where freight must be prepaid, and where
| it may be sent collect, ETC., etc.
| Another very important feature Is the
| list of industries. which Is extremely valu-
| able to business establishments along the
| line and throughout the East. West ana
| South, doing business with houses or
manufacturing plants on the Chesapeake
| and Ohio Railroad.
In this list is included the addresses OF
all tho agricultural works. barrel man
| ufacturers, box factories, breweries. brick
plants, brokers, broom factories, buggy,
| wagon and carriage factories, candy ana
gyrup factories, canneries, car works.
cement and lime plants. chemical and fer
tilizer works, cle". shippers, clothing rae
tories, coal and coke operations, distil-
leries, flour mills, foundries and machine
shops, fruit shippers, furniture factories,
grain shippers. grist mills, furnaces. gro
GERS (wholesale). hay. grain, -four and
feed dealers, hay shippers, live stock ship
pers, planning mills. manufacturers OF
sash, doors. blinds, etc. saw mills tam
neriea, vegetable shippers and numerous
others In the agricultural and manufac-
turing line.
1t would be hard to conceive Of more
completely compiled publication, and Il
IS unquestionably tho most comprchen'
siye M regards the mining, agricultural
manufacturing, commercial financial ant
educational situation in this section tina
has ever been published for a railwa,
In tho South, II not in the United States
The editor OF this publication Is wei
known writer on tho industrial situation
in tho South, and In this publication, a
well as in numerous previous Issues oil
similar subjects, he has shown hlmsel
familiar With the situation, as well q
being ecniua with the pen.
Nearly 1000 photographs have beer
used Ia illustrating this publication an
tho half-tnue cngrnyngs arc most beau
tlful indeed
The book Is elegantly bound in vellur
10 luxe cloth. with aluminium lettering
aud the pages number o total Of ito
Tnino ~ Information.
F'The ProgreBE Of the Road" shows II I
De great developer. and. among othe
things. says,
During the many years OF opcratio
| of tho CheAapenko and Ohio Railway,
has been progressive, and within the las
I quarter ~ a century improvements hay
4 been IAads OF suca magnitude as 70 a.