The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-05
Several Changes in Local Oh
ficcrs--Mr. Duke Off to
Florida.
CAPT. CONE NOW IN CHARGE
Advances in Rates in Certain
Quarters and Reductions in
Others.

to Florida for a ten days vacation,
which he very much needs. Pending |
the succession to the presidency. Mr..
Duke has been hard worked In the |
general offices, and he will greatly en-
Joy the rest
Mr., William NJ Taylor, who has been
in the Richmond ticket Office of the |
seaboard Air Line for the past two
and IL half years. and who Is generally |
regarded as one Of the best in the ser
sire, has been transferred to the Sea-
boaitt's general Offices in Portsmouth. |
He lea Saturday night and yesterday |
assumed his new duties. In this posi- |
tion Mr.. 1aylor will have charge Of one |
OF the roons in the Office of the gem
eral passenger agent, The change is
considerable promotion both as to
salary and position. Mr. Taylor has
been succeeded Mere by Mr. r. Vaughn
Lloyd, who has nsen for more than n
year with the RlcAtnond Transfer Conn
pany.
Much work has been done in the Byrd
Street Offices OF the aichmond. Freder-
icksburs and Potomac Railway within
the past few weeks. The Offices of
President White and Assistant Duke
have been remodeled as,f, made much
more convenient and attractive
Captain A. p Cone. who en- Saturday
was appointed superintendent of the
Richmond division OF the Southern Rail-
way to succeed the late Captain w. H.
West, reached the city SUNDAY night
and assumed the duties of his new
office yesterday morning Captain Gone
lis not stranger in Richmond. He
lived here many years and married
here. He was for quite a while train
dispatcher in the Richmond Office and
was then promoted to the position of
master of transportation with head
quarters at Greensboro. Later he was
made assistant superintendent of the
Washington division with headquarters
in Washington, and now he lis fur
Their promoted by the appointment to
the SUPPLEMENTARY Of the Richmond
division. Captain Cone will. of ccs.lse,
residesin this city. t4st lasisi@
1t Is announced that the Pennsylvania
Railway on the first day of May will
advance the Underwater and line rates
on bituminons coal five per cent: "A
| special dispatch from Pittsburg of
recent date gives a rather gloomy out
look for the work Of railway building
this year 1t says: s68HS
Executive officials of the various
railroads in this district have practi-
l cally decided that comparatively few
extensions to the present lines are to
| be built this year. Plans for new
lbranch lines. which were surveyed some
| time ago Will be held over for another
year or so. and a great deal OF the
| money appropriated for new work Will
be used in doubIe-tracking and i'm
| proving facilities for handling freight.
| 1t Is claimed that on many of the
branch and main lines where there
| are but one or two tracks, the traffic
! has been greatly increased and the
| roads are unable to handle this bust
ness to good advantage. They have
/ decided that additional tracks must be
laid at once, and to accomplish this
! 1T Will be necessary to abandon some
OF the extensions for which bids were
about to be invited The, engineering
departments have been instructed to
| prepare estimates of the cost of laying
additional tracks and for larger ter
minals."
Iowa has passed graduated two
cent" rate. The new law provides that
roads earning $4,000 or more per mile
per annum must sell tickets at two
cent rate; those earning between $4,000
and $4,000 at two and a half-cent
4 rate, and those less than $4,000 at a
three-cent rate. This will make the
fares on practically all trunk lines two
cents per mile.
/ A telegram from Cleveland, O., says
IAN average increase of 10 per cent
/ in freight rates on iron and steel ar
1 cominittee of the Central Freight AS
lsociation, 1t will bring $4,000, OO(
more revenue to the railroads yearly
llSome increase will become effective IL
4 March and others in April and May
There will be a withdrawal of specia
traffic rates on iron and steel articles
4 restoring them to the fourth and fifth
classes. This means an advance from
16 cents to is cents a hundred from
Pittsburg to Chicago and similar ad
vances to New York. The changes wer,
figured out at a Joint meeting of TIL,
Pittsburg, Wheeling. Youngstown
Cleveland and Buffalo committees
Wisconsin railroads are disposed II
see the two-cent rate In an even NOR
liberal light than the law provides. I
Is said that all railroads in that Stat
will adopt a maximum passenger rat
of two cents a mile, or half a cen
less than the rate accorded them b.
the Railway Commission of that State
unless the sentiment expressed Mt
conference here yesterday of passenge
officials of Wisconsin lines is complete
ly reversed.
The Norfolk and Western earning
for January We're $2,559,331.54 again.
$a,s75,a2s,95 for the correspondent
month of last year, being an increas
OF per cent
The operating expenses for Januar
were sl,6oo,aoa05, as against 1854
1902 for the Same month of last yea
or an increase of 16 per cent
The net earnings were sa59,025.:
as against ssso,9os,os, or a decrea.
OF per cent,
The road operated twenty -eigl
miles more of road in January of TIL
year than last year. and paid out
much larger sum in the way of ge,
eral expenses OF maintenance, take
etc,
The Louisville and Nashville show
For January gross increased 1851
vi TIA; expenses Increased 1886, 462.. N
decreased 32S,6sS, From July LIST gro
increased $S,205,542; expenses increas,
sa.SS2,727; net Increased $s72,S15,
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