The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-28
RAILROAD NEWS
FROM ALL POINTS
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Mr.. Garrett Becomes President OF
the seaboart Air Linc-Mcrt
Again Wins.
WEST POINT SPEAKS OUT
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ST POINT SPEAKS OUT.
Captain Westbury May Become
Division Superintendent to
Succeed Captain West.

Succeed Captain West.
The Scaboard Air Limo pcorle IN Rim
mond were very much Interested yes-
terday IN the outcome Of the meeting of
me board OF directors OF that line, held
III Now York yesterday to elect presi-
ucne OF the company. It had already
peen 1orecastt IN this paper that Mr..
W. a. Carrot would DO the man, but the
railway people were not sure about ii.
Mr.. Carrot was elected without onnosi.
.. ana MS election is another proof
INA! .hat inc railways OF to-day call into
the1r service only pracucal men.
Mr. Jarrett is yet young man. CONF
p'AratiVciy speaking, having come into
tilis world little less than forty-six
st.rs aso. He was mississippi boy,
age he entered the railroad service as a
esscnscrh boy In the ticket office OF the
mississippi and Ohio Railway Company
from mat small beginning he went along
up to clerk. umekeeper, assistant to /.
paymaster. assistant to purchasing
agent. principal OF the same Office, as
sistant superintendent, then supcrinten-
dent. - a6
Not long ago Mr.. Garrett was called
70 the general superintcndency OF tho
seaboard Air Line, and tho work he did
naturally made him the one and only
man TO succeed to the presidency.
The Florida travel is naturally be-
ginning to fall off, and the railways
beginning 10 offer special Inducements
10 those who have not yet visited tie
'Eycrgladcs." The Southern Offers
special round-trtp rates to all Florida
points These special rates amount
to about half fare on limited tickets.
and they apply to Richmond as wei
as to other points.
a special from West Point to Tho
Ttmes-Dispatch says that the Board
OF Trade OF that town. togetha with
q majority OF the best citizens, have
united in a petition to the proper att-
hocities OF the Southern Railway Cort-
parry, urging the appointment OF Cap
tain z. w. Westbury to be division
superintendent. to succeed the late
Captain w. T. West. The railway men
iii Danyille. Keysville and Greensboro
have also signed a paper urging tbs
appointment OF Captain Westbury
An interesting story is told about
the reasons why the Atlantic Coast
Line sold to the Seaboard control OF
the Macon. Dublin and Savannah. after
having lleld 1t two years. The corpo-&
rat ton which was sold owns ninety two
miles OF road from Macon to Vidalia.
in Georgia, where it connects with
the ,Scaboard line to Savannah. and an
extension from Macon northward TO
Atlapta is projected.
ACCORDING to the story, which for
obvious reaEons cannot BIO fully veri-
fled. the Atlantic Coast Line acauiret
the new road In pursuance of an un-
derstandIng with the Southern Rail-
way The latter did not wan, the
Central CT Georgia in which 1t IS
heavily interested, paralleled from
Macon to Savannah, with the possi-
biltty OF through line being COM
pieted from Atlanta to re coast to
compete with its cwn.
At tho time that the Coast Line
bought UP the smaller road it was not
convenient for the Southern to under
take tho transaction itself, and besides.
the Georgia statute against the common
ownership of competing lines did not
apply against the Coast Line, as 1t did
against the Southern
After the purchase, It is said, friction
developed between Coast Line and the
Southern ,nanagements The former
thereupon became tired OF guarding the
other road $ back door, and proceeded
to sell tho smaller road to the first bid
der. The cause of the Coast Lines
change of attitude toward the Southern
is said to have been the latter's ten
dency to 1nonopolize the southern terri
tory and the unwlllingness OF lis former
management to recognize the interests OF
other roads
The estimated earnings Of the South
arm Railway for the third week in Feb
ruary, compared with last year, are re-
ported as follows:
Southern Railway Company, exclusive
of st. Louis Louisville Lines: This year,
s1,o44oss; last year. sl,oS53es: increase
sS,715.
Southern Railway Company St. Louis
I>ouisyille Liifes: This year s79,5ol; last
year, ssG,oss; decrease, $780,
Mr.. A.. L. Elicit, travelling passenger
agent OF the Chesapeake and Ohio, with
Headquarters in Cincinnati, was In the
citv Yesterday and will be In virginia
for a week or more. Mr.. Elicit Is look
ing after exposition business IN me
West and he says that Immense crowds
will come to jamestown TINS year iro''
beyond the Ohio.
Two New Charters.
Tho Corporation Commission mas IS
sued the following charters: c,
Double Whirl Amusement Gorpora-
tion, Newport News. John Lowery.
Cov an