The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-27
Speculation AS to Who Will
Become Division Superintcn-
dent OF the Southern.
MAY BE CAPTAIN WEsTBURY
Hard Winter In the North Keeps
Trains Loaded with Flor 4
ida Tourists.

.intelidcnt OF the Richmond division or
the Southern Railway, was received
yesterday with genuine sorrow by all
the employees. from the highest to
the lowest, along tho line from West
Point to Danvile. Captain West was
universally popular with the mon
While ne was always a strict dlscipln-
al'ian, his manner Of enforcing necos-
sary rules was pleasing and in 10 |
way offensive The workers under |
him, honored the superintendent and |
were accustomed to obey his orders
with alacrity, not because they were
afraid of him. but rather because they
loved him. He knew by name all the
employees in the operating department
on his division, and no always issued
| his Instructions direct. Every man
on the line feels that lie has sustained
"a personal loss In the death of Cap
tain West.
The death of Captain West naturally
opens up the inquiry as to who will
be his successor as superintendent Of
| the Richmond division. The well known
policy OF the company to appoint men
to responsible positions because OF their
experience, actual ability, and knowl-
edge of the work to be taken In hand
] is assurance of the fact that some man
who has been under the growing pro-
cess from the ranksup Will be chosen
An OK railroad man. with whom
4 Times-Dispatch newsgatherer spoke
lon the subject yesterday. said:
ut seems to me that Captain C. W.
/ Westbury, the district passenger agent
must be the coming man His earliest
l work fof tho company was in the OPP
Grating department of the road, he
having entered that service when only
In ~ ~ re- Ia
best work In that department. was
done on the present Richmond division.
and he is familiar with every mile
of track on It. He would make a good
division superintendent Gil right, but
the trouble is he has been SO efficient
In the passenger department 1T IS
doubtful II that department VIII be
willing to give him up"
"All this talk to the effect that tile
roads in Virginia. especially those run
ming direct from Richmond to Norfolk.
3 Will put up the rates for the James
town Exposition is tho merest twad-
die. The roads couldn't do it, II thay
WANTED to, so great would be the howl
from the public.
Thus spoke a weli-known official OF
one Of the lines that touches Ricil-
. Imond yesterday. Continuing, this ON
clal said:
For several summers past the Ches-
= apeake and Ohio and the Norfolk and
Western have been running cheap sun
4 day and weekday excursions from
Richmond to Newport News, Old Point
= and Norfolk. The round-trlp tickets
: on these trains were made very low
because the summer season, being dull
the roads had idle rolling stock allt
! idle men on the trains, and then It wa
a argued that It would pay in the Ions
run to get the people In the habit q
- fr equently visiting the seashore IN fth
issued on some OF these excursion
summed. Round "Trip tickets have bec'
! trains as low as ST. suppose tn
lpeople who are scattering the -epor
that the roads are going to incrcas
!. the rates to jamestown are makin
that 81 cheap excursion rate the basl;
and they are expecting sonetnlh
n cheaper than that. In Virginia thrc
% cents per milesie the basis rate. Any
thing under that is a special or GU
= rate. While no agreement has We
Eeen reached. It is very certain tina
ID the exposition rates Will be a grea
!. think ii is equally safe to say that
Z VIII not be cut on the - clivap ~
curslon rate. Tickets with all SORT
40 CT limits TIC them will be issued for II
exposition. and suppose they Will :
cheap enough retty certain 1t Is thf
Il the general rates to the Jamestow
Exposition will be as low as any thu
nave ever peen siau.eo - -
~ position ever held in the country-po
er sibly little lower; for don't,you fo g
To- get that the jamestown Exposition w
ms have what no other big national sh n,
~, liz las ever had since the rh'1aaeipi,
ali overwhelmingly, water compet
nc ton
The travel to Florida points IS So
to be larger right now than ~ nj
"a been at this 81 ason Tor many yea yea,
- Usually by tho first, or certai n, ,
- the middle, of FeiNuary, the flori'
OF specials on the Seaboord' the nouen ",
and the Coast LIRE 10 thio I'VE! z.
ginia comparatively smp !r,s y. pu a, ous
@ come back croWaau' n,n S1 Ini,r,d
different. and the southpo oI,,a aot - -
HE are now quite as wen nl,eu 49, Us -
ST. We're in December OF curry ,'a a.. =
This condition IS suarosea 70 non ~ =
OF to tho very nara Wlntef e NV pIo :. az,
"a x.