The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-19
SOUTHERN To PUT
ON EXTRA TRAIN
Local Will Be Run Out of
City Early in After
noon
MOSELEY'S JUNCTION
TO BE TERMINAL POINT
Officials Of Road Grant Request
Presented at Representative
Meeting in Chamber
of Commerce.

"a A1AWGy VIII OpETAI9
local passenger train out of Rich
mond early In the afternoon.
This was decided Tuesday morn
ing at meeting in the Chamber OF
commerce attended by President Fin
ley and other high officials OF tno
Southern
The train will be run on week days
only, leaving Richmond at & r. "
IL VIII be operated as far az Moseley.s
junction. twenty-one miles out from
the city. arriving there at 1855 p. Al.
returning, it will leave Moseley.s
junction at 4:10 p. NJ, and rsach-
ing Richmond at sos p. NJ.
Flans of the company are to use
the equipment and crew OF the train
from keysville arriving in Richmond
at $40 A. M. and leaving on the re-
turn trip at P. NJ. The schedule
OF the heysville train Will be un-
aHected by the extra local service.
Inc on1cials promised to have the
extra local in operation by next Nom
day, IL all arrangements could b
made by that time. At any rate, they
said it was certain that the new train
would be operating within the next
two weeks.
Chamber Well ruled.
When President Finley arrived at
the Chamber of Commerce at g.aO
O'Clock tuesday morning in response
to an invitation to talk over the train
matter with members OF the chamber
and others interested in the service.
he was greeted by a body OF represeil-
tative business men of Richmond ana
citixeps OF Chesterfield that f1ilAd
every seat In the chamber auditorium.
Mr.. Finley was accompanied by tnA
following officials OF his road: Il H.
Coapman, general manager; III. 81.
Spencer, vice. president in charge or
construction; s. H. Hardwick, pss-s
senger traffic manager: III. f. Hufch-
ems, general superintendent OF the
eastern division; j. II. Drake, rem
eral freight agent at Richmond: w.
L. Pierce, superintendent OF the Hfsn-
mond division: ST. Elmo Burgess ais
trfct passenger agent at Rfchmonsl:
Winns Wilson. commercial agent ~
Richmond.
Proposition Presented.
Mr.. w Reed. OF Richmond. pre-
sided. and Mr. II. MEG. Burlington.
chairman OF the committee appointed
to present the proposition to Mr.. Fin
ley. first took the floor and read the
draTt of the paper prepared by hin
committee. This paper pointed out IA
detail the need of an extra local train
out of Richmond and also dweit at
some length on the advantages that
must necessarily accrue to the SOUTH
ern from such a service
The committee proposed a scheti-
ule that would take the train az far
as Amelia Courthouse. thirty six niie1
out from Richmond. Officials OF the
road, however. could not see the Id
vantage OF running the train to that
place. and compromise was finally,
reached. with Moseieys Junction -
the terminal point.
Those comprising the COMMITTEES.
besides Chairman Burlington, were w.
T. Reed. +. NJ. r. Taicott. Polk MifSs
Ter, T. s. Winston, e. c. Laird, W.
w. Baker. Z
Captain Baker Speaks.
Mr.. McBuilington was Followed n.y.
Captain Baker. who emphasized Tins
pertance of the extra service, laying
special stress upon the fine country III
Chesterfield through which the South IA
ern runs and the high class Of citts
zenship that would patronixe the trafn
Captain Baker spoke of the great con~
venience which the train would fur
nish children residing at points along
the line and attending school In Rich
mond. With an early afternoon a0r-
vice, he showed that children return-
ing home from Richmond would 49,
rive there several hours ahead ~ the
time which the p, Nj. schedule has
afforded In the past. IL
Miller Boosts Ron AIT. a
Others who urged the necessity 01S
the train were Or. James Nelson, pre-
ident OF the Woman's College: MNsV
John. h. watkins. a prominent nur%
seryman of Chesterfield and Mr.. po1k%
Miller. Richmond druggist and
humorist. who has made htMa
home at Bon Air for the last twe1t
| " years, he said. because OF in exsA
ceedingiy healthful location. Mr. Nfls4
Ter believed that the extra servic45
asked OF the Southern would tend tc
attract residents to Bon Air that n0
resort to other suburban sections hsS
cause OF greater accessibility
Finley Discusses Serytce.
These speakers were followed Y k1
President Finley. who began bys
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