The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-28
STEVENS PLEASED
With CONDITIONS
Confirms Statements That c. s.
o. Offices Will Remain
in Richmond.
STATUS OF HOOKING VALLEY
Court Has Decided Two Of Four
Points Involved in
Litigation.
STATUS OF HOOKING VALLEY
QUALITY SHOP

President George w. Stevens, OF tho
pany, returned to his office yesterday
morning after an extended Western
inspection tour. He fully confirmed
statements given out In Cln.ii:rad
and kilograms sent to the lttchmond
Chamber of Commerce that there was
no intention to remove the general
Offices of the Chesapeake and ohio
away from Richmond.
AS confirming this. he calls altar
ton to the circular issued after the
meeting OF the board Of directors last
week by James Steuart A1ackie. secre-
tary of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company. extending trrtsd!c-
ton of the general officers over the
newly acquired Western connection. In
that circular the headquarters OF Pres
ident George w. Stevens. First Vice.
President Decatur A1tell. Vice-Pres :.
ident and General Counsel Henry j.
Wickham. president in Charge OF
Traffic Frank NJ Whitaker, Assistant
Secretary A. Trevvett, Assistant sec
rotary G.. E. Potts, and Comptroller
L. +. Sullivan are specified as being
in Richmond. The offices of Frank
TrumbulI. chairman OF the Board:
treasurer, and j. w. Nokely. assistant
secretary and treasurer, arc located in
New York, ana the offices OF Fl. &.
Starr, counsel. and j. A. s. Graves.
assistant treasurer, both former Off
Gals OF the C. C. and L. are located
In Chicago, none OF the general oin-
GERS of the company being located
under the new orders in Cincinnati
Authority Extended.
Following the issuance OF that CIR
cular, President Stevens issued orders
Gals of the c. C. and L. arc located
extending the jurisdiction OF General
Manager L. w. Grice over the Ches-
| apeake and Ohio of Indiana. and Mir.
Grice yesterday Issued circular an
| nouncing the following appointments.
| which are in the nature OF extensions
OF authority over the Chesapeake and
| Ohio Railway of Indiana, all with
headquarters in Richmond:
C. C. Walker. general superintendent
! transportation; ]. f. Walsh. general
superintendent motive power; T. NJ.
| Ramsdell. master car builder; b. I.
| Jellison. purchasing agent; j. 8.
| stevens. superintendent telegraph: q.
| S. Sipp, car service agent; r. l.
| Morris, general storekeeper: DR.. C. w.
| r. Brock, chief surgeon. L. L. Scherer,
| general claim agent: Charles Stephens.
| signal engineer; II. c. Boughton gen.
eral agent, ]. NJ. Staten. general In
spector OF bridges.
The Hooking, Valley Litigation.
4 Mr.. Stevens expressed himself as be-
ing greatly pleased with conditions all
over the system. as shown by his re-
cent inspection tour.
1--WE have taken over the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad Company OF
Indiana and made 1t q part Of our sys,
tenn" he said. "As to the litigation
4 over the Hooking Valley. I believe II
| will work out in our favor. Although
we are waiting on the courts for g
4 final decision. we are operating the
road. AS matter of fact. two OF
/. the four points involved have already
A been decided in our favor. The court
has decided that the meeting Of thu
directors Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
ar which the Hooking Valley stool
was purchased was legal meeting
and that our road has right to owl
7 the stock The two questions now
issue are whether we can vote tf'
stock. and whether we can increase I
so as to provide for betterments 0
!. the road. We own outright $S,OOo,o0
of the s11,ooo.ooo Of the capital stool
OF the Hooking Valley road. The in
I. terests which are fighting US own les
than 5000 shares of par value OF no
more than, 100000"