The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-26
Determined Effort Will Be
Made to Have Repair and
Terminal Yards Located in
This City.
c. & OxoFFICIAL TO
ARRIVE LATE TO-DAY
Plans for Improvement Said
to Provide for an Expendi-
ture of Over Half-Million
Dollars.

A determined effort to yet land for
Richmond repair shops and terminal
freight yards for which the c. & O.
railroad company is said to have
drawn specifications and plans that
call for an expenditure of about $780,
600, will be made by committee of
some twenty-five or thirty representa-
tives of the Young Mems Business
club and the Commercial club this af-
ternoon when they will confer with
President George w. Stevens of the
C. & O. at the north end station and
endeavor to persuade him that Rich
mond is the logical and most advant-
ageous point for the location of these
improvements.
An inspection of several sites in
the southern part of the city was made
today by a special committee of bust
ness men in order to learn definitely
just what suitable property is obtain
able for the company's use. The com.
mittee is confident that a tempting of.
fer can be made to the company des.
pite the recent declarations of the of.
ficials of the road that the decision OF
the jury in the South N street open.
ing case rendered useless the only 10.
cal site suitable for yard purposes.
Are To Try Hard.
The business men of the city and
the two commercial organizations
seem resolved to secure the location
of the shops and yards here if it is al
all possible. They believe their con
ference with President Stevens this
afternoon will go long way towards
accomplishing this end 1t is upon
three main points that the local men
seek to persuade the company to 10
cate it's yards and shops here: First
because Richmond is the logical
freight terminal in point of distance
between Cincinnati and Peru: second
because Richmond affords just as good
a site for yards as does Losantville OF
the Druley farm, south of the city, now
being considered by the company, and
has the advantages of the city in addi
ton; third, because residences are te
be had at once for the employees oi
the company, eliminating the neces
sity of houses having to be built as
would be the case at Losantville or or
the Druley farm; and finally, because
Richmond manufacturers and mer
chants would turn more business ovel
to the C. & o. If the shops and yards
were established here, out of apprecia
tion, although the company is not tt
be boycotted if another location il
chosen.
An effort will be made by the com
mittee to have President Stevens tt
stop over in the city for several hour.
in order that the matter may be placed
before him at length, but it is feared
Mr.. Stevens will not consent to being
detained that long.
President Stevens stop here to con
fer with the local men regarding thu
shop and yards is due largely to {
letter sent him by a committee ap
pointed for that purpose at the las
directors meeting of the Young Men.
Business club. After congratulatint
the company on the business like me
thods which have characterized thu
management of the road since it came
under the control of the c. & O., ths
letter reads in part as follows:
Letter to Stevens.
From the attitude of the official
of your road, who have always COM
into contact with members of our OF
ganization. we believe You are inter
ested in the upbuilding of Richmon,
on account of your holdings here. We
as citizens and business men. ar,
keenly interested in Richmond. an
| we believe that no other city in In
diana has its business on a more soli
foundation, and has more fayorabl
prospects than Richmond. We ar
anxious to judiciously boost this city
| and we believe that the interests o
Richmond and of the C. & o. rail
| road, are SO far mutual that we cal
cooperate to a great extent in our ei
forts.
| AT present We are PARTICULAR,
interested in having your compan
make extensions here, as are cor
sistent with the advantageous man
agement of your road. We under
stand your company is now conten
plating the establishment of yards an
repair shops. in or near Richmond
and il consistent for your company t
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