The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-02
SEES BIG CHANCE
FOR WEST POINT.
Mayor Ainslie Tells How New
Steamer Service Will Help
Build Up That Port.
MEANS MUCH FOR RICHMOND
Southern Railway to Operate
Fifty-Minute Train and Double
Track It's Line.
MEANS MUCH FOR RICHMOND

BY the time tho two new steamers,
The City of Richmond" and 1.-THE City
of Annapolis" of tho Chesapeake
Steamship Company's line, are put into
West Point In October. the Southern
Railway will have completed the re-
building OF it's road from West Point
ito Richmond, SO that u boat train can
be operated out of this city on q fifty
minute schedule. Eventually, the
Southern will double track It's Rich
mond West Point division, which will
bring that fine port into closer touch
with the capital, and thus increase the
trade of local merchants.
Mayor George Ainslie. who returned
home yesterday from Baltimore. where
he attended the launching of the new
steamers at Sparrows Point on Sat
urday. was enthusiastic over the daily
bay service which Is to be inaugurated
by the Chesapeake company.
big Thing for Richmond.
Il do not believe that our people fully
appreciate what this service will mean
for West Point and Richmond" said
the Mayor. The mere fact that we
are to have a ffty-Ininute schedule to
West Point is of considerable import
ance. and u double track will add just
that much moro. We have heard n
great deal about making West Point
the port OF Richmond. SO far as Ches-
apeakc Bay liz concerned. and with
closer traffic. together with this fine
river port OF ours, we ought to be able
to reach out. and I am sure we will
When the new boats are put into
service next fall there VIII be n big
house warming ut West Point, and you
may count on that hustling town. 1t
will be heard from 1t is being heard
from now. and it IS particularly graft
flying to find that West Point boosters
think 80 highly OF Richmond. with none
nf In hat rix olv,- t,l,
chara ct eristc OF the smaller towns
attitude toward the bigger ones.
Eighty-pound rail Is now being laid
on the Southern's West Point division.
and tho new boat-train will make the
trip In nifty minutes. This means. too.
that the regular service will be i'm
proved, and 1t is a matter of some i'm
portance to all the towns along that
division"
Many mt the Launching.
City Attorney Henry r.. Pollard. who
was n member of the Richmond party
at the launching on Saturday. will re-
turn home to-day. Among the others
who made the trip were Judge j. r.
WinGheld, OF the State Corporation
Commission. who sees great future
for West Point; James II. Drake. gen
eral freight agent of the Southern Rail-
way; Warren p. Taylor, traffic man
ager OF the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad. and Winsboro
Wilson. OF the Southern. Mr. Drake.
who has looked after the local welfare
OF the Southern Railway for n good
many years, has taken keen interest
In the work OF cutting tho West Point
sch edule from one hour and q half to
nifty minutes, for, as a railroad expert,
no sees the advantages for a big In
crease In freight and passenger traf-
hc
Mayor Ainslie escaped the ordeal OF
In irp
There was no spcechmaking Of any
kind. although the visitors were so
royalty entertained that they wero
happy over the elimination Of oratory