Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-12
NEW BAGGAGE CHECKING
RULE TO Be ENFORCED
Chesapeake and Ohio VIII Put Val
uatfon System Into Effect
July 10.
JUDGE RHEA IN LUNENBURG
Express Companies Report Increase
In Operating Income, Notwith-
standing Competition OF Parcel
POSt-ISuckroo Picnic Schedule.

In order to carry out the provisions
Of the Cummins amendment to the
Interstate commerce act, the Chcsa-
| peake and Ohio Railway has issued
circular containing instructions rela-
tive to the requirement OF n declara-
| ton of value from all persons check
ing baggage for. interstate transoorta-
ton. Nearly all other Eastern and
Southern carriers put these rules into
I effect as of June last. but on the
Chtsa pcakc and Ohio lines they become
! effective July Is.
Under the amendment to the inter-
state commerce act railway companies
| are li.ble for the actual amount Of loss
or or damage to baggage transported
over their lines when such loss or dam
ago is duo TO the carelcssness or neg
ligcncc OF the carrier. Travellers, in
checking baggage. must state in writ
Ing the value of the baggage when it
Is 10 be carried in interstate travel,
and the railway companies are not in
any event, liable beyond the amount so
stated. In order to facilitate the check.
ing OF baggage. the Chesapeake and
ONO mas prepared blank form which
| must be signed by the person to whom
such baggage belongs If tho value OF
tho baggage does not exceed SlOc il
VIII not be necessary for the traveller
70 fill in the value. but IL more than
Sl0G the traveller must state the spe-
CHIC value In the blank space provided
In the form. Up to n value Of 500
there Will he no insurance charge to
the owner of the baggage. but if moro
than 800 charge of 10 ccTts for
each 500 or fraction theIc of IL excess
or this amount will be assessed. The
act makes It misdemeanor for n pns
scnEer to misrepresent the value of
baggage
Transfer companies checking bag
cage will be instructed that they must
obtain Il declaration of value and at
tach stop check" to baggage check.
showing such value for the inrorrna
ton Of the baggage agent who Will
then compute charges for excess value,
II any. and forward c. o. D. tho same
as in the case of excess weight OF
baggage.
Judge william F. Rhea. OF the state
Corporation Commission. will leave to-
day over the Southern Railway for
Nirso, Lnnenburs County. where tho
Nirginian Railway, Southern Railway
and Norfolk and Western Railway
parallel each other, TO consider the
application being made by citizens of
this proposed town for a freight and
passenger station.
From this point Judge Rhea will 20
on TO South Boston to make an inspec-
ton of the new passenger station: at
That point, which was recently erected
under the supervision and direction of
the State Corporation Commission.
To facilitate the handling of the
coal traffic over Elshorn Mountain in
West Virginia. the Norfolk and West
ern is clectrifying twenty eight miles
OF It's line. extending from Blueneld
yards to Vivian A power-house has
been built at Rluestone, eleven miles
west of Bluefcld. and equipped with
sort coal-burning mechanically fed
steam generators, and three Wcsting
mousse steam generators. The electric
locomotives are arranged TO make n
speed or fourteen or twcnty-eight miles
an hour, with the former rate the nor
NAL operating speed.
The express companies do not an
pear to have been as hard hit by tho
inauguration and extension of the
parcei post system was claimed by
them Figures reported TO the Inter
state Commerce Commission for the
month of March show an increase In
tho operating income of nine com
pnnics of s792.942 over the total for
INC same period last year. In March.
i'l4' the same companies showed
decrease of S12s,937. Operating ex-
pcnses have been reduced more than
100000 a month. however. The com
phnies reporting were the Adams
american, Canadian. Globe Great
Northern. Northern, Southern, Wells
Fargo, and Western
Excursions from Richmond to Buck
roe Reach this week will be operated
by the Chesapeake and Ohio as fol-
lows, all leaving Richmond at Sis
o'clock In the morning and Buckroe at
o'clock in the evening:
July 13-Decatur Street Sunday
School
July l4-I,aurel Street Metbodts,
Church.
July l6-Cowardin Avenue Sunday
School.
July 16-Vennble Street SUNDAY
School.
For colored people an excursion, un-
der the auspices OF the Fourth Bap-
list sunday School. will be operated
to Bay Shore to-day. leaving Rich
mond mt 10 o'clock