Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-07
SIX NEW LOCOMOTIVES
ORDERED BY R.,F. 6 P.
"'''"Ih Works to Build Pacific
types for Passenger and
Freight Service.
HOLD NEGRO FOR GRAND JURY
BOY Who Broke Switch Lock wrocL.
ing Irain' Makes No Defense.
kentucky Court Holds Rail,ond
Not Liable for Passengers Death

announcement WAS made ycsterd,y
mat the Richmond. Frcdericksburr ,,d
fotoniac has ordered six Pacific ,v,o
locomotives from the Baldwin / o.,,
tive Works. Two OF tho crrir., ,,
d" delivered in December and Tho 20
naming four in April.
i"e new engines will be used in,cr-
chahSeahly in the passenger ana ,.,,,
freight service of tho Richmond Fro,
crickshurS and Potomac. Tho avo,,,o
cost OF each locomotive will be onnroxi
matcly $4,000.
Nchard Al"xandcr the negro how
charged with deliberately wrccl.ir,
,ncshpeakc and Ohio passenger train
NO. - at rottomoi wcdr.sd.,, -
noon. made no defense al big ,r"ii.t
h"r! nearing before Magistrate. t.J
""hu WINSTON. of Hanover. yns,cr,i;,-
morning, and was held for tn. action
Oh lhc grand jury OF the Hanover ,,i,-
'u'' 'ourt. Following IN" action OF mo
magistrate. Alexander was ,,lt., 60
iienrico County Jail ana wiu =. ~.
tanned there until the Hanover cour,
convenes station Agent J r. Rire Of
boswell was in charge OF the hoy.
Nheh questioned hS J. W. King. as
SiStant claim agent. who wa. in ,.h.rro
OF the investigation. the b,y ,dr,ir,.I
'ha' he had broken the lock and
thrown the switch so tina; tn. r.in
would run in on Il spur track I'm.
tram was running at speed % forty
miles an noGr when II strucp Ia, or.u
switch ana was hurled Of tn. main
track. the engine and haryar. car
oN"rturninE. and the three coaches
leaving the rails. No one was hmr,'
Alexander was formerly an innni. OF
the colorcd reform school in Hanover
In an opinion handed down by the Su
pEeme Court OF Kentucky. in ne cas-.
OF Whitaker against the Chesapes:,e 9.
ONO Railway. II was held the railroad
was not liable FOR the death OF 4, ms
sthEer who was killed by an oiu... !,
attempting 10 arrest him at tn. IN
S'"hc" oil the conductor, after ne hal
Tta'cd disturbance ON a train rho
"r''oh was brought on the theor:. tina,
the conductor had made a false 81 40.
hent TO the officer that the PASSENGER
M" been guilty OF hoisterous conduc,
me court held that II was the nlss.r
gers duty under the law To submit Ia
IN" arrest whether the charge aga!pst
him was true or untrue
The estimated earnings Of the south-
crn Railway for the fourth week !,
july are sl.I3l.+S3: last wear 81 san
l2s: decrease, Sl3S.Gia
=. In an interview Yesterday u. II.
Snead. manager of EXPRESS ,y,ci',
Chesapeake and ohio Railway "ayc
some Interesting illustrations OF INC
service rendered by his road In order
|" earn the equivalent Of necessities
for employees and the company In
the Traffic World recently there an
pcared an article presenting some co,,
~ al
10 tit conditions on the Chcsapeakc ana
Ohio: CIV
Suppose YOU had ..COO pounds or
freight AT the freight station. and sun,
pose the hrayman charged YOU a dol
lar to deliver II to your home n- rl,c.
or business mile from the stntinn
Two thousand pounds is a good h;,-
load Tor Two horse team Would van
consider the drayman Il robhcr aud
raise row with him for charging
you the dollar? Probably not You
would consider the charge rcason.hI.
and pay IL without a question. Astho
freight was at the station presunahly
inc railroad brought IL there com
sider Tor a moment what the railroad
gets Tor hauling ton OF freight hear
NE IN mind that by far the larger por-
ton of the revenues OF the railroad
comes from hauling freight. The ,vcr
age rate on freight on the chcsaDcaIxc
ana ohio is Il trinc less than L. cent
per ton per mile, or. roughly. one
two hundredth part OF what the draw
man asks.
To earn the price of po,,n,l OF
hcefstcak for tn" section man. the
thosaneake and ohio Railway must
hau' ton "f freight from old Point
Comfort I" Toano. Va. forty-seven
miles
TO earn the price OF shirt for the
conductor the road must haul ton
N
Greenwood. Va, 200 miles
10 earn the price of a pair OF shoes
Tor the brakeman, the road must haul
q ton of freight from Old Point Com
fort TO Shclbyvile. Ky, 697 miles.
To earn the price of u suit Of clothes
for the engineer. the road must haul
ton OF freight more than four times
the distance from Old Point Comfort
to Chicago, a total OF $500 miles.
TO earn the price OF new cross
tie for the roadbed, il must carry a
ton Of freight from Old Point Comfort
to Beaver Dam, Va. 20 miles.
To earn the price Of a new rail, the
railway must haul a ton of freight
three times the distance from old Point
to Chicago. II total of $50 miles.
TO build Il mile Of first-claSs new
tracks costs approximately s25.00O. and
to earn this sum the railway has To
haul ton OF freight distance equal
to 200 times around the world.
The Chesapeake and Ohio is essen
TALLY coal-carryinE road. that com
modify comprising about 20 per cent
OF the entire volume Of business, and
in order to earn the price of lead
pencil il must haul a ton of coal about
four and quarter miles: to obtain
a pcnholder, II must haul n ton OF
coal more than three miles: to earn
2-cent postage stamp, II transports
the ton OF coal nearly six and a half
miles; a rubber eraser, over three
miles: pound OF waste, twenty-five
and fourtenths miles: an ink we'll.
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