Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
EARNINGS OF RAILROADS
. SHOW sOUTH'S PROGRESS
Southcrn's Statement Far Exceeds
Lust Year and Almost
Equals 1913.
CAR SHORTAGE IS SERIOUS
Export Roads Cut in Half Time Al
lowed Shippers for Releasing Cars
Y ut SeabOard Terminal s-Ordcr
\ Placed for New Equipment.

There 10 continued testimony to the
recovery Of business conditions in the
South borne by the weekly earnings
of the Southern railroads and in the
orders for new equipment that are be-
ing placed by these lines.
| The Chesapeake and Ohio. Norfolk
land Western, Scaboard and Southern.
Az well as other roads Of the South.
have shown steady gains In the earn
inYs during the past three months.
business at this time on several OF
the lines is far ahead Of that of last
year. ana is only slightly less than
that or 1913.
The car-shortagc situation is show
ling signs of Improvement. according
ito a local railroad official yesterday.
but the condition is still scrious ana
has resulted in the placing IF many
orders for new equipment. The South
crn is reported as being IN the mar
ket for II number Of locomotives ana
a large number OF cars. orders for
which will be placed in the next fe"
days. according to reliable inforTa-
ton
The Nor,olls and Western has just
placed an order for 1900 tons Of
rails with Il Pittsburgh mill. accord
ing 20 q statement just made pubic.
/ The report of Comptroller Plant. Of
1.-THE Southern, made public yesterday,
estimates the earnings Of the road for
The third week in November at $l.-
$4,000. This shows increase In
the earnings over the same week Of
last year Of sl5o.4G?. The Southern
Is showing steady Improvement and
Officials are hopeful that but 4 few
weeks viii ciapsc before this year
will take the lead over 1919. which
was the best year In the history Of
Southern roads. The lumber business
in the Southcrns territory is, rapidly
Improving, while the movement Of
cotton and fertilizer is gaining. In
coal the recovery has been more linn
ited and not az great as with some
of the other lines. Passenger traf-
nc is still light. but with business i'm
provement gaining "a constantly firm
or hold on the South. that important
factor should riph, itself Within the
next f"w months
CONSTRUCTION work H. expected 10 nc
Kin In the near future on the Norfolk
Washington and New York Railroad
which wnE orEauI2ed TO build q line
from Newport News TO Washington. q
distance OF -. miles. with branch
down n" Northern Neck Of VIZ ginIa.
about i'f,v miles. The surveys and IS
Inmates have been completed. and thu.
entire distance. Claiming II. Ward. Of
this city, = president Of the new road
Tho Norfolk and Western hauled
i7.o21.@35 tons Of coal during the month
o. October. according to announcement
jus, made by Comptroller Joseph w
coXc. or this total 2.6o2@3d tons Were
hauled from TIA" fields OF the road
All tho railroads leading TO Norfolk
spd Newport News. aud other seapCrts
TOT Tho North. have found II necessary
Itt r"&uCc 10 tlft'cu days tho free tim"
period. Thirty days We're formerly al.
low eG on export freight brought 10
such ports on local bills OF ladiug and
subsequently sent abroad. This virtu-
AllS cuts IN" free time in half.
Tn purpose Of the road, - 10 get
Il frocr use or equipment and should ale
MI shippers owing to tho .xccptioual
Congestion Of freight existing at pres
snt. shippers OF export goods ar. cX-
pecicd 20 ADJUST their commercial trans
actions so as to release cars within Tic
1ftc"n- day period rather than the thir-
y days they have previously enjoyed.