Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-28
MARKED INCREASE SHOWN
IN TRAVEL TO HOPENELL
Special Trains To RichE,onG increase
Their Business by More Thnn
30 Per Cent.
rEKM>NENCI IS ASSURED
Chesapeake and Ohio Shows I'M
proved Credit Since Its Last Loan.
Special Bulletin {" Shippers rs to
Demand for Cars.

Marked Increases have boon shown
in the past two weeks in the number
OF passengers handled over the special
Richmond TO Ilopeweli rommutcr trains
Of the Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk
ana Western railroads. and the traffic
has become so grca, ms to Justify the
p"rmancncy OF this special service for
some time 10 come al least. according
I" railroad officials. Figures made
public yesterday at the local passcn-
ger Office. Of the railroads show an
iucreas" OF moro than 80 per cent in
tn" traffic within the past month
TIL" ,ranlc was record breaking last
week when an average Of TO pas
s"rrers used the three daily ;ratus to
and from tho powder city. \ month
ago tho travel was less than 100 pas
sencers per train There has hccu
steady increases in the number OF poo
pie using these trains since tho gun
cotton plant ut Hop"wcll settled down
to normal working conditions AND
many Of tho operatives ar" making Ia"
,rip TO and from Richmond daily.
Tho two railroads have been orcra,-
iur the trains as an experiment. FOR
'hirty-day periods. and Official an
ununccm"nt was made Yesterday that
the trains would no continued for an
other month. Will" the roads continue
this method Of operation. prinrinall"
as a protection IN event that th" raj
nc should decrease to such an extent
tina; III. trains would not b" rnvinr
expenses. Richmond business NON ~"
.irmly % The opinion that tho s"ryic"
will he continued indefinitely.
Delegates to Tho State Republican
conv"nticu which meets in Roanoke
Tomorrow will leave Richmond this
, afternoon at 3 o'clock in a special car
for The Magic CITY arriving Their" at
I ,;,.h i,v
hccn provided by the railroad. and
the delegates Will spend the night in
these IN Roanoke. the cars being park
ed In I've station Yards in ,hat city.
Returning. tho special car will leave
Roanok" for Richmond late Wednesday
night More than nifty local members
Of the Republican party will mak" the
trip. It Mas stated yesterday.
The Chesapeake" and ohio hallway
Companies credit has improved since
, 1914. when had i2S,5oo.0oc Of notes
maturing, and there was some doubt
I as TO how it couIl take care Of them
d In a rather unprCpitious market II
did so by the sale OF S33.ooo.1o6 five
year. : per cent notes, but il had 10
agree TO nut haca into the property
from net incom" IN increasing anuua!
amount from $4,000 900 up To s. 900.
600 .acn year that she notes are OUT A..
! standing. It's money At that time
cost slightly mo-" than per cent.
| Now i, is rchccuinr those notes
through the sale or thirty-year. CON
! vertihlc bonds on which the money
costs the road ahout 80 per cent;
''.Ai Time wher the railroads arc
experiencing Il net shortage OF freight
cars Tor the first time al this period
/ OF The year since 1907 SAYS Railway
Age Gazette, 1T bchoovcs every one
VINO has anything TO do with the hand
! Ing az rars ~ VINO has an interest in
the prompt transportation OF freight.
I" adopi every practicable means 10
! r"om"t" the great efficiency OF the
available car supply.
This includes shippers and con-
signccs. as well as railroads. not only
because the: are vitality interested in
the adequacy OF transportation facili i
ties. tut because. rs freight cars are
IN their possession large part OF the
time. ard as they control the loading
OF carload freight, they have a great
tanning the maximum efficiency from
rajiyo;ti equipment.
4 "As q large percentage of the frcc int
I cars loaded on Il railroad are handle ed
by other roads before reaching their
/ dcstiuation. any increase in carloadinS
effected through the efforts Of one
road necessarily operates To the benc-
! 1T &C all roads.