Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-05
TOURIST TRAVEL HAS
BROKEN ALL RECORDS
"""'h hcapS Enormous Profits
Through Entertainment OF
Winter Visitors.
COAST LINE SHOWS PROFIT
Operating Income Not Only Larger
fhan for Same Month Last Year.
nut Larger Than for Two Years
ASo, Before War Began.

Tho South has profted TO am INITIAL,
degree through the touris, businc.s
'his year rs :: direct result OF III. VAR
EUROPE. said w. IT, Tayloe. mas.
nS'i frame manager OF the Southern
halfway Company. who spent vcstcra,v
IN Richmond. closing a twn .,c.l,S.
'onr OF Tho entire Southland visiting
an oil the lcadin. winter rey,r,. cnd
n'iN'iS "A general inspection tour Of
ms section of The country iic re-,
- n'o I" WASHING. "n lat. yesteiuiv
NJ Tayloe said tiat he rouid IL.
''''h 10 ne IN "a most pros cI g IL con-
"!'ioh along all general !;nc- Ire
''n'if business wis the lagos. this
year or any in the history o. thu coun-
Nv nc said lie visited As'.evillr. in
IN" Land OF the SIX. Augusta ana an
90 IN" Florida resorts. finding Ia. no.
I'lS running 10 capacity. He explained
VA, the war In Europe. which pre-
vented. travellers going abroad had
sent thousands To the resorts in tins
section Of the country. and ne failed
t" flnd a single dissatisfied person over
IN" climate and facilities OF the South.
Inc railroads during the past TWO
months have boon hauling record
breaking crowds To the -outT. Mr. T'ay-
loo said. and as Yet the northward
movement TO any extent has not
started. Travel has, however, started
North. but has only reached the more
central parts ct the South. many tour
lists stopping over at various points in
North and South Carolina. For sew
"ral weeks. the railroar= operating out
"f Richmond. according 10 the local
passenger Offices. have been forced to
attach additional cars TO their South
orn trains 20 accommodate the traffic.
During his stop IN Richmond ycstcr-
day Mr.. Tayloc discussed with local
ofhciais certain plans tor tho handling
If tho summer traffic 10 the mountain
section OF North Carolina. IN the Lard
q! ihc sky. whcr: arrangements have
lus; been competed FOR the use o. the
NJ Mitchell N+;:cnal Forest. un Ii tho
direction OF II. & Graves. chief forester
az III" United Sta,es Forest Scrr;c" as
National playground, FOR recreation
'1d camping Purposes.
During tn" month or January tho
operating rcyouucy OF Tho Atlantic
Coast Limo Railroad Company auyrc-
='tcd '&.n1o,OS5. compared wiih S2.siG.-
-Nl Tor the sam" month Of Hast Year.
and S5"3"3S5 iu 1919 Tho operating
expenses and taxes. while create, than
ihos" OF last year f',r the same month.
During when the railroads OF ,ho coun-
Try were operating their lines at the
lowest possible cost. are sim slightly
h"l"" those Of 1918. For January they
wcr" F2.l%I.2l2, "a AGAINST il95S,Soo
FOR :, year ago. and S@,39l.Ci, FOR 1914
Tho operating income o! the road.
howcNcr. shows Il rcdccln!uG feature in
mat for tho month 81 January there is
substantial increase both OF last
cHr and the Year before During
January tn" income Was s931S52. com
jared with sC7i,3i" last year. aud sSl3,-
80 TO. tho same month IN 1914.
For tho seven months OF tho current
N.,al year tho operating revenues were
fl..iS1.oJo, compared with sl1.S5o,Ga
'ta' ,ctr, aud slight decrease as com
rar"d With the Year previous. Tho
s,.'i,%it,siuu iuu"iuc for the period was
: i...".29'. compared with S3.lo7.2st
last wear, ana Si,+3.0cl for the same
months in 1914
Thornton Lewis. manager Of tho
Eauawha Dispatch, issued a circular
Yesterday appointing Il Z. Crcagcr
assistant general Eastern agent; l.. i.
simmons. travelling freight agent and
i. T.; Mcchan. soliciting freight agent
all with headquarters at 2o3 Broadway,
New York CITY. MIR. Crcagcr was for
mcrly export agent. and Mr. simmons
soliciting agent.
Among the railroad men visitors in
Richmond yesterday were George y.
orr. travelling pu sscuEer agent OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
Of Sorto!k: j. y. :. Mitchell. travelling
freight agent Of the Merchants and
e folk, and W. II Tayloc, passenger traf-
tic manager Of the Southern Railway,
with headquarters in Washington.
& :. A. scott. general manager of the
White oak Coal Company, OF McDon-
aid. ". Va, and J.. y. Snead, manager
of tho sales department OF the same
company. Of Washington. conferred
. With !. Wilson Howe. coal freight
1ccnt OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company. Yesterday in con-
rcciion with the movement "f coal
from, tho fields in West Virginia.