Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-07
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
PUSHING OUT TO WEST
Rushing Work OH Cut.OT From Edg-
ingt0n. Ky, to Waverly.
Ohio.
NEW OUTLET FOR COAL TRAINS
VIII Give Direct Route for West Vir.
ginia Soft Coal to Points on Great
Iakcs-Building Great Bridge
Over Ohio River.

Construction work OH the cutoff OF
me chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company from Edgington. Ky. to wa.
verify. ONO, Is being pushed with all
possible speed. and through frcish,
service is expected to be inauguratcd
on inns thirty-mile line forming tho
connecting link between West Virgins,
and the Northwest by January l. 1917.
according to q statement issued YES
terday by the railroads. Headquarters
in Richmond.
Inc completion OF the tine which
Is one of the few pieces OF heavy rail-
ioad construction at this time In the
; United states, will be an important
step in tho plan OF the Chesapeake and
ohio to secure its own independent line
from the coalfelds of West Virginia
,and Kentucky TO the Great Lakes and
the Northwest. Al this time a great
part OF the coal is handled eastward
10 Newport News. and thence by wa
ter to it's destination although con-
siderable portion is also hauled west
TOT distrihution through tho Middle
West
u" cutoff is the uronor,, ~.
.hesapeake and Ohio Nnr,n. " me
49, subsidiary Of tn. I,h.n ,,a,i
III 'hio' and will conuoc, ,,.;,L ne
rs valley. the controIIi,, ~"
'''', - owned By the loci .... ~
nIn,,, ne greatest work to he co,
,cro.s ~ erection OF The b,iJ,.o
ii,unori.,n. nlo river which forms a.,
r.'t feature of the proion,
INSISTS OF u river crossi,n ara
t""s. nc river crossinp !cct
"upi'chte channel spans or - faa ,StS
1"anhei spans being reuuirod ~ NO
chn, states government because ina
low near the Kentucky side ar
~" water and shifts to ibe ohin
'at Hood time. sue
inc notable feature or ti,ts ,,.,
nv ,FuSses of which are IN. Ionre.,
81" heaviest rivctcd trusses ovar h,,iI.
r. ON. iCa' is the two channel snons
Ma. 81 "ctuie work has been com
s,r',o, an" ,hc erection Of the SUPER
VIII he started June
ne chesapeake and Ohio continues
70 handle large quantities Of coal anS
ohc' the hgures for the month of
80, "'r', made public Yesterday.
showing 2'2'G,925 tons of the combined
=, ouuc! loaded AT the various mines
sdohe lne line. as compa red with /
o.i.6io tons for the same month -,
,ast year. The road dumped 3G4.7gS
tons OF coal and coke over the nier.
'at Newport News. compared with SEQ
80 tons year ago
heia'iveIY speaking. the Atlanta.
birmingham and Atlantic R,ilwav Ia.
H.
ihes Than any other road in the south
= OF me SIN months of the current fiscal
r"' me increase in gross was 1872 pcr
cent rms compares with % per cent
.or me Atlantic Coast Line. GS for
me Seapoard Air Line. 80 per cent for
the Southern hallway ana per cent
'or the Louisville and Nashville.
ne claim department OF the Norfolk;
ana western Railway Company has
Just issued a comparative statement OF
the month or December, 1914 and 1915.
showing the result of the inauguration
of the claim prevention movement.
This movement was made effective last
October, the claim department appoint
ing men over the divisions seeking to
discover the cause for numerous claim,
complaints, in an EFFORT 10 reduce tho
number
In Decenher. 1915. there was maid
Sli,Slo in freight claims as compared
with $26,iG3 for the same month OF a
year ago. a decrease Of Sll,632 In
TINS connection IL Is ssown that the
freight incrcas ed considerably and vet
the claims were less than for the same
month of the previous year. The
claim prevention movement" has de-
velopcd similar to the safety first
movement" which has proven so great
success. The company recently cs-
;abiishcd an efficiency movement
among the men, and this promises ma
terial results.
In Il statement issued Yesterday, the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway denied
'hat II contemplated the purchase Of
tho Chesapeake BAY boat lines from
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
which must dispose Of them under Il
ruling Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission The raih DAD branded the
report as absolutely false"
MANS OWN POI