Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-11
HUNTINGTON OPENS
ARMS TO C.. & o. VETS

tContinutd From Third Page.)
the men of the system felt for their
late friend and president. George
Walter stevens. which eliminated in
Il resolution empowering the "exccu-
tive committee" to Investigate the
dcsirability and feasibility OF estab-
Using permanent memorial to Mr..
Stevens. and the ACCESSIBILITY of
creating fund for such purpose.
with orders that the committee re-
port at the next reunion.
Captain Bailey Responds.
Mayor Campbell. on behalf of the
city. extended cordial welcome to
the veterans. stresSinG the allied in
tcrest Of the metropolis and the c.
and o. system. lie brought out in a
deft manner, that il the railroad was
not the father Of Huntington it was
the fosterfather. Conductor James
r. Bailey. one OF the oldest veterans
in point of scrviic. responded for the
association
Following stirring letter of re-
grct from President Harahan, and
one from Miss Helen Stevens. an hon
orary member, which were read by
President iiotchkiss, the association
listened TO MIR. IlotchkisS' affection
ate and constructive annual address
From this time on, the meeting was
turned over To The memorials for
MIR. Stevens and the departed men,
bcrs, III which exercises Herbert
Fitzpatrick one Of the counsel for
the company in West Virginia, and
the veteran valuation engineer. j. l..
Nelson, were the ccntcrs of interest,
| MIR. Fitzpatrick. Il forciblc. incsive
| speaker, challenged the country to
| produce another such railroad cNccu-
| tive AZ George W. Stevens, whom he
termed Master of Detail"
IN what way can we judge
man these days except by the record
of his achievements" asked the
| speaker. and continuing presented an
array OF ld'st1tistics as proof, pre-
facing the iigu-cs with the remarks
that The Chesapeake and Ohio may
be said tn have had lis beginning in
! the year 1890. ON January \ Of that
| year. there came from the West, from
the Wabash. man 80 years old, tall,
| slender, erect. His name was Stcv-
ems. He WAS made general superin-
tcndcnt OF the G. & -. Al that time
| the company had 500 miles OF track,
extending from Fortress Monroe to
Cincinnati. IL had 2iS engines. 1875
passenger ears. ana on the line were
| about fifty mines producing annually
| about 100000 tons Of coal The an
! nuai gross business was about ST.
100000. The largest ears on the road
had capacity of thirty tons. There
was no double track or dining car
service" That was the Chesapeak c
and Ohio Hallway.
Wizard OF Transportation.
That year, in 1890. when you be-
came acquainted with MIR. Stevens.
railway men throughout the country
! began 10 realize that there had ar
rived in this section wizard OF
| transportation. In 1891 he became
! general manager. and from that day
| George ". stevens was the Chesa-
pcakc and Ohio Railway, and the
! Chesapeake and Ohio hallway was
| George W. stevens"
The speaker then sketched the his
| tory of the extensions made under
| the force of MIR. stevens regime, and
| that. at the presidents death in No
vembcr, 1920, the company had $500
miles OF track. 963 engines. l0O-ton
coal cars had replaced the thirty ton
| type, ana TIE gross receipts had
| reached the figure of 100000. o00 an
| nually, besides on the line were Gao
mines producing 2?.000,0o0 tons OF
coal annually.
| II you will as'. the rank and file
of the association they will tell you
almost to a :nar that 4 reunion would