Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-15
RAILROAD MATTERS.

A survey of line from Memphis, via
Pine Bluff, Ia Shreveport, TO connect the
Chcsapeake & Ohio with the Southern IA
cilc system, and make q complete trans
continental line. is TO be made.
CHICAGo December IA break has oc-
CURED in east bound freight rates grain
falling five cents and provisions ten. This
will greatly facilitate provision shipments,
but will have little or no effect ON grain.
The passenger earnings Of the Erie road
for the last fiscal year amounted 10 y litto
more than 81, ,OOo0 an increase Of almost
81, ,GO0,Oo0 over the year ending September
20, 1879.
The Baltimore and Ohio claims 10 have
secured all Of It's rights Of way for limo of
railroad between baltimore and Pbiladcl-
phia, but will make no effort to enter IhIl-
adclpha until after the election Of Pres
idcnt Of the Reading Railroad Company.
The contract for building the fortysiK
miles Of tho Ohio river extension of tho
Ohio Central road from Athens 10 Point
Pleasant, West Virginia. was closed yester-
day with Mcssrs. Trowbridge X LOOMS.
who will begin work early In January.
The line will be completed by next Sep
tcmbcr.
ST. LOUIS, December IA Dallas, Texas,
special SAYS: A conference OF the Missouri
Pacific railroad officials. A. A. Talmn6e,
General Manager, presiding, takes plsos
here tomorrow. II Is uXdcrstood thst
Dallas, after December IL, IL 10 DE head
also that =. II. Newman will be made chief
OF the Texas agents. On the same date ths
first through Pullman car from Dallas to
~. Louis will leave.
The D. & o. management has, with ohaf-
acteristic good feeling toward Its patrons
along the line, determined that they shall
have merry time on the road during tho
holidays To this end the low rate OF two
cents a mile IL announced from any statiou
on the main line, branches or divisions.
I'm other words these low rate tickets Will
be- placed on sale on Dcoembsr 2tth and
will continue on sale until and Guiding
January 2d. They will cover all points
reached direct by the Il. 4 o., and will b
good on all trains that make the stops.
Railroad men are not likely 70 be much
annoyed over the prospective compctitio0
Of the Canada Pacific road when it has bssa
demonstrated that true economy of man
agemcnt will require the erection q .
snow shed 2, 100 miles long 10 protect uss
track In winter. In addition 10 the ordi.
nary snowfalIs of Ave 10 ten feet, the rod
wifi have 20 contend With such ecoentsiei-
ties OF weather a. that recently reportsd
from Winnipeg, where the westbound cI-
press was impeded by o sudden overflow
from Lake Manitoba. caused by trriAe
gale and while the locomotive was lying
immoyabIc, with fires cxtinguishcd, the
water froze about the train snd reduced 10
io the condition and usefulness of Q relic
Of the glacial epoch.
Another immense manufacturing suburb
is TO be added 10 Chicago. The nucleus of
the new town Is the establishments of sItsn-
sive shops 20 be known as the Chicago Loco
motive Works. nt Garfield, on the Chicago
a. Pacific Division Of the Milwaukee 4 Bt.
Paul Railroad, about mile northeast 0f
the city limits. The warranty deed has
been made over, the consideration being
$1,000. The company will have Q capitaa
Of 81 ,ODO, 900, and IL IN stated the new voskg
will be erected forthwi The works viii
have a capacity of turning out three loco
motives per week, and will employ soz
men. They will cost nearly $500 90. Ths
total annual product Of the works will b
worth o., ,250. 90. and the wages VIII amount
10 nearly e, 060 each day. r
OF the 291 aIles which failed on British
railways tie first half Of this year. if9 9vefe
engine aEles, viz: LBS crank. or driving. end
IL leading or trailing; 70 we're tender axlss.
100 were wagon sIles. and 10 were axlcs o.
salt vans. Pfty-two wagons, incledingt We
salt vans, bslOnssd % ornsls Other -
The railway co@paDies. OF ths LIS cfsak,
or driving. sxIse, 81 were made Of irpo .snA
81 Of steel. -1b<svsr.ep nilsass q % iss.
/ arles was fs1, ,p6s milss; md a ~ stsel
axles. iT2.32s miles OF the 3sf rails which
broke. 3G were double headed, " vess
single hesded, I uas of tbe bridge pettsen.
| snd2 vera Of the yiguoies section. Oh As
| double headed rails. III bad been turned !;
and 22i rails were usde d iron and I'D q