Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-07

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Railroad men inundated this town yes'er'
day.
All trains are running regularly over the
@. d o. ssa W
The 6. 80. continues to do an enormous
freight business.
M i Becker. Chief Engineer P O. & St.
L. and p. w. & Ky. r. R., Il Ia the city.
Can't John Lane, travelling agent b = O.
r R.yiu 70 East for q few days nextweek.
Col James d. Welsh, South Eastern
Agent q. p. r. r., was in the city yesterday.
John Chamberlain, Travelling Passenger
Agent c., NJ. & st. p. road, was here yes
terday.
W. e. Reppert, trans-Ohio PASSENGER
Agent B. & D. R R., was at the .. q v.
depot yesterday.
Wm. Durham, OF Huntington, has 500
position in the Western Union Telegraph
Office al Cincinnati.
The repairs on the damaged pier Of tne
Big Sandy bridge are completed, and trains
are passing over again.
The G. a o. Railway Company Is build
ing an elevator at Newport News WAN .
capacity of 900, 900 bushels.
Accommodation trains will run on the
Charleston and Point Peasants railroad
about the first of November.
The first car load of freight for Martins
Ferry over the w. & L. Z. road was car
of cooper stuff for Park IL Mears.
The Ohio Central railroad will be com.
pleted to Point Pleasant by the first OF
January, jany trains running regularly 70
Columbus.
Excursion tickets will be sold to Ashland
and return during tbs Boyd County Fair,
beginning October Sd. Tickets not good
after October 7th.
Major Perry Griffin. South Eastern Pass
eneer Agent c., r. /. & p. r. R., was in the
CITY Yesterday. Perry is the most energetic
and affable railroad man in the west
A suit has been brought in the Nicholas
Circuit Court against the Kentucky Cen
trail Railroad Company, by Mrs. Dunn, Tor
$40 900 damages for the killing OF her son
last fall.
The gross earnings of the C. & o. railway
for the first week OF September were $i2,90o,
against $54, sol for the same last week last
wear. an increase of $1S,3l7. The coal mined
by the company from January to Sestem-
Der was SOS, 1872 tons; for the same time
in 1881 it was 4sS, 800 tons, an increase OF
rs, 442 tons.
Fred. McCrerry q brakeman on Capt Bal
ley's freight train, G. & o, while leaving the
engine to put the brakes on, last Friday,
was hit by the timbers Of the Paint creek
bridge and almost instantly killed, the
train moving full speed at the time. Inc
remains were taken to Hinton, the young
mans home, and inferred the following
Sunday.
The Cincinnati, Gallipolis aud Ports.
mouth railroad company, capital 81, OOO,O O0,
was incorporated yesterday, at Columbus.
The object Of the company set forth In the
certificate OF incorporation is TO build
line of railway from Gallipolis to Ports
mouth, there to connect with the Cincin..
natl and Eastern. The principal offices OF
the company are to be located at Ports
mouth.
After announcing the names Of number
of men who will leave the c., H. d. TO
take situations in various capacities on the
Nickle plate, the Toledo Telegram has the
following compliment for Superintendent
Dwight: 1.-THE New York, Chicago q st.
Louis road gets q large number OF the u,
II. & D. and ID. NJ. men. They all want 70
get on the Western Division SO as to be
under Mr.. Dwight, who Is greatly beloved
Dy tnem. Ills ulflslOu oAtShuo honA AoiAS'
yue to Chicago" :.
II. M. Bronson, General Ticket Agent OF
the Bloomington & Western. announces
that that road is now fully opened for
| through business, with three passenger
trains daily each way, between Columbus,
| Indianapolis and Peoria, and two each way
between Sandusky, Clyde, Urbana, Column
bus, indianapolis, Peoria and Decatur,
making close connections with principal
| lines divergipg from these points. The en-.
| tire line is said to be well ballasted and in
! good condition.
On Monday next the new st. Louis and
Louisville line, the Louisville, Evansville
| & st, Louis, will be opened to the public:
| Two trains, equipped with new cars, will
| be run each way daily. Tickets and bag
gage checks for the new line are all pre-.
pared. The fare from st. Louis to Louis.
Vile has been reduced to So, and the other
| lines have met the reduction. The Ohio q
Mississippi have made arrangements to run
| the st. Louis and Louisville train over the
| Louisville New Albany & Chicago to Mitch
ell, cutting off forty-two miles OF the form
er distance. A new time schedule goes into
effect on the L. & n. next Monday, and it
is probably free fight will take place on
fima and rates