The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-12
THE RAILROAD SITUATION.
tho nntfcd Out Condition Of the T'raG
and flcnnrS-.te, l.p,,,s Ian s,f 4. rn ntc

vicinity was at one time during tie height
Of the flood very serioue, and it still re:
mains 60, although OF course much has
been done towards the resumption Of trat.
fc. The receding fl ,od lett the depots and
tracks in deplorab'e condition; in many
places tho track is actually unsafe, Mon
are being put to work as fast as possible
and will soon have ali the roads in q con-
dltion to accommodate passengers and the
mails, but it will be several days before
freight can either be received or sent. Not
a train was able 10 get in or out OF the city
on any road from Wednesday at Al;dRieh,
until late Friday evening, when train
managed 10 work in from Pittsburgh via
the Hempf.lt. Since then trains on that
road have been running regularly, and yes.
terday the B. 4 @. track lad been put in a
condition saie enough to allow ell the reg.
u!ar passenger and mail tfains TO arrive
and depart as usual II will probably be a
week yet before the freishts can be run.
ALONG TIE OTHER ROADS, -.
On the U. 4 P. several, bridges are gone
and the embankmen,s are badly washed.
No trains are run Of any nature except tue
construction trains, and they are having
al! they can do. The same state OF affairs
exists on the p, ". & KY, and the man
agemens may consider itself lucky it it is
able to get train through from here to
S;eubenvil!e without interruption by Sat-
1rday night. The Ohio River road is, as
has been before stated, almost total
wreck. Section after section OF pilipg,
rails, ties, embankments, etc, arc gone.
They are either on their way to the M!fsis.
slppi, on the bottom Of tl,a river, or lodged
on the head OF soms island. There was
only about thirty more miles OF rJad to
construct. Now there ia about lhree timea
that number Of miles Tnis loss is 2rea.
one, not alone to thoss directly interested
IN 1t, but 10 the counties through which it
ran and the State at large. The B., q 4 O.,
over the river, the b. Il O., Tor Some dis.
tancs back of Alounisvil!e, and tho Par
keraburg branch are all injured by wash.
outs. ~
ABOUT TILE DEr5Ts.
The scenes In and abou. the depots ars
very uninviting. Freight, in a more or
les, rnined condition lies around; plat.
forms are upheaved and gone, and there is
mud, mud everywhere. In the 3. 4 O.
depot thu wster VAS over. sevcn ieet deep.
Last evening the trains ran into the place
i'll coed shape, it having been partially
cleaned out. In the passenger depot the
CLERKS and officers managed to get back into
several Of the offices. They reported the
r nd tixvd up mas good shape as possible,
but lhat yes!erdAy'a raing would again
cause stipj, especislly along tue narroTs.
At the l.. ". & K. freight house tbs entire
west platform is gone, leaving only the pill.
ing, and great holes arc washed out in the
bank. The passenger depot and platform
are damaged considerably. The depots
over the river suffered from the effects OF
the waierA.
At the B \ O. chops the water did come
little dsmsge For yeats past there has
not been nucil todamags there.
THE ELM GROVE AND CITIZENS LINE. '
It will, in all probability, be over two
weeks before the Citizens Street Railway
line will be able to run its cars. The sta
blfs, both on the South Side and on the
Island were Il ,oded and filed with mud,
Considerable fodder was also badly dam.
aged and a few aninlals drowned. A ma.
jarity OF the cara were gotten ou. and are
unharmcd. Abont ten are parked on
Chapline street. opposite the Fifth ward
school house. Even had the stsbles been
unharmed it would not be possible f,r the
ears to run, owing 10 ,he obatluc:!ons on
the track. Below For,y-lrst street to the
end Of the line it is b!ockaaed with stables,
outhouses and general debris. at Ca!d.
wells Run bridge an Clubhouse has been
jammed up through the f ;or in the middle
Of the track, AID half the bridge Is gone,
There j. below ting. point general con.
fusion all alone the TRACK. TIC Elm GROVE
line is washed in some places and there
are few obs.rac.ious, bu. two or three
days work vii! fix Il.