Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-23

road is badly caved, and will have 10 be
repaired before trains can be run over it
with safety. At the ''S' bridge there Is
another break in the natursi gas main,
and large gang of men were being gath
cred there last evening, tools unloaded,
and preparations made to 60 to work with
repairs at once. Another large gang OF
pipe line men were also at work at Elm
Grove.
Just above the ''S,n' bridge the B. & O..
track is in horrible condition, the rails
and ties having been carried of, and
tangled up in the bed Of the creek with
drift and stone, while the road bed, unusu-
ally solid at this point. has been scooped
out worse than it was by the July flood,
and extensive repairs will be necessary.
The bridge Just above ia gone, as well as
two Others at Triadelphia-one torn out
completely, and the other practical
wreck.
At the mouth of Middle Wheeling creek
there is a pretty chaotic condition oil
affairs, and reports from up that stream
show that ruin marks the path Of the
storm all along the route. At Kimmins'
mill the damage is especially heavy, Mr..
Kimmins himself being q large loser, a.
is slso Mr.. Stark. The county
iron bridge above Kimmins' is safe,
according to the best reports, but President
GJuss. of the Board of Commissioner was
pretty anxious about the structure yester-
! day afternoon
At Triadelphia the already practically
wrecked ;own looked worse than ever yes
terday. The retaining wall along the pike,
next 70 the creek, suffered further damage,
and the pike is now pretty narrow, anc
dangerous after dark to an unfamiliar
traveller. In the bed Of the creek great
stones weighing five or six hundred pounds,
from tbs b. & o. bridge head, were carried
a hundred yards or more by the force OF
the current, and the bed of the creek looks
to have been filled up six feet in some
places, while secured out as much IN others.
There is bad washout at Roney's Point,
and the pike there WAS not passable until
quite late 10 the afternoon.
There il little doubt but that the b. q
o, road is in worse fix than the July
food left il, and it will take, at guess,
ten days of the hardest sort OF work to get
it once more in shape. In addition TO
the damage heretofore enumerated, the
big slack dump, just beyond second cut,
near Mt. De Chsntal, is in critical con-
dition. The embankment ia terribly
washed for a distance of over three hun.
dred feet, and in some places
the track is exhibiting mark
ed inclination to tumble down into
the bed of the creek. The earth is washed
from under the ties at Fordyce's siding.
East of No. tunnel, there is large rock
on the track, and bridge No. 1877 Is in need
of repairs. There is said to be a aixty.
foot washout near Little Washington, and
at other points rOore or lees repairs will be
necessary. An abandoned passenger train
is standing az Triapelphia. =.
The whole valley is in bad shape, and
REPETITION of the flood will about render q
good portion of it uninhabitable. The
heaviest loss the county has sustained is
the bridge crossing the creek at the H.
Urinary. President Cruise and County
Engineer Smith made tour Of good part
of the district along the pike yesterday,
and they think the roads ara not in much
worse condition THAI before, while in enc
instance, along on Peters run. the flood
saved the county several hundred dollars,
by washing earth and rocks in fill, cut
ont by the July flood.