The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-06
A SERIOUS DIFFICULTY
Resulting From Delay in the Delivery of
Freight-Both Sides.

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From Delay in the Delivery of
Freight-Both Sides.
Mr.. n. B. Scott, OF the Central Glass
Works, said yesterday to an INTELuoES-
GER reporter that he had just been
obliged to reduce the time OF some Of
the men at the Central because the
was without raw material.
Said Mr.. Scott: "This is serious matter
for us, for our men and for the city OF
Wheeling. We have had ten or twelve
carloads OF raw material in the B. & o.
yards for a month, and we cannot
get n chance 10 unload them.
In other words, our freight is not
delivered 10 US. We have made
every effort, and cannot reach II. We
have been paying the freight charges
right along until yesterday, when we re-
fused TO pay any more for freight we
could not get. Then, too, We have hay
lying there now for which the seller
wants his pay, but we don't feel like
paying unless we know Just what we
are paying for. II this thing continues
for six months more as in the six months
inst passed, II will present TO the Central
Glass Company problem OF some inter-
est TO the people OF Wheeling. We can't
90 on trying to do business against such
odds. Neither have we found way to
make glass without the raw material. II
we could get at the freight we can un-
load car every thirty-hve minutes"
Captain G. d. Gillian, who was
few days since appointed by the Balti.
more x Ohio Company as its general
agent for this point, Benwood and Bell
aire, was waited on at his Office after
the above statement had been made by
Mr.. Scott, aud asked what he had to
say about the serious state OF affairs rs
pictured by the Centrals president.
Captain Gillian listened attentively
TO the statement, smiled and said: "lf
the good people Of Wheeling will only
have n little more patience, Captain
Jamison, my general yard master, who
was appointed to his position at the
same time was to mine, and who like
me was not entirely acquainted with
the yards, and myself will, l think, be
able very shortly to have things so ar
ranged that there will be no delay or
trouble OF any kind for cOnsignees after
their freight reaches here. The first
thing we did after taking charge here
was 10 clear the tracks so that passenger
trains could get in and out without those
vexatious delays about which under
stand there used to be such howls OF in
dignation and us | understand il those
hOwls were not without reason We
have things so fixed now that the pas
senger trains always have clear tracks
coming through the yards.
"That accomplished, We turned our
attention to working out the freight
blockade. We had Major Hunter to
come on with his force OF track layers,
and had material changes made in the
arrangement OF the tracks and some new
switches put in. We are not through
with this work yet. We are going to
have the lumber piles in our IIempfeld
yard, opposite the Public Building, re-
moved and put in more tracks there.
Then we want to put in some side tracks
on our property lying between Water
street and Alley a and Twenty.tirst street
and Wheeling creek, and will do so
lust as soon MS Council gives US permits
sion to lay track across Water street
and Alley II. We presented an ordi.
nance for this ct the last meeting, but Tor
some reason action was deferred. There
can be no strong objection TO granting
us that privilege, for it is at a point
where vehicles never go. With the pro-
posed new side tracks down we will
have room for fully fifty cars to stand,
where they eau be unloaded direct into
wagons, or loaded direct. There will
then be no trouble about bulk freight.
~ have been so busy about the yards
that have had but little time to look
about the manufacturing establishments
and get acquainted. Yesterday | got
out to the Central and was amazed to
find that they have no switch there.
How they have managed to get along
there without one I'm sure don't know.
at once wrote to the people at l}alti.
more about putting one in there, and ex-
pect to have 1t in shortly. l. also
did something for those people out there
that / ought not to have done us an ex-
perienCed railroader-I sent out two OF
their loaded cars and let them stand on
the main track, the only track there,
while they unloaded them. 1t is true
they can unload in thirty.iive minutes,
but with the travel we are having over
the Hempfeld, division, there are not
many thirty-iive minutes when we cap
run the risk OF leaving cars on the main
track TO be unloaded.
"But OF course this is a matter that is
not OF general interest. What l sad at
the outset is sufficient, and that is, tell
the Wheeling people that we, Captain
Jamison and myself, flatter ourselves
that we have accomplished considerable
in the short time we have been here
and il the people will have little more
patience with us, We'll have things all