Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-31

NWlgh-he..Igg OF h1It1dd y'"e-A'A'
A,Iast it looks very much as if tie Bal
ru,rc and Ohio Railroad Company 'n'crd-
rhsn.ipr its policy tora aids Wht,li"E ana
n,sc;pu it in tie category "t important
CITIES On it7 line. Wheeling has pl"s!s
h.id ire p%osition OF e mere switch towL on
the 4 O. line end this fact worked t"
the irinry OF the city and vas 4 g'rat IL.
convenience 90 travellers, both coEilng ara
going. our position IN Ills regard ma
rl,crl rs entirely cut OF sight and EDo"l-
.dre Of the great mass of the travelling
puhlc co.pg from the East to tee West
and rice rrrsl. Many travellers as they
passed through Benwood have ask.d the
question:
"Where is this city called Wheeling
Aud ifany one could tell them the an
swer would be that it is three OF four miles
up the river here on a switch. This nat
urally behttltd the importance OF Wheel
ing in the ewes of those who had 10 farther
knowledge of Wheeling and worked agreat
deal of injury to the city. No one could
naturally entertain much thought about a
city that was allO ed to remain on a side
track of go great a system ns the Il X o f.,
and really some of the small West Virginia
towns cut tbs line of the B. X o. have he
come much more familiar TO people East
and West than the metropolis of the State
and the most important business point
within a radius OF sixty miles.
Hope upon hope has been expressed that
this condition of affairs would BE- changed
aud Wheeling be placed upon the main
line, but until nOw these hopes have
been in vain. Hope was revived when
the r 4 O. announced its intention Of
running a new line out the creek and
making the line a through one from EI-l
to West, but we have waited in vain for
to a great extent will, however, be
changed for the better before another
month rolls around.
Yesterday morning a party of railroad
officials arrived in the city in their special
cas- and assembled at the Mcl.ure House,
where the party took dinner. ItcOnsisted
Of C.. X. LO'd, Third Vice President;
Capt.W. NJ. Clements, General Manager Of
all lines east of the river; Il +. Bond,
Division Passenger Agent; Il. r. Deyries,
General Superintendent ot the lines west
Of the river; j. 7 Logge, Siperin
Ieudrnt Of the Fourth Division; J. V. Pat
ton, superintendent Of the Pl;tsbaIg ID.
vision; T.. u Smith Division Superin,rnd
ent at plttshurg; W. + Reppert, Division
Passenger Agent At Columbus, w. II King
Division Passenger Agent at C%in,inna;l; j
T.. Lane, Division Passenger Agent nj
Wheeling, and T. l. Manion, all Of the l.
X o; and J. II Stewart, General Manager
OF the { ". X b, aud $ =. PEABODY,
General superintendent Of the Columbus,
Cincinnati aud Midland.
After dinner the party adjourned to the
pirlOrs, where they were in session several
hours, making up II new simmer schedule
and making several Oth'r important
changes.
4 REGlsTER reporter met Col Lord AT
the conclusion Of the meeting aud asked
hin what hal been done.
well, 80 said he, we hav. pat Wheel.
ing on the main linz, After April -, this
city wall have two through trains each
day, one fsom Philadelphia In Chicago and
the other fron Chicago to Philadelphia,
both by way Of rIi',burg. Instead Of
ir.yrug here nj SIS IN Tie evening al
meeting the East bound train, you en-
hulId the thtuugiI tran from Chicago Il
. - p. N and "a through to Philadelphia
wituout change Going West the tram
from Philadelphia will reach here al ~
o'clock Ia TIA" morning and take y0u
through without chaDyc. This put-
Wheeling on III. through line aud i. Of
course a great convenience to the public
and q ErHeiit Ia Wheeling, aud thai Is why
We made the chaOgr IN Is The first
time we have held 4 mating here and it
was our idea that ~ the change affected
her interests principally, it Wa, The most
nppropIia'" place to meet
'WcIl, de- You intend IL treat Us hettei
still and glNr ~ a nrw depol.'
I'VE wan 10 10 "a much Tor VII clog
"a possible, aud il the people ran give us
place H. hui!d 4 dgprr, Ne may g'r" them
4 very handsome our
How about The chops and the neH line
ont the creek
"Wrll, / nm u"t well enough posted on
those matters To eve You any Information
regarding those improvements hut ! thIGk
you can autic. pate the best
amy Other important :hsOrc in the
schedule
"None to speak Of Olly the usual
gnmmrr rhaugrs made.