Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-10-11
nsws of the Railroads.

The Shenandoah Valley Railroad is
still having a hard time wrestling
with its enormous freight business.
The other day a freight train was
about three hours getting from Shep-
herdstown to Sharpsburg, a distance
of three miles. The engineer had a
very heavy train, and he stalled IN
the cut on the other side ofthe bridge.
He ran back to Shepherdstown, got a
fresh start, and tried it again. de
stuck again. He made the third at
tempt, with similar result Finally
he left half of his train at Shepherds
town and took half to Sharpsburg.
By the time he had returned for the
balance of his train he had to take
water, and by the time he had got
ten water he had to take side-track
to let No. 8 pass. There's no telling
h ow long that train was getting from
Mines to Hagerstown. No. 4 passen-
ger train, due here at 10 o'clock at
night, generally comes along about
1 in the morning. The side tracks are
not sufficient to hold the freight
trains, and consequently when they
meet passenger train great deal
of shifting and seesawing is necessary
and much time is lost.
The completion of the Cumberland
Valley Railroad to Winchester prom
ises TO be of vast interest to that his
toric town. For many years Win
chester has been at the mercy OF one
railrotd, and the people have been
squeezed pretty hard. Now that there
is competition business is looking
brighter, and already benefits are be-
ing felt In the matter of coal alone,
a citizen of the town informed us,
there is a saving of nearly two dollars
a ton, while of course the freights on
grain and other exports and imports
will be greatly reduced. If Winches-
ter isn't soon lively, bnstling town
it will be the fault of the people
themselves. The officials OF the &. v.
are much interested in the new ex-
tension, and they will do all in their
power to develop business for their
road
T..4 month ,,,ac Y,roha blv thp huSi-
est month the b. & o. Railroad has
ever known. 1t is believed that the
gross earnings were not less than 3d.
900, 900, and the net earnings at least
S500,000. Twenty-seven new freight
engines are almost ready for the
road, and more will have to be order
ed.
A pretty bad freight wreck occurred
last Friday morning on the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad at Miller's Hill, nine
miles west of Martinsburg. A freight
train drawn by engine 366, in charge
of William Wilger, became uncoupled,
ana was run lhIo ny VhSihS II Il ~
charge of Adam Hensrote. Both
trains were badly wrecked, but no
one was hurt. The same day the b.
g. o. Cincinnati express, east-bound,
struck freight engine on siding at
Boyd's Station on the Metropolitan
Branch, doing some slight damage
and causing delay of several hours.
1t looks very much as though the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
had at last realized the Importance OF
extending their Valley branch, which
now stops at Lexington, on to Salem
and Roanoke, there to make through
Southern connections. Maj. Douglas,
the chief engineer of the Baltimore
and Ohio, has lately been making a
personal inspection of the line. 1t is
amazing that this road has not been
extended long ago, and now that the
Valley of Virginia is rapidly coming
to the frontin industrial development,
it affords splendid field for railroad
industries