Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-12-19
Ihe Railroads and Their Affairs.

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We have received from President
Kimball of the Norfolk Il western
Railroad, a fall statement of his In
tentions concerning the newly &C
ouired Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad Is
to be known hereafter as the Mary
land & Washington Division OF the
Norfolk and Western Railroad, and it
will be operated in two sub-divisions,
namely: that portion between Roam
oke and Shenandoah will be operated
as the Roanoke Division, and that
portion between Shenandoah and Ha-
gerstown as the Shenandoah Divls-
ion. At a meeting Of the directors at
Philadelphia recently, Mr.. Joseph ii.
Sands was appointed vics-presldent
in charge of the transportation de-
partment and will continue to act as
general manager. Mr.. Kimball also
appointed Mr.. David W. Flickwir to
be general superintendent OF the east
ern division; Mr.. A. G. Hippey gener-
al superintendent of the western d.
vision: Mr.. y. Howard Roger TO be
assistant general freight agent; Mr..
| f. r. Burnett to be assistant pur-
chasing agent. These appointments
are ali to 20 into effect January /,
1891.
The new division is to be mort
gagged for S1O000,000, the bonds to
bear per cent interest; $4,000 900 Is
| to be used to construct branch line
20 miles in length to a point on the
Potomac river opposite the city OF
Washington. from Luray or Front
Royal, probably; 100000 will be
spent in crossing the river and secur-
ing terminal facilities in that city. A
large sum will be spent in replacing
the wooden trestles along the line OF
the Shenandoah Valley with perma-
nent structures and in building a
number Of new passenger and freight
stations. The road will also be thor
oughly ballasted from one end to the
| other.
The statement that work had been
suspended for the winter on the b.
& O. freight yards at Brunswick is
erroneous. An immense force OF
hands is still at work there blasting
and digging, filling and grading, lay
ing new tracks, building an immense
round house and other structures for
the company, and pushing in the live
liest manner all the operations Incl
dent to the great scheme now being
carried out A very large proportion
| of the workmen are Italians, and the
huts and holes they live in are
frightful looking abodss.
The B. & O. has made the usual
winter reductions among the repair
hands along its line.
President Mayer and other officials
OF the b. & o. Railroad inspected
their property at Brunswick and
! Hagerst own last Saturday.
Messrs. w. NJ. Clements, K. o. AL
len, G. p. Wilson and DR.. \. p.
Thomson are the incorporators OF a
new railroad to run from Summit
Point to Berryville, at which point it
is to intersect a road that i. to be
built from Washington. a charter
has been applied for.
The station on the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad formerly known as
Kimball has been officially changed
to Elgin.
A transfer board fell on the foot
OF Capt. John Updegrove, OF the S.
V. r. R., at Hagerstown the other
day and hurt that member pretty
badly.
A big force OF hands has been at
work on the switches and tracks for
the stone crusher at Shepherdstown
this week All the section hands,
the ballast men, and a number OF
laborers from town are at work.
Two more unfortunates met sudden
deaths on the b. & O. Railroad Satur-
day E. Heintz, fireman who lived
at Cherry Run, was struck by n
passenger engine in the Martinsburg
yard and killed in an instant. Henry
Stirling, another firemsn, was drawn
under the wheels Of his engine as he
was attempting TO board it at North
Mountain, and his life was crushed
out before he could be released.