Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-11-21
What the Railroads Are Dof1o.

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The stoDe-crusher and engine for
the use of the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad at Shepherdstown has ar
rived at this place The engine is a
very large one. and was built by the
Erie City Iron Works. The crusher
was built by the Gates Iron Works of
Chicago. 1t is an immensely heavy
piece of machinery, and is of a very
large size. Both machines are brand
new and the very best of their class.
They will be put in place as soon as
the switches can be made into the
property purchased from Mr.. Stipp.
The local train between Hagers-
town and Shenandoah, on the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad, has been fit
ted out with an improved heating APP
paratus. All the trains on the road
will in the future be supplied with
this improved method of heating.
\ curious accident occurred to the
locomotive of train No. 46 of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad the other
evening. While running at a good
rate of speed near GAINESVILLE, on the
Metropolitan Branch, large owl
flew into the locomotive headlight,
smashing the heavy glass front into
smithereens and overturning the
lamp. This set fir, TO the lantern,
which was destroyed His owlship
was cooked, head feathers, feet and
all.
Geo. b. Charlton has brought suit
for so, 600 damages against the b. \
O.. Railroad for alleged wrongful
ejectment from train. Mr.. Charl-
ton purchased thousand-mile ticket
last August, but having mislaid ii lie
notified the company that it had been
lost. Subsequently Mr.. Charlton
found the ticket and presented it for
passage between Martinsburg and
Baltimore. The conductor refused to
receive it, thinking ii was in the pos
session Of some one who had found il
after the loss.
Mr.. William r. Grove, the popular
b. & o. passenger engineer who was
recently injured by being struck by
mail crane, died at his home in Mar
tinsburg last week. He leaves a wife
and two children.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company makes report for the fis-
cal year ended September 30, 1890,
which shows gratifying gains over
1889. Gross earnings in 1890 were
S24, 412, 09j, an increase of $500, 093.
Expenses were $4,000, 500, an in
crease of 81, 1856, O25, making the net
earnings, together with income from
various sources, $8,j7S, S91, an increase
of Sl,17S,524 Deducting fixed
charges and dividends on first and
second preferred stock, there remains
81 ,S91, 1862 for the use of the company.
Deducting from this remainder pay
ments of car trust bonds, etc, there
is an available balance of 81, $3.50, 234,
an increase of $500, 9l6 over 1899.
There was an increase Of SllS, 900 i'll
the net earnings Of the Philadelphia
line, an increase of $4,000 on the
Pittsburg Division, S342, 900 on the
Main Stem and smaller increases on
other divisions.
The new station Of the Cumberland
Valley Railroad at Martinsburg has
been opened to the public.
L. S. Senator Daniel and II number
of business men from Lynchburg had
a conference in Baltimore with Pres
ident Mayer, in regard to the extern
sion of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road from Lexington to Lynchburg,
a distance of so miles. The Baltimore
and Ohio officers promised the Virgin
ia delegation to look into the matter
at an early day.