Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-12-18
Interesting Roriroad Reading.

ter-state commerce commission, Their
are 1853, 597 miles OF railroad in tn
United States. on which are ruI
20, 92S locomotives, 26.511 passenge
cars and 1,1S7,627 freight cars. Th'
capital employed is S9.459, 4+4,119. oil
$50. 4S1 per mile OF line. The tota
number of persons reported by rail
WAYS as killed during the year wa'
G. 800. and the total number reported
as injured was 90, 034 or the tota
number killed. 2.451 were employees
2S5 passengers, and 1854 were classed
as 'other persons" In this latter
! figure are included the large number
| of suicides. OF the total number in
| jured, 1880 were employees, 2,444 pas
sengers. besides 1900 unclassiied. II
the number of employees killed be as
signed 10 the total number, il appears
/ that one death occurs for every 300
men employed on the railways, and
one injury occurs for every SO men
employed. The largest number OF
casualties occur TO men engaged di-
rectly in handling trains. Thus, while
trainmen represent but IS per cent. OF
the total number of employees, the
| casualties sustained by them account
for So per cent. OF total casualties. 4
passenger riding continuously at the
rate OF thirty miles an hour might eI-
pect immunity from death by railway
accident for l, 100 years, but an en-
gineer brakeman or conductor,
under the same conditions, is liable
TO fatal accident at the expiration
of forty years The most common
accident to which railway employees
are liable results from coupling and
uncoupling cars. The total number
of casualties that can be traced to
this source are 5.2l0, Of which 800
were fatal.
w. d. Wolff, the c. v r. r. brake
man who was killed in Carlisle last
Wednesday, was buried in Chambers
burg on Saturday. A sad feature OF
the bra eman's death is that he was 10
have been married to a Virginia lady
during the coming winter. She was
present at the funeral There has
been II gloomy sequel TO her matrilnon-
ial engagements. Three times she has
been preparing for the marriage cere-
mony, and each time her lover has
died. Two Of them were railroad men,
and both were killed while i'm perform
ance Of their duty.-HdgerStown Neps.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company has placed all order with
the Roanoke Machine Works for the
construction of 500 coal cars as rapid
~ as possible These cars will be OF
60, 900 pounds capacity, fiat bottomed,
with drop ends, and are for use on
the Ohio extension.
Mr.. c. II. Anders, OF Shepherds,
Nd, where he was agent for the b. &
q. Railroad, died last week. He for
merly lived in Martinsburg, and
while there married a daughter of
Mr.. 5. +. Miles The widow and one
child survive him.
The new bridge of the Norfolk 4
Western Railroad at Kenova was
opened for traffic last Sunday. The
completion OF this bridge opens a new
route from Chicago and the North
west to the Atlantic seaboard at Nor
folk.
The building in which was located
the electric light plant Of the b. & O..
Railroad ut Brunswick was total y de-
stroyed by fire on Wednesday night
Of last week 1t will be rebuilt at
once.
John King, OF Hagerstowu, a
brakeman on the Western Maryland
Railroad, fell from the top OF
freight car at Shippensburg recently
and broke his neck.
The Cow catcher" OF the locomo-
tive, which, by the way, has never
been patented, is the invention OF ID.
b. Davis, OF Columbus, o.
The Norfolk & Western pay-car
passed through Shepherdstown We'd
nesday night The money distributed
here was nearly all in gold.
Work has been begun on chang
ing to the standard gauge the Graf
ton aud Greenbrier Railroad.