Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-12
1TgIINAL MATTERS
.,,rNG OaAr wIyE JUDGB R. B.
}" COCHRAN.
,,8 Ccnnsllsvills Railroad RunOr.
SiS-.s ,,,, u lhs Work IN and About
the City.

ah
j. commissioners, Judge Cochran
g'-Dr that upon the payment OF the
''' ca 600 of the eounty's su6Scrip-
the Terminal Company, depend
! ID lss execution of plans for other rex e1-
q ~. ;rproyements, which the Com
i-@ S.5 in contemplation. A REGIS
'.' representative spoke to Judge
- ..n about the matter yesterday,
", ,,ated that ne could say nothing
Ter 80 this time.
-ii When will you start work upon the
VI Ia eyteDsion?" asked the REGIS
81 r Nc Is q matter which depends
t6e payment Of the 100000 OF
iy- .ornty's subscription. II we had
%" oonev now, we would go right
-' "a win the work, and have it COM
-,si in a short tim9."
, Inv is the passenger traffic under
rsy scheduled" was asked.
Ie ~. =, entirely satisfactory, and is in
I'll. =. steadily. The late trains, of
I''s'' are 10 the nature OF an expert
o-l''' ord it will be some time before
l'Lr tan whether they are profitable
I" '.l II is impossible at present to
lO.. hon we will run passenger trains
;'a'' " ~ the Chapline Hill tunnel for
i-iop 's,I1,,modation OF patrons living on
Z. ' SoTtb Side" Continuing he said:
y. %, os,nle OF Wheeling have treated
IIs ris,~rinsl Company with uniform
'-' - and consideration, and there
''-.D, ..soiDrocal feeling on the part
he Company. The same,
ON sorry to say, cannot be
Ia q, the people of Martins Ferry.
~ ~ Civ Council and the citizens have
Ia IN very peculiar manner toward
y. 'rerriral Company. We expended
80, o0o IN purchasing a right or way
,...,b that city, and whenever We had
sion 10 use a part Of any street FOR
...-ss the Company bought property
81 o,ored other streets. Most OF the
- are crossed at right angles. The
S.r,q,v erected a freight station be-
- Hanover aud Walnut street, with
-, understanding that Council would
.-so = street leading 10 1t, but this has
", va, been done. II this disposition
. csintaiDed. the Terminal Company
-i.- he compelled TO transact its bust
ia. outside of the corporation limits.
n was reported yesterday that there
vsra signs OF activity regarding me
,oposed Wheeling and COnhellsvllle
ne and new developments in the mat
NAV be expected. 1t is understood
that Engineer Gilmore Brown has left
Ne city for the purpose OF making a
survey Of the proposed line.
TERMINAL NOTES.
EurDer & Bro. have the contract for
r9.ntng the Union Station. The build
.rg is now getting the first coat OF
paint
Workmen are engaged upon the ex-
tension of the Terminal track, from its
present termination at the passenger
station to the Market street bridge over
the creek.
List Saturday all the employees Of
Paige, Carey 81 Co., working upon the
Terminal system and the stone bridge
received their monthly pay.
to-. sAA-N.vovntn street, between Chap
Inc and Market streets, is being filled
gpto a level with the rest of the ground
Tound the Union Station. The work
is about half completed.
The wOrkmen have removed one Of
The large tanks which was sunk in the
ground at the oil refinery. Two Of the
big boilers have also been displaced,
and yesterday afternoon the two stacks
we're pulled down.
The steam shovel is at work in the
rear Of the Whitaker mill excavating
t1r the purpose Of securing dirt for the
Ills to be made on the site of the War
zen oil refinery, for the accommodation
Of tracks leading to the new freight
station. Two tracks will run TO the
Depot one on each side.
The foundation has been finished for
The stalls in the new round house op-
los.te the Whitaker mill. This round
house will be equipped in a manner
similar 70 that on the Peninsula, and
slli be for the accommodation OF roads
s'ng the Terminal tracks, while the
PENINSULA round house will be used ex-
C9slyeIy for Terminal engines.
The temporary Union passenger sta
lol will be completed in about week.
0-lge Cochran stated yesterday that q
Prominent Pennsylvania railroad official
Sao examined the station said Of it that
d was one Of the best arranged stations
.e mad ever seen, and large enough to
l,eommodate all the passenger traffic in
~'S city. Caldwell 81 Peterson are now
putting in handsome metal ceiling in all
.-s rooms, aud when this is finished and
-5 painters are through, the station
ElCy.