Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-09-18
What the Railroads are Doioo.

the express trains both east and west
are being run in sections, as occasions
demand, to accommodate the traffic.
In commenting on this fact General
Passenger Agent Charles o. Scull
said: September is the best month
of the year for passenger business.
People are returning to their homes
from the pleasure resorts, drummers
are on the wing and students are re-
turning to school. l am glad to say
that our proportion OF the business
has increased wonderfully. In fact,
our passenger business all the year
has shown an increase even larger
than last year, when the Baltimore
and Ohio carried over a million more
passengers than during the previous
year.
West Virginia built III miles of
railroad the first six months Of this
year. Georgia is ahead, having built
155 miles 1t is stated that more
railroads are under construction in
West Virginia than any other State.
Mr.. Frank Eichelberger, who for the
past several years has been connected
with the Martinsburg Independent as
business manager and local editor,
has accepted position as assistant
dispatcher of trains in the b. l. ..
Brunswick yard. under Yardmastsr
Martin.
Mr.. Enos Mcdonald, an engineer
who had handled the throttle on the
B. & o. for forty years, died in Mar
tinsburg last week.
Last Saturday Robert Riley, Nor
folk and Western brakeman, broke
his leg at Shenandoah Junction while
at work on the local freight train. He
was about to step from one car TO an
other when a sudden jerk by the en-
CINE pulled them apart and he fell be
tween them. Riley was taken TO his
home at Boyceville.
The through freight business onthe
Norfolk and Western Railroad is e1-
treruely dull at present. Local bust
ness, however, is fairly good.
Last Sunday was a very busy day
on the b. & .. Railroad. Forty trains,
carrying nearly 1,40O loaded cars,
passed east over the first division, and
almost as many empty cars were sent
west.
The Baltimore american OF Tuesday
last saws: Since the establishment OF
the freight yards at Brunswick, on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
there have been repeated and sys-
tematic robberies perpctrated that
have been hard TO find out. Cars
loaded with goods have been de-
tanned, broken open, and portion OF
the goods removed. These robberies
in the aggregate amount to consider
able. Chief f.. f. Grammar, of the
Baltimore and Ohio detective force,
has had the matter in hand for some
time. and has succeeded in entrapplng
a gang Of entrusted employees OF the
road. There are said to be eight or
ten. three of whom are freight conduc-
tors. and the others petty officials and
brakemen. Monday morning Detec-
tives Hutchinson and Lloyd, of Chief
Grannan's force, arrested at their
homes Conductor John w. Morgan,
OF 800 South Fulton avenue, and
Brakeman VIM. Fowler, OF l43l Will
liam street, Baltimore, and recovered
in their possession some clothing ana
shoes which had been taken from
car. They were remanded to the
Frederick county authorities by Jus
tice Anderson and were taken TO
Frederick by Detectives Hutchinson
and Lloyd. 1t is probable that
number of other arrests will occur at
Brunswick. Morgan and Fowler con
teSSeU tDelr Sulll, DuI 'iuihCN '"H'
their offense was light compared with
the others. They attribute their dis
grace to bad associations and to drink.
Morgan. in his confession, claimed
that Conductor Morgan ;. Rice was
the leader. and that Geo. Schultz,
another freight conductor, about thir-
ty-seven years old, was prominent in
the depredations. J. w. Mckenna,
the ward clerk at Brunswick, and a
man named Donohue, who is hotel
clerk at Brunswick and halls from
Loudoun county, Virginia, are also i'm
plcated and are being sought for. On
Tuesday Deputy Hutchinson was sent
back post haste to Brunswick, and he
arrested Rice and Schultz with por-
ton of the plumber in their possession.
There are still number OF other ar
rests in view, and the probability Il
that a bad gang will be broken up.