Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-24
THE RAILROADS
The News of the Corporations In and
About West Virginia.

The News of the Corporations in and
About West Virginia.
The B. so. Sunday excursion bust
ness, from PittSburg to Wheeling, still
holds out. One of the biggest crowds
of the season was brought down yeSter-
day, nine ears being required TO hold
the people. The excursions are very
popular and Justly so.
The country along the extension of
the Norfolk & Western Railroad up the
west fork Of the Twelve Pole is dotted
with portable saw-mills. The most of
them are cutting crOSS-ties. 1t requires
about 5000 ties TO the mile and IL takes
a small mill long time TO cut that
number.
Friday last the last spike was driven
in the branch road OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway from Covington to the
Hot Springs, distance of twenty-five
miles. The road is pronounced a fine
piece Of work by those who ought to
know. Regular trains will shortly be
run over II.
The c., L. &, w. will run special ex-
cursion train TO ST. ClairSville, next
Sunday, leaving Bridgeport at $40 a.
m. The fare for the round trip will be
fifty cents. Returning, the train will
leave st. Clairsville at 5 p. m. This will
afford a good opportunity to visit the
cOlored camp meeting.
The Chesapeake e Ohio railroad will
transport alt live stock and other prop
erty for exhibition At our own and other
fairs in this State and Virginia free OF
charge, that Is TO say, full fare will 0e
demanded one way (golng), but this
will be refunded upon the certificate OF
the officers OF the fair that the stock or
article has been duly exhibited. Race
horses are excepted.
Coal transportation over the w. Va.
c. Railroad for week ending Saturday,
August -, 1891, was l., S27 tons; year TO
date, 5l7.lT2 tons: increase over last
year of 113, 206 tons; coke transportation
over same road for week, LOSS tons;
year to date, 45,616 tons; increase over
last year OF Il, $40 tons; shipment from
Elk Garden mines Nos. l, 3, 4, ;. 6 and
: for week ending Saturday, August 10,
1891, was 1872 tons; year to date, 254,-
270 tons.
The shipments from the mines OF the
Cumberland coal region for the week
ending Saturday, August Is, 1891, were
1925 tons. and for the year TO date,
>, 662. 40S tons. an increase of 347, 53S
tons as compared with 1890. The ship
mentS by the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road were fOr the week, 43, 367 tons;
and for the year. l,727,6 600 tons, an In
crease Of 1913, GIL tons as compared with
the last year. The shipments by the
Pennsylvania railroad for the week were
34.4l5 tons, and for the year, 929, 495
IONS. an increase OF las, csc tons as COM
pared with 1890. The shipments to the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal were for the
week. 1913 tOnS, and for the year,
:. sO4 tons; an increase OF 5,304 tons as
compared with 1890.
Mai. Hill, Superintendent of the West
Virginia & PittSburg Railroad Com
pauy's timber land in Webster and
NlcQOldS tOuuticc, PeSSO1 eAA ~" ~
ton the first of the week, with twenty
three head Of fine horses, and other
necessary cOntrivances for logging pur-
masses. The company has $4,000
acres of fine timber land on Gauley and
Cherry rivers, and will place the iarg-
est saw mills in the State on the land
within tho next month. A large force
of hands are now at work preparing
camps. ETC., and sixty more head OF
horses and drivers will go up in Few
DAYS. The mills will be located on the
line of the West Virginia and Pitts
bnrg road, and will undoubtedly be the
largest lumber concern in the State
ALL beer on draft and new soup
lupch every night at Booths, ll5l Mar
ket street.