The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-03
4 SERIOUS DRAWBACK
10 Business is the bad Service on
the Electric Railway.
THE BUSINESS MEN ARE KICKING
BECAUSE 1t Arccts their Trade, and
the worlingnen because many Of
them have to Walk to their Work.
An Improvement Some Day.

On Saturday again the power was of
,bs electric street car line several times
Jpripg the day, one hour at one time, a
half hour ut another time, md also for
several shorter periods. To say that
,brre is much dissatisfaction with the
nr,.ent system, or want OF system, is
uniting it very mildly. The kicking is
NOT confined to few, and all classes
and all walks Of life are having their
little say. The trip from Bellaire to the
NcI.nre House will occupy an hour and
ShaIf easily.
During the last few days mule power
has been the operating agency OH the
Rcnwood extension, and frequent stall
ipr on the heavy grades ut that end OF
The line served to make the trip up or
down A long drawn-out torture.
Tie men employed at the Benwood
mills daily make up their minds to be
prepared 10 walk part or all Of the trip
\ ihcy want to get TO work at the
rropcr fine, aud are not murmuring,
In, are talking loudly about tile incon-
ycniencc, delay and annoyance they are
compelled to endure.
Ills Just to state that the manage
ment Of the street car company claims
10 he doing its best to accommodate the
nullic. but even it does not know how
Iopr il will he until an adequate NUM-
lnr oi ears can be run, us the machinery
atthc power house is liable TO weaken at
guy moment and neressitate the re-
lnojyal to the barn OF one or several
ears
larry provoking A crowded car almost
invariably stalled on some Of the
grades, the curveat Twenty-seventh and
GhapIine being especially difficult 10
get around.
The merchants, particularly, are
noticing the unsatisfactory transit III
CITIES 6y reason OF the falling oil in
The BclIaire and Martins Ferry trade.
"Whv," one OF them said TO an lSTELLr-
CEycER reporter yesterday, "our trade
with lIelIairc used to be quite an item
in our daily sales. Many package
Lave We sent TO that town when the
street ear service was reasonably ex-
peditious, and invariably, when the
service becomes less so, do we remark q
corresponding falling of in the amoxnt
Of our sales"
How long the present state of affairs
will last, nobody seems able to say.
Work at the power house is going on, it
is said, day and night, and it is reason
able to suppose that some time, if not
soon, an improved condition will result. |
The pole troleys were put in operation
on the Benwood extension for the first
time on Saturday, and were very sue
CesSiul. 1t is possible that the North
Wheeling end may be fitted up in the
same manner, ii the results on thMt end
Of the line already SO prepare con-
tinue to prove themselves practical.
When the electric railway began
operations there was an immediate aud
pcrceptible advantage. to Wheeling
iradeSmcn, and with every increase OF
farility there was an improvement in
trade. The present failure is for this
reason MI the more annoying, and any
betterment be hailed with pleasure,
not only by the trades people, but rs
well by their patrons at n distance who
avail themselves of the line to reach
Wheeling markets and shops.