Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-15
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Nc" first section

,.ov the Terminus "
Itis first Sec'io"
Bcl.imo san.
httle town OF Brunswick,
NNeu .,rl county, awoke yesterday
u treuo g., found that during the night
MOI nm p become the terminus OF the nr Is
n"U of the Baltimore ana ONO Rail
see '0' While the town was sleeping the
road ,ook possession of its immense
ra.. r9 !N.,,hr wards at Brunswick and IN
new il y.. onened them. This was done
'ofm~-l other ceremony than nara
with ,be mart OF the road, but the
worN 20 rbe town, realizing that the
geop' MARKED the greatest daY In
)t,',.,iek's history, turned ouo en
p.-.s and watched the laoOI d IL Pi'
sres',u ..orl begun at one minute after
me ~ saturday, and was practicaily
u.lu,,77..5 bv shutdown yesterday
onl .Eing worked as smoothly as
Every MA niece of machinery. There
Fet'o..'',5 eiavs and no friction. Unoer
F'rt -o ION of Mr.. Thomas Fitzgerald,
ls -..iorendent of the first ana second
t...sof the road, the entire Irelght
ci''. ~ Nartinsburg and Sandy Hook
ls.'' ....5 bodily to Brunswick, and
s-, .,,srters of SiXty-hve railroad
.. changed as well. Under this
COWS w." .r- sandy Hook becomes a
',''- .,,, but Mart.nSburg retains
sai .'..-'.,. repair shops. Everything
Doe ...,eerion with the system Is
.-ia- Brunswick which Is ueS1lheu
,...,me one Of the most lmpoI'@u'
sr.s ou the road. ,-.ao -, +haR {.
T.s Tic freight blockade on the D. ~
rgo wears ago, was the towns
%. Il. "'' The blockade showed the
81. '"''l, .bo-its facilities for handling an
I'd. io-''' ,,,ouDt of freight were made
.5 -he management sought TO
A--.' .t.r The result was the pur-
,.' NJ about 400 acres OF land 10 the
.u-'' - Perrin. upoR which was laid out
east y. s.be most complete, as well as ex-
oA' -. freight Yards in America. The
,eu'''' ~ nv the land is said 10 have
PI.0' s.., s93 uer acre. The purchase
o''N .'..f.tsd in the fall OF 1889, and
was D1. January work was begun on
cary ~ ....,,osred by 7. c. Odell, General
81, ,a-. Of che road. These were eiao-
~ ~ bv Major a. II. Johnston En-
u N Maintenance and Way, under
$50 direction the work was done.
M new railroad yard begins at
p-..s,Vics and extends eastward about
- and a quarter miles. II Is about
fest wide. extending from the CheS-
axe and Ohio canal on the south 10
y .eore Of hills on the north. On these
4 rrb hills the new portion OF the town
g'l h. built. The main passenger tracks
have been separated, the west-oonnd
49, running along the north side OF
~ yard and the eaSt-bOund track run
,i,r ON the south side. Parallel with
These is a main freight track and a switch
rack. No switches are in the passenger
IN freight tracks except in the extreme
eastern and western ends. The SldlngS
win be- parallel aud will extend dlagon-
aUy across the yard from one switch
track 10 another. At preset but sixteen
diaronalS are completed, giving capac-
nv OF 500 cars. BY autumn twenty-SlX
more will be completed, and then, as
they are needed. the whole number com
nl.fed. sixty will be laid. This will give
I capacity of 3. 900 ears. Here all mixed
freight trains will be taken, and cars
for various points will be made up, so
that solid trains may be sent 10 their
destinations. over 1000 feet OF cul-
yerts of eight feet inside diameter have
been built % drain the yards, aud over
2o0 o0O cubic wards of earth have been
. moved.
Besides the laying OF the track,
transfer shed 1000 feet long, a storage
|. ice house 40 feet long and number of
\ other buildings have been erected for
n 4e cOmpany's use. When completed
.he work will have cost S250,00 Mr..
y. II. Martin, general yard master, will
be in charge of the yard, under Mr.
Fitzgerald