The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-01
IRE W. aL.E. RAILROAD
VIII Fun Ito First Through Train
from Wheeling to-day.
Al IMPORTANT EVENT N HISTORY
OrWhccIlng's RAILROAD Development.
II will DO sIgnGlIGcd In II Proper
Manner over tl,o Rlvor.-.Somc APP
pointmcnts by tho Company, Involv-
ing some Changes.

At last tho long hoped for arrange
mcnt between tho Terminal company
and the Wheeling * Lake Eric raiload,
BY which Tho latter company will run
through trains from this city, has gone
into effect, and this morning At twenty
byc minutes past nino o'clock the first
train on tho Wheeling & Lake Erie road
will pull ont from the Terminal COM
pany's union station. The event marks
4 decided step in the railroad develop
men, and progress OF the community.
The advantages OF regular passenger
and freight trains into and out OF tho
citg over Il road which taps 60 rich and
r,puIony section can be seen ut u
Glance. II the schedules are suitable
,his will be as good Il feeder Tor Wheel
ing ~ any OF the railroads.
IL las been arranged that for tho pres
ont the Wheeling & Lake. Erie company
shall use the first story Of the Terminal
company's Office building as It's freight
office, and the freight and passenger
dnro,s will both be used by The first
roaI 10 avail! Itself OF the Terminal facil-
tics. 1t is safe TO say that in 4 year or
loss there will be other important rail-
roads using thcae facilities, and there is
reason TO believe that ono Of them ut
least is now negotiating 10 that end.
Alfred 7. 0xtoby has received the ap-
= sr,t,ft,t a nj tl.f, NJ hanl-
inr Il Lake Erie road NJ this point, to
take effect to-day Mr.. Oxtoby has been
cashier At the Pan Handle freight office
for some time past and has been in the
service OF the company for about ten
years. The appointment. to such posi-
lion at this point is an excellent and
well meritcd one.
Saturday afternoon number OF the
Panhandle employees assembled at tho
freight office and Freight AgGnt.J. Y.
Bradca, in 4 neat speech, present cd Mr..
OXto.y with handsome easy rocking
chair, on behalf OF the employees, rs n
token OF their respect and esteem. Tho
affair was complete surprise to Mr..
Uxtoby, but he managed TO respond i'll
4 few we'll chosen words. Mr.. OXtoby's
successor as cashier is Charles Madden,
CHIEF clerk in the delivery department.
Morgan y. Miller, vino has been bill
clerk at the Panhandle, succeeds Mr..
Maiden. Frank Long, clerk in the
Pittsburgh cur service, succeeds Mr..
Miller. William Connolly takes Mr..
Longs place, and Kent Boyd takes 4
position with Mr.. Madden in the CASH
iers office. William Schlah takes Mr..
BoYd's place, and Albert Theirs sue
cecds Mr.. Schlah. Robert Crawford,
vino has been in the cashiers office,
will take the position US ussistan: TO
Mr. OXtoby in his new position. These
changes will 20 into effect to-day.
Mr.. \. i. Gilmore will be tho agent
Of the Terminal and Wheeling & Lake
Erie railroads at Martins Ferry on and
alter to-day, having given UP his posi-
ton in Spence's Office on Saturday.
Dir. Gilmore is an experienced railroad
nan and his many friends will be glad
TO learn that he has secured the agency,
Tor which there were several appli-
cants. While ticket agent OF the Cleve-
land, Lorain & Wheeling road he
proved himself to be Il gentleman, COM
pcten! and accommodating. Mr.. Will
liam Burns, who has been the Terminal
agent in Martins Ferry, will take an
other position with the road, probably
baggage master Ut Wheeling.
1t has been suggested at Martins
Ferry that the first passenger train on
the Wheeling 4; Lake Eric railroad
this morning be received bp the blow
ing OF whistles and the ringing of bells.
Martins Ferry people have been talk
Ing about the Wheeling & Lake Erie for
twenty years, and should give the first
train rousing reception.