Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-19
TIE RAILROAD WORLD.
News of the Corporations in West VII
ginla and Vicinity.

The Chesapeake and Ohio will double
track its line between Huntington and
Ashland.
1t is expected that bricklaying on the
Union depot at KeuOva will be begun In
about three weeks.
The conductors rate of 25 cents in
addition to the regular fare Is going to
get the Norfolk & Western into trouble
some Of these times.-WGJme NelCS.
The Baltimore and Ohio now has 400
men az work on the tunnel at Harper's
Ferry, w. Va, and as many more will
/ begin this week on the Virginia side OF
this Improvement.
The old iron bridge at Little Cacapon,
on the b. 81 0. Railroad, that has
knocked many poor fellow from the
cars TO his death, is being replaced by
a new bridge that will allow plenty of
head room.
J. j. Archer has resigned as Division
Passenger Agent OF the Scioto Valley
and Kenova divisions of the Norfolk
and Western, and the business here
after will be conducted by w. Is. Bevill,
the General Passenger Agent.
It is said that tn Norfolk & Western
Railroad has Just succeeded in placing
a loan Of S4.5OO,O 600. Three millions OF
this sum is TO be used for equipment
during 1898, and additional sums will
be spent to put the road-bed in perfect
order.
The rumor is current that there has
been a breech affecting the friendly re-
lations between the Pennsylvania and
Norfolk and Western Arrangements,
and as result the joint Pullman car
service is likely TO be discontinued be-
tween New York and the South. The
rumor, however, lacks confirmation.
The cause for the alleged breach is al
legged freight relationship established
between the Norfolk aud Western and
Western Maryland roads.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Com pany's
Fauley River extension in West Virginia
is being pushed forward as rapidly as a
large force OF hands can do it. The
grading is about completed from Gauley
Bridge TO Twenty-Mile, and the work
on the bridges is being pushed forward
rapidly so that the track between those
points can be finished before many days.
There is likelihood Of the line being
built up Twenty Mile Creek for the de-
velopment OF timber and coal next
spring.
There Is rumor from Columbus to
the effect that the B. & o. railroad has
acquired the Columbus, Lima and Mil
waukee, a road that IS yet pretty much
sU on paper, but with valuable right
OF way from Columbus TO a point near
Milwaukee, Wis. This is the line the
Norfolk and Western people were after
for their outlet TO Chicago and the
northwest, and ii was reported several
months ago that the n. & w. bad pur-
chased the interest of President Faurot
in the road.
The n. & w. is introducing new
baggage system on its line, requiring all
baggage likely to be in excess to be
weighed, both by the sending and the
receiving agent, the latter to collect
for the excess instead of the sending
agent IS heretofore. Excess tags are
put on, but the receiving agent does
not know what the weight OF the bag
gage as determined by the sending
agent, but makes his own figures.
Both make weekly reports to the audi
tor. and II their reports OF that partic-
ular lot Of baggage do not agree some
body has to explain. The system will
be put in operation at once.
The Baltimore and Ohio has selelect-
ed a site for new passenger station at
Fairmont, w. Va, aud will begin its
erection in the spring. The new line
NJ the MonOnQahela River Road bring
Ing it to a junction with the Il. and y.
at Fairmont, was completed at Fair
mont last week, thus relieving the b.
and o. main line of the double tranc
consequent upon the Monongahela
River Road entering Fairmout over its
tracks. Work on the belt line at Fair
mont has been resumed after having
been discontinued several weeks on ac-
count OF delays In building trestleS.
The line will now be pushed TO compile
tion.
The Ensign Manufacturing Company
received last Saturday from the CheSa-
peake e Ohio Railway Company an Or
DER for $50 box cars and $50 dOuble-hop-
per coal cars. Both are TO be OF 6O,OOO
pounds capacity and will have WeStng-
house automatic air brakes. The Ches-
apaake & Ohio Company are eQuipplng
their road with the very best Of freight
cars, with large capacity, in order TO
accommodate their immense business.
The choice Of the Ensign Company at
which 10 have their freight cars made
is evidence OF the fact that this COM
papy make the best ears Of any concern
i'm the country. The capacity of the
Epsign is % cars, 400 GER wheels and 50
axleS a day.
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