Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-21
DEAL CLOSED UP.
WHEELING TO BE EQUIPPED WITH ONE OF
THE FINEST RAILROADS IN THE COUNTRY.
All the Stocks and Bonds Now Under the Control
Of the Syndicats-Ths Plan Of Action to Be
Pursusd-0ns Thousand Men to Be
Placed at Work in Thirty Days 4
The die is cast.
The deal is consummated.

NC ut0 is cast
The deal is consummated.
And in four months from to-day
Wheeling will have one Of the finest
street railway systems in America
so it is said.
The meeting held yesterday resulted
in a final decision. All the stocks and
bonds are now under the control Of the
outside parties, and with very few ex-
ceptions they are absolute owners OF
the property. Yesterday morning al
fairs were hanging by thread, and the
papers had been prepared for rece iv-
ership, but favorable turn in the mat
ter took place. There are now only
few thousand dollars worth OF
shares outstanding-some $4,000 or
$4,000.
The rides lately taken by the mem
bers Of the syndicate have not been
wholly on pleasure; they have been in
duStriously viewing the different sec
tions Of the road, and they said yesterday
that immediate steps would be taken to
entirely rebuild the system ofroad; new
rails will be laid throughout. The rails
will be Of 90 ID. weight, making 1t as
heavy a rail as regular railroad.
This means a repairing OF all the
streets where rails are laid; that is, a
portion of the streets. The guage
of the track is five feet two
inches, and as the paving extends
a foot on each side, we have seven
feet ten inches of new paving to be laid
on all the railway streets. or course the
public will suffer little inconvenience
while these changes are going on, but
when completed they will be more
than repaid by the splendid service at
their command. Special attention will
be given to the track oyer the new
stone bridge. II will be so constructed
that it may be enduring as the bridge,
and will in no was interfere with other
traffic.
Within the next thirty days the syndi'
cate expects to put on one thousand men
in the rebuilding OF the road. Most OF
these men will be taken from Wheeling,
as they believe In giving home employ
eeS the first chance. An entire new
power house will be erected, and thor
oughly equipped with all modern appli-
ances, and it will be so arranged that In
case OF disaster to one part OF the ma
chinery, another can be switched on
Immediately. Handsome iron poles will
take the places of all the wooden poles,
and the single trolley system
will be adopted, which will occasion the
removal OF the present dis6guring
double-trolley wires. There will be an
entire new equipment OF cars, some
forty in number, and the old "saw-mill"
operation as now prevails will be done
away with. The Thompson-Houston
system will be introduced, and the cars
will be much larger and more sumptu-
ously appointed. They will be so ar
ranged that they will glide over the
rails with hardly preceptible jar, and
scarcely any noise.
The first move Of the new syndicate
will be within the next two or three
days, when cars will be run through to
Martins Ferry aud return without
change, and the fare will be reduced
from - to 10 cents.
The new power equipment for the
cars is to be enlarged from ten-horse
power to thirty-horse power, aud this
mechanism will be of the latest and
most approved construction. Some of
the cars will be thus altered imme
diately. New rules and restrictions
relative to the conduct and care OF pas
sengers will also be adopted, and the
cars will be numbered conSecutively,
instead of named, as at present, the
colors will be changed, and they will be
heated in winter.
Under the new arrangement ii Is fig
ured that the run can be made from
Benwood TO the centre OF the city
in twenty-five minutes, and from Mar
tins Ferry in twenty-five minutes.
The new stockholders say they feel
that they are now identified with the
interests of the city of Wheeling, hav-
put quarter of million dollars in cir
culation here, and say ii will require
from 100000 to $3.50, 600 TO complete
the improvements now in contempla-
ton.
Another feature in the way OF i'm
provement, in contemplation, is the ex-
tension of the line to the State Fair
grounds by way Of South Penn street.
The system of transfers will also be
greatly improved or done away with.