Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-28

The Latest InteIIigencs Concerning Lines
in This Vicinity.

The Latest IntelIigence Concsrning Lines
in This Vicinity.
The new schedule on the West Vir-
GINA and Pittsburg Railroad did not go
into effect on Sunday, as was previously
announced.
The engineers have finished working
up the data accumulated during the
survey of the proposed Wheeling q
Connellsyille road.
The current issue Of the Rdttroad
Gazette contains diagram and descrip-
ton Of the car shop Of the wheeling
and Lake Erie, at Toledo.
The Chesapeake and Ohio is in the
market for freight cars, as already re-
ported, but the number Of cars to be or
dered by the Company has not been
definitely decided. Very probably the
number will not exceed 1000 cars, 500
box and 500 60. O0O-pound hopper bottom
gondola coal cars.
The annual meeting of the B. q U.
was held In Baltimore, November u,
122, 329 shares being represented. Inc
directors elected were James Sloane Jr.,
William F. Burns, William Ii. Back
ford, Aubrey Pearre, George de b.
Keim, Wesley A. Tucker, Maurice
Gregg, ]. Wilcox Brown, William +.
Frick, George A. Won Lingen, George
c. Jenkin and Charles j. NJ. Gwinn.
An engine started to run away near
Grafton, and before it was discovered
by Engineer Powell was going at the
rate of twenty miles an hour. MT
Powell managed to get aboard OF the
engine and brought it to a standstlll,
but in doing so he received injuries
from which he has since been laid up.
His presence of mind, no doubt, saved
the company considerable amount OF
property.
The recent report that the Baltimore
and Ohio had contracted with the Bald
win Locomotive Works for sixty engines
was premature. The mpany is talk
ing of contracting for one hundred To-
comotives, but no orders have yet been
awarded. We have the types OF sixty
of these engines as follows: Twenty
five are to be ten-wheel engines, twenty
eight-wheel passenger locomotives, and
fifteen switchers. Ten OF these to be
six-wheel engines.
During the past year thirty-two
miles of new second track has been
built on the Huntington division OF the
Chesapeake 81 Ohio, west of the Ale
ghany Mountains, between Clifton
Forge aud Hinton. Eighteen miles OF
the second track, between Covington
and Low Moon eight and one-half
miles, and between Anderson and Low
ell, w. Va, nine and one-half miles,
which was under contract in January
is now in operation. The track is now
being laid by the company's forces on
the balance of the work, which was
placed under contract in May.
The annual report of the B. e. o.
shows that for the nine months ending
June 30 last the total earnings were
SIS, 937, 574, the total expenses were 3d.
SOC, ATS, and the net earnings 5000, 996.
For the twelve months ended Septem-
Der 80 last the total earnings were $685.
O34, 1877, against S24,530, 395 for the
twelve months ended September 80,
1891, an increase of 81, 500, 772. The ex-
penses were SIS, 595, sol, as compaI ed
with S17,07S, 233 the previous year, an
increase of S1,517, 56S. Thus the net
earnings were 81, ABS, 366, against ST.
452, 162. a decrease Of S13, 796, A divi-
dend of five per cent. was paid on the
first preferred stock, amounting to $780,
coo; dividend at the same rate on the
second preferred stock, amounting
to 100000, and another at IA
per cent. on the common stock amount
ing to S312, 42S. Payments were made
amounting To S674.O57 to retire the
bonded debt, against SAT-, 557 the year
previous, an increase of 5000, 500. The
tonnage carried amounted to 1857, 500
tons September being estimated). Last
year the tonnage was 14,s5S,972. The
expenditures for betterments aggre-
gated S2,061, GOA September being
partly estimated), while for the fiscal
year 1891 they were S1.601, 902. The
Philadelphia division shows gross earn
ings for the year of S2,O56, Ala, an in
crease of S156, 776; expenses, 81, 40S, III,
an increase of S64, 997; net earnings,
1854, 1886, an increase of S97,77S. The
operations of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit Railroad shows: Gross earn
ings, 81, 045, 612, an increase of S20,0l4;
net earnings, $685. 35, a decrease Of
81, 562; increase of surplus, So, l59.