Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-01
THE RAILROADS.
MORE ABOUT THE B, & O,s GREAT IN
PR0VEMENT.
4 Slashing Cut in Rates to Denver - The B. d
0. at the Worlds Fair-EmplOyes Killed.
Railroad News Notes.


provements to be made by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company at Harper's
Ferry has been commenced by Ehmann,
Jones & Thorne, the contractors, and
the firm Is getting together tbs plant
necessary to build the great bridge and
bore the tunnel. The hosting appa-
ratus, which will be supplied by the
Lidgerwood Company of New York, will
include steel cable 21l inches in diam
eter. with total length of 1.4OO feet, Of
which 300 feet will be Single span OF
the Potomac, river SO feet above the
water. An immense travelling crane
will be operated along the cable by
means OF subsidiary cables, for which a 90
horse power engine Will be used on each
shore. The apparatus is guaranteed TO
carry twenty tons, and will be used to
convey the stone and other materials to
the pier desired. The materials will
then be lowered into the immense Gals
sons, which will have 10 be sunk in the
river wherever pier is to be built.
Cut stone from the Gettysburg Granite
Company's quarries, which are owned
by Messrs. Jones & Thorne, will be
used IN the construction. The tunnel
which is TO be constructed at the Mary
land end of the bridge will also be ex-
cavated by the same firm. The work
is all through solid rock. The boring
will be done by five compressed air
drills and will be carried on day and
night.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany will expend SIS, 900 upon its ex-
hibit at the Worlds Col umbian Exposi-
ton in Chicago next year. By order OF
Vice President Lord Major j. Il. PaDg-
born is vested with the full direction Of
all matters pertaining to the CompanY's
representation and will control its man
agement during the Exposition. Major
Pangborn has secured from the Traction
Company the old Powhatan Garden
property at the western end OF Baltl-
more street, Baltimore, and an extensive
plant has been put in for the construc-
ton of fnll-size reproductions In wood
of the early examples OF motive power
and equipment upon the pioneer rail-.
ways OF the world. The evolution OF
the locomotive will be striking feature
OF the exhibit.
About midnight last Thursday night
John T. Stouffer, conductor, and Alvey
Funk, fagman, were instantly killed
on the Norfolk & Western Railroad
near Rileyville, about 50 miles south OF
Sheppardstown. Just before the
freight train upon which they were on
duty reached trestle, a car full OF
peaches broke down next to the ca
boose and began to smash things. 1t is
supposed that the men, fearing the
train would 20 over the trestle, jumped
Of Just as they were passing through
the cut. Both we're instantly killed.
Stouffer's neck was broken and his
head crushed. Funk had both legs
broken and was bruised and hurt In
ternally. The men lived in Hagers-
town, and their remains were sent there
for interment.
Agent j. G. Tomlinson, Of the
'Pewiky," is quoted by the Pittsburg
Post as follows: In speaking Of the
passenger business of wheeling and vi.
cinity, he said that the Pennsylvania
new feature of running excursions to
the seashore from that vicinity was
very popular move. He thought that
the smashing Of the rates to Denver
would not prove the best thing for the
Knights Templar, as 1t would crowd
the trains TO an unpleasant degree and
result in overcrowded aud poor accom-
modations in Denver. He said the
Knights of Pythias in his section, in
view Of such results, did not seem anX-
ious for a similar result
A freight train going east On the B.
& o. railroad last Saturday evening had
in il two cars upon which was loaded
some very large pieces Of lumber. Just
as the train was passing Duthelds the
trucks Of one Of these cars jumped the
rails and let the logs drop. The tracks
were just ripped all to pieces, although
strange to say none OF the cars were
damaged saved that one. 1t took long
time to repair the track, and in the
meantime a big train-load OF people
who had attended the Catholic picnic at
Island Park sat on the cars at Engle's
Switch until midnight in various de-
grees Of misery.
An order to reduce expenses has been
issued on the Pennsylvania system, and
there will not be as many new engines
built this year at the company's shops
as at first contemplated. Consequently
all class "R" engines which were to
come to the Indianapolis division will
be- given to the Plttsburg division, and
class rs" engines will be transferred to
the indianapolis division.
Worthington, Elliott & De Bardele-
ben, Of Birmingham, Ala, have com
menced tracklaying at Charleston, along
the Elk river, on the line OF the Charles
ton, Clendennin & Sutton road. This
firm is building twenty miles OF this
road to Clay county, work having been
commenced in March last.
The West Virginia Central railroad
engineers will start their survey from
Beverly up Tygart's Valley TO Mingo
Flats and from thence to Warrington in
a few days.
The work Of rescuing the Ohio River
locomotive from the bed Of Dry Run,
near Proctor, will be the next event in
order in connection with last Mondays
accident
The round trip rate from Pittsburg to
Denver for the Knights Templar Con-
clave is down TO S2l.35. The regular
fare one way is 1896.
The new Ohio River railroad depot at
Huntington is nearing completion.
The increased rates of pay on the
Ohio River road commence to-day.
Oyrene Commandery for Denver.
Thursday, August 4th, the Cyrene
Commandry, knights Templar, will
leave Wheeling, w. Va, for Denver,
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