Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-28
NEW RAILROAD WORK.
PROJECTED IN THIS STATE, AND NOW
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
General Intelligence Respecting Local and STATE
Railroad Linss-Financial and Con-
srucion Reports.


Baltimore and Ohio.-E1tension OF
Fairmont, Morgantown and Pitts0urg,
from Morgantown north to the State
line near Peint Marion, Pa. ten miles.
Grading com pleted, track will be laid In
a few weeks.
Chesapeake and ohio.-Tracklaying
completed in July on GauleY bran en- to
connect with the Kanawha and Michi-
gan and grading about completed on
Loup Creek branch from Rush Run,
and on Keeney's Creek branch, six
miles.
Dry Fork.-Grading to be commenced
shortly on first thirty miles south OF
Bretz.
Pennsylvania Lines.-New Cumber-
land to point opposite Liverpool, O., on
New Cumberland branch, nine miles
graded.
Poweton and POcahontas. - Eight
miles under survey.
Roaring Creek. Preliminary survey
made I'm 1893 by John w. Moore, chief
engineer, from Elkins on the w. V. G.
& Z. R. r., up the Roaring Creek Val
ley TO its headquarters.
Wheeling Bridge and Terminal
New line three miles long, along Ohio
River from Wheeling to factories at
Benwood, nearly completed
The plan for making double track
road of that part OF the b. IL o. from
Pittsburg TO Cumberland, has been aban-
doned for the present on account Of the
striUgency Of money matters. The
making OF this division part of the main
line from east to west had made neces-
sary many improvements, and 1t has
decided to rebalast ii with stone al
most throughout its length. This work
has already been commenced and thous-
ands OF tons OF stone for ballast have
been delivered. The division mentioned
was laid with new rails last winter and
spring. The company has steam SHOW
els at work on the Grafton and Green
brier Division, filing In all the treStles,
which are quite numerous, and putting
the line into condition for running
heavy trains over it regularly. The
work will occupy several months and
will open regular connections between
the main line OF the Baltimore and Ohio
and theWest Virginia Central and Pitts
burg, by way Of Belington, VIVA.
President NJ. E. Ingalls, Of the G. &
K. W., gives out these figures, showing
something of the business Of the COM
pany for the year ending June 80, 1898:
The gross earnings OF the company
have been S2,2O4, O4a7S, and there is a
surplus Of S423, 10000 over all charges,
and for the first time in the roads his
tory it has earned something on the
common stock. The passengers trans
ported were 1885, 564, while 479, 49,
919 tons OF freight were handled. This
is on one mile basis. The output Of
coal FOR the year was 3,05O,424 tons,
while the distribution of the sale was
very wide and varied. The cost Of the
road and equipment on the date OF the
report was S122, 1875, S2.13.
General Superintendent Taussig, Of
the Terminal company, reports that q
force OF men will be put to work as
soon as possible rebuilding large sec
tion OF the stone wall along the bank OF
Wheeling Creek which fell few weeks
ago, leaving a part OF the main track
unsupported. A temporary track has
been built around the break in the wall.
It will take about s., 900 worth OF rough
masonry TO repair the break. The ex-
tension OF the three mile line to Ben
wood is progreo.. ing; most of the piling
4, l.. Ia a q
lower erda OF the line is under way.
The tlfdges over Boggs' Run and the
revlne above the Riverside mill will be
erected in few weeks.
The Company called the st. Adams
and Coal River organized in 1892, chiefly
by property owners along the route be-
tween ST. Adams, aud Boone Court
House, has transferred its franchise and
property to the Coal River and St AL
bans Company, organized In West Vir-
ginia last week. The new Company is
composed of the representatives, OF
Eastern capitalists, who, within the
past month, has takon hold OF the pro-
posed line begun some months ago be-
tween st. Adams and Boone Court
House. 1t Is to open up the large coal
properties bought last fall from Mckell
and others by Drexel, Morgan & Co., as
representatives of the Chesapeake and
Ohio.
There are at present over LOO emp
ty coal, coke, box and stock cars stored
at different points along the Cleveland
aud Pittsburg road. There are 1000
cars stored in the Cleveland Yards and
in the yards at Wellsville there are $50
empty coke, 100 gondolas and ITO box
and stock cars. Box and stock cars are
being stored along the line, when gen
orally at this season OF the year they
are short 200 box and stock cars daily,
all of which goes to show the great fall
ing off In freight business.
The railroad company does business
at this place now Of about eight thou
sand dollars a week In freight alone.
Still its too poor point to have a half
way decent station and freight house at.
II we were only flag station we might
expect some improvement, but as IL is
the best shipping point along the road
its not likely that we will get new de-
Dot and freight house. It's sometimes
unfortunate TO live in business town.
-TVler Democrat
AtZoar, o., yesterday a Wheeling
and Lake Erie freight train killed a
valuable dog belonging to the COM
munity. A car jumped the track at the
same crossing and ran several hundred
feet on the ties and finally fell of a
high trestle Into the mill race below.
The engineer, whose name could not be
learned, was killed. The rest Of the
train ran almost two miles before the
ramainder of the crew learned Of the