Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-16
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man, will go on duty to-day after an
attack Of fever.
Fillmore Dobbs, the B. G. o. railroad
er recently so seriously burned was no
better yesterday.
A. A. Conold, Baggage Master, Is now
running on the w. & L. E. between this
city and Steubenville.
Gilbert Russell, B. & o. night yard
clerk, is about TO be married to a popu-
lar young lady Of the city, it is said
Conductor Benjamin Smith, OF the W.
& L. E.. is at Chicago at the big fair.
The popular conductor, W. ID. Rooney
has ais place.
B. g. o. trains were running steadily
again Yesterday after the delays the
previous day caused by the wreck ana
the storm damage.
Charles Belknap, the popular Travel-
ing Passenger Agent Of the c. L. d W.,
will be in the city this week on impor-
tant business pertaining to his road.
The Chicago B. & o. train missed the
Cincinnati mail connection In this city
Yesterday evening. As a result aspeciaI
car was taken 10 IlGtsCUAo
to take the mail.
The different railroads entering this
city are slowly but steadily reducing
the number Of their employees. and yet
we are informed that times are getting
better.-Huntington Argus.
The County Court of Mason county
has offered one hundred dollars reward
for any information that will lead TO
the arrest and conviction OF the parties
who recently stoned the K. 81 NJ. pas
senger train at or near Rock Castle.
The crime is a felony in this State.
w. !. Mallen, formerly General Fore
man Of the Norfolk and Western at
Keuoya, w. Va, has been appointed
General Foreman of the mechanical de-
partment of the Chesapeake, Ohio and
Southwestern, with headquarters Al
Memphis, Tenn, in place OF j. H. hee-
gan. assigned to other duties.
A four mile branch OF the Norfolk
and Western, known as the Dryers
Branch, from a point on the Ohio ex-
te sion in West Virginia, has just been
GRADED, and will be ready for operation
in a few days. A further extension OF
about five miles is built to connect with
the mines OF the Pearl Coal Co.
Two combination coaches for the w.
g. L. e. are ready for the road. They
were made at ~Ironville near Ioledo.
They will be great improvements as the
Quick action breaks will be used. On
the system at present the slow action
break Is used exclusively. In another
week the new coaches will be on the
road.
Trains II and 10 on the w. & L. e.,
the n leaving the city at eight O'CLOCK
in the morning, and the other arriving
in the city at 1910 o'clock, were aoahu-
oned yesterday for Sundays only. Many
were disappointed as little notification
had been given of the change. The
Sunday papers were delayed by reason
OF this.
BV agreement the suit Of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern read 10
epioin the consolidation Of the Cleve-
land, Loraln and Wheeling and the
| Cleveland aud Southwestern roads is to
be heard at Cleveland, o., on October
25. The Cleveland and Southwestern
was organized early this year by stock.
holders OF the Cleveland, Lorain and
wheeling TO build a line into the city OF
| Cleveland In the interest OF the former
company.
The genial conductor A. A. Gaus, the
former employe Of the w., B. d T.,
having charge Of all the trains leaving
the Union Depot, has been promoted.
This morning he will take charge as
Yard Master Of the Terminal system,
and Mr.. Bowers, formerly OF the yard,
will conduct the trains from the Union
Deuot. MIR. Gaus is one OF the most
fayorablv known railroaders OF the city,
and in the transportation department OF
the w. B. 81 L. has been employed
three years.
Capt. Kent, the popular B. & o. con-
ductor. recently had a strange ex-
nerience with a tramp. Before leaving
GRAFTON he discovered a tramp on the
front bumper and elected the gentle
man. Before he got to Webster, a Few
miles this side, he discovered the same
tramp on his train and put him on.
The fellow quietly slipped around to
the other side OF the train, got on board
and went into a closet where he was
found at Central and put of again.
When the train arrived at Parkersburs
the conductor was somewhat surprised
TO find the same tramp on the platform
waiting for the train TO pull out fol
Cincinnati.
The annual report Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company makes q
fine showing for the management Of
that corporation, and will illustrate the
wisdom Of the large expenditures made
during the last few years. The Goa
loaded al the mines was over 3,OOO,O O'
tons, an increase OF 800 per cent; tina
dumped at Newport News was 1885, O'
tons, an increase OF Al per cent; tina
delivered 10 the Cincinnati and Le1ing
ton divisions was 765, 600 tons, an In
crease of 1913 per cent, The increas'
in freight, including coal and coke, wa
3.s per cent, but the revenue from al
freight other than coal fell oil 40 pei
cent. while the revenue from the Goa