Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-17
RAILROADS.
INFORMATION FROM ALL TIE CENIfRS "
THIS CITY.
Cat. q, Trade Win the Railroads-lmPr0V''
msnts Of the Linss--N0V'm'n' OF
Employees.

cborlas Wood, the accommodating
On @5,o vardmaster, is being JoKed
"a his friends. Recently, on d co.o a
oy ni1 Mr. Wood had occasion TO go
nm the road on business ne u" Short
the business and was landeu ~ Uat
Creek with no immediate way " - So
Soma He stood there in the coio iot q"
oonnIe of hours, when, to his rellel' u 1o
SoU, freipht train approaching. NJ
oianaIad the engineer, but TINS gent 10.
1asn Enew the yardmaster anu ran us
nan 4bot much faster just for Joke
SIa'V we'd didn't get aboard the frelgnt'
M, "a n wait several hours longer W
catch a passenger. his usual 9ben
nature was just little ois'ui0e" ~
he got home. ,.bo
n Lindsey, chief dispatcher OF u, the
wbooJing and Lake Erie at Massl'ion'
.oa5erad his resignation Wednesday
.e.aI-o afFect on the first day OF Decem-
nor Mr.. Lindsey has been win ene
W. wGooljng and Lake Erie for ABOUT
three years, is held in the nlEueI S tbo
TEEN by all officials, ana Is que % 0f
most popular men in the ser , ~
iate Mr. Lindsley's health has oeeh laI'-
inc and 10 order to spend the winter r, az
bis home in Texas, he resigned us
inss 20 the road and his friends VIII De
iSoanIv felt. and all are In hopes that nc
49, yatnrn improved in health. IL Is
m u% Known. as vet, who will succeed MI
Lindsey.
p G O. PERSONALS. Edward can
NON former operator, now OF the
Chicago and Rock Island, is home on a
visit John A. Garvey, OF the b'ue
Line is home from his vacation. T.
n 6obbs. the brakeman so oaoiy IN
i,,red bv sn explosion, Is now aOle W
yvork again. ]. J. Rafferty,, brakeman
is oick w. C. Chaser, chief CLERK IS
laid I'D with sickness. \ James 'acA H'Oa
Is indisposed. VIM. Patton yaru u, lnS -
err has moved from MoundsViiie 70
bis city.
One Of the most popular and genial
employes of the B. 81 o. isaccom tnoud''
inc NJ c. Glass, agent at Elm "roFe'
Mr. Glass is soon to become oene-
Jict "a NEXT month he will lead to
the altar Miss Nav Arkle' the interest," ts'
ing daughter OF Justice Arkle' OF TINS
CITY. The wedding is to De quite an
elaborate society event. The happy
vonng compile will reside at Elm Grove,
there Mr.. Glass mas provided neat
home.
The Handle is to place coal chutes
at Golfers yards. No coal IS gotten
there now at all, as formerly IL was
tsken by the engines at Mcdonald ana
Stenbepyille. There will be SIX large
cbntes placed there, or enough TO sup
NV oil the engines. 1t will probably be
sPhout 10 600 bushels daily. The Blanche
Coal Company is to supply the coal
Work on the chutes will be begun In a
few days.
II J. Geraighty, the well known man
aosr Of the Union News Company IN
tbis CITY. was married last Wednesday
10 Miss Clara Dawes, a most estimaole
vonng lady of Pittsburg. The wedding
ceremony was performed in Pittsourg'
and was quite social event. Inc nap
nv couple are now on q trip East, after
which they will come to reside In THIS
city.
w. E. f. Conneey, the popular clerk
of the Pittsburg Car Association in this
city, has gone for an extensive hunt
over the Baltimore and Ohio TO the in
terIor. He is a great bear hunter and
mas ordered large refrigerator box car
10 bring home the game. He took dogs
and guns and went fully equipped.
There is an epidemic OF diseases at
Golfers. There are mumps, scarlet and
typhoid fevers, and bad cases OF diph-
iberia. There is danger Of the schools
being closed. The greater number OF
the population being railroaders many
Of their families are sorely afflicted.
Brakeman George Mcdonald OF the
Pewiky, who was injured some time
ago making a coupling, has had an
operation performed On his hand. Sew
ersl small bones were removed from
the member. 1t will be at least four
months till be is able to work.
A consignment Of the one hundred
tons of rails for the Terminal extern
sion TO Benwood arrived yesterday.
About a dozen carpenters are at work,
aud the coptS = 70 being rapidly prose-