Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-04-30
CHAT OF THE TOWN.
CURRENT COMMENT on VARIOUS TOPICS OF
INTEREST,
Picked Up Abou! the HOtsls and On ne Streets
Seine Of the Things Being Daily
Talked About

for short distances by American rail-
roads in recent years." said a railroad
man last evening, 'and some very cred
table long distance running has been
| done, but the New York Central Will
start up a train tomorrow. between
New York and Chicago, which will DO q
hummer. It Is 143 miles from New
York to Albany, 297 from Albany to Buff
falo, and $40 from Buffalo to Chicago,
or $50 miles for the whole distance. II
is proposed to cover this distance in
nineteen hours, which will be at an
average speed Of ffty-one and a half
miles an hour, without counting stops.
I understand there will be but five stops
In the whole distance, and the actual
running speed will be over ffty-two
miles an hour for the entire run. That's
covering the ground at 2 pretty lively
rate"
ST got home from Washington City
last night" said w. P. Robinson, who
desires a position In the Department Of
Justice. MATTERS have Quieted down
TO a very large extent. The ceremonies
In New York, and those TO commence
Monday In Chicago, have almost de-
populated the town, as far as high OFF,
Gals 90, and most OF the gentlemen
with ambitions have gone home TO wait
the return of the President. l con-
slider my chances for a position as first
class, but you know there's nothing so
uncertain as political life"
"Just what new proposition the Pitts
burg, Wheeling and Kentucky railroad
people will make to the city, IL any, re-
gardlng the long.projected depot build
ing at the upper end Of the wharf, is
very uncertain" said a business man,
last evening. There has been an ina
preston abroad that the Company had
actually made o%vertures OF an official
nature, through the Boar3 OF Com
m~issioners, as was done last year,
and that the matter had been
referred by Council to the Commit
tees on Railroads aud Wharves jointly.
That Is an error. I'm not prepared to
say that the Company will make anoth-
err proposition this year, although 1t Is
pretty well understood that they will go
ahead and make the contemplated i'm
provement II the city gives them a
chance. 1t Is badly needed, both by the
Company and the travelling public, and
would go far towards making the north
end OF Water street more p~resentable.
The river men will fight the further en-
croachment upon the wharf to the end,
however. and even IL the city makes a
concession, the thing will wind up In
the Federal Courts"
Mr.. Frederick Mason, formerly OF the
REGISTER staff, writing to a friend from
New York, says the late naval parade In
New York harbor was q great sell, so
far as the general public was concerned,
for there was nothing TO see but a lot OF
ships manouvering around, and nothing
to hear aside from the booming OF big
cannon The principal EXPLANATIONS
by the spectators, Mr.. Mason says,
were: "What were theydoinga moment
ago?" "What are they doing now?'
and ~ wonder what they're going to
do next?" A few folks OF a nautical turn
Of mind could appreciate the display,
but for sthe great mass OF humanity
crowded along the shores, 1t was really
very undressing.
"What do l think Of the electric rail-
road for 10 ng distance work." said a
railroad m an yesterday, in reply to a
reporters question. "Well, it is en-
tirely safe to say that 1t is going to be
the passenger railroad Of the future,
but It will be a long time before steam
is entirely superS eded for passenger
traffic. One of the first things | long
for, as a step in the direction your
question indicated. is for the great rail-
road corporations in h large
cities TO call upon electricity