Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ALL TIE LATEST NEWS FROM THR LINES
OF THIS CITY.
Items Interesting 10 Railroad Men dsnsrally-Ths
Movements of officials and Employees.
S.ats Of Trade.

ing has there teen a month so great for
excursions as this. Every Monday dur
ing the month and on several other
special days, the w. & L. E. is making
arrangements for big excursions to
Chicago. Next Saturday and Sunday
the c., L. & w. will have excursions,
and six other dates have been selected
for e~Xcursionists on this road before
the close OF the Fair. Next Saturday
and Sunday the B. 81 o. is making prep
arations TO carry hundreds from Wheel
ing and vicinity to the Worlds Fair.
Also in these days the Panhandle is to
have excursions, and four other special
trains will be run to Chicago during the
month. Yesterday the Panhandle car
ried an Excursion Of sixty-fOur people
from this city. Yesterday, also, this
road carried thirty-siX persons from
Wheeling to take in the Pittsburg Ex'
position. During this month the Pan
Handle will run three other excursions
to P%ittsburg. On the 10th and 18th OF
this month, in Cincinnati, the National
Encampmeut Of the Union Veterans
Legions Of the United States, Will be
held. The Panhandle will make
special rates for this occasion.
George L. Rhodes, assistant general
passenger agent, and L. j. Clark, travel
ing passenger agent, OF the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroad, were
in the city yesterday on business. These
gentlemen have headquarters In Chica-
90. Mr.. Clark is now representing his
company in this locality, and for the
first time saw Wheeling Yesterday.
These pleasing gentlemen combined
pleasure with business and admired the
! Island and took a delightful trip on
the motor line. They were generally
well pleased with the historic Nail City.
Passenger traffic on all the roads OF
the city is now booming as it never
doomed before. Aside from this trade
in general does not seem much improved.
At the Union depot In its freight de-
partments, trade Is said to be some bet
ter than last week. Things are a little
dull in the B. g. 0. yards OF Wheeling
and the Junction. At the B, & 0. plat
form business is better, and the freight
traffic by the Panhandle and Ohio
River railroad is said to be rapidly re-
gaining.
General Manager w. ". Woodford
and Road Master John Moran, with
other officials Of the c., l.. 81 W., were
taken over the entire system this week,
by a special. Their object was a gen.
eral inspection Of the road. The start
was made at Lorain and ended in this
city. The officials were highly pleased
with the roads workings.
D. A. Thurber, baggage master at the
Pan Handle depot, has gone TO ST. Louis
for a pleasure trip. His wife and fam
ilv have been visiting there three weeks,
and they will accompany %himfhome the
beginning Of next week. The popular
assistant, John Washington, is filling his
place.
Frank Agnew, the genial conductor
Of the B. & O., it is said, will be mar
ried next Monday. The bride will be a
popular young lady Of st. Mary's. The
ceremony will be performed at the resi-
dence Of the bride. The happy couple
will take a trip to Chicago and then will
live at st. Mary's.
Trainmaster Lyle and Superintend-
ent Wilson and other c., l.. q w. Of
ficials were in the city last Wednesday.
They came by the special car Lawrence.
These gentlemen were here In the In
terests Of their line and were well
pleased with its workings generally.
The Panhandle and Ohio River rail
roads handled one hundred and fifty
seven more cars Of merchandise freight
at the platform In the month OF Sep
TENDER this year over the same month
Of last year. This is a great showing.
Three B. & 0. superintendents were
in the city on business yesterday. They
were r. NJ. Sheets, Grafton, OF the
main line east Of the river; j. NJ. Gro
Ian, OF the c.. O. division and NJ. b.
Cutter, OF the Pittsburg division.
A freight wreck on the B. & %. on the
GAINESVILLE grade delayed the Chicago
aud Cincinnati trains four hours. Five
cars were smashed in the wreck, which
was caused by the train becoming part
ed. No one was hurt.
H. Z. Welsgerber, manage OF the w.
q L. e., with his wife, Is visiting Chi-
cago. They will return next Tuesday.
John Roemer, Secretary OF the Com
pany, is preparing for q trip to tue
Worlds Fair soon.
A large space was torn from the wall
of the w. & L. E. depot yesterday. An
iron step was left connecting q car with
the depot. In pulling the cars from
the switch quite anumber Of the bricks
were torn away.
j. II. Limberger, chief inspector OF
the Inspection Bureau, and c. b. b.
Chiiders, Joint agent OF the same organ
ization OF Buffalo and Pittsburg re-
spectively. were in the city yesterday
on business.
Edward Baker. of the w. & L. E.
freight department, the crack short
stop OF the Red Cross Oil Club, will go
with the team next Saturday to Gypsy
Grove to play the WilSonburg team.
George Chew, check clerk at the c.
L. & w. freight depot, prides himself
in being the champion horse shoe pitch
er in Wheeling. lie offers to pitch any-
one in the city for a stake.
An extension of the outside platform
OF the Panhandle freight depot was
made a few days aGo. This is quite an
Improvement, as slIty-eight feet in
length were added.
A daughter, q charming young lady,
Of Conductor V. o. Meline Of the c. l..
& W., is a guest OF friends In the city.
The young lady lives at Lorain.
T. E. Jones, general manager Of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition Trans
portation Company Of Pittsburg, was in
the city yesterday on business.
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