Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-18
TIE RAILROADS.
Local News From the Various Local
Centres.

Centres.
B. e. O. freight traffic is steadily
looking up.
The Pennsylvania railway has large
force of men repairing the Powhatan
branch OF the road across the river.
A new schedule went into effect on
the Ohio River yesterday No material
change was made in the running Of
passenger trains.
A rehearing has been granted by the
Supreme Court In the case Of Carrico ".
the West Virginia Central and Pitts
burg Railroad Company.
The Bachelor club, founded among
B. g. o. railroaders recently, with such
a bright apparent future, has assigned.
Hard times did 1t, they say.
Alexander Henderson, the genial b.
& o. Waterman at Seventeenth and
Wood streets, is to marry a young lady
from the Sixth ward, next week. Alex.
says so.
Frank Jackson, OF Twenty-secoDd
street, the railroader who fell from the
B. 81 o. car at Benwood Junction,
Saturday, improves very slowly. There
are fears that he is injured internally.
The case OF John w. Lloyd against
the West Virginia and Pittsburg Rail-
road Company was concluded on Friday
and the Jury returned verdict in favor
of the plaintiff for 81, 100 damages.
Lloyd was one Of the men injured in re-
moving the wrecked cars at Centralla
some time ago.-BrdrtOn Central
The new Baltimore s. Ohio Railroad
bridge at Harper's Ferry will be ready
for use within two months. The struc-
ture will be used for railroad purposes
alone, and not for trains, wagons aud
pedestrians, as is the existing bridge.
After the new bridge Is put into service
all railroad travel over the old bridge
will cease, but that structure Will be
kept open for the accommodation OF the
public.
PERSONALS: W. a. Rectanus, a Pc
wiky conductor, is sick. (. M. Bush,
OF the Panhandle. is on duty, after a
sickness. VIM. Meyers, Panhandle
check clerk, is off duty, Ill. Brakeman
Frank Richey, OF the same road, is
slowly recovering from his accident re-
sulting from falling from a train. Oper-
ator Edward Deegan, OF the b. 81 o.,
will resume work this morning, after
nm illness.
Last Saturday evening,st the B. & o.
yard Office, DR.. George Garrison and an
assistant examined twelve B. 81 0. rail-
readers, preparatory TO Joining a new
lodge OF the 4. o. Z. w. TO be estab-
lished in this city soon. They we're:
Conductors Capt. Butterwortb. j. s.
Stewart, NJ. p. Sigaioose, L. Crow and
f. f. Agnew; Yard Masters 3. j. Pat
ton and Joshua Elliott; Brakeman w.
E. Giblin, John McMarron and Charles
Logston. H. f. McNabb, clerk, and p.
J. Horn, yard co nductor.
The annual report Of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company for the year
ending June 30th, 1898, contains q syn
opsis of the operations OF the Relief De-
partment OF that company, which
shows it TO be In a most prosperous con-
dition. The Department bad a mem
beFship Of %, 637 persons; the receipts
for the relief feature Tor the year were
1926. sos. 80 and the disbursements
s415, 554. 80, and the benefits paid to its
members since May 1st, 1890. aggregate
the enormous sum Of S3.s33. 940.l7. 10
the Savings Feature of the Department,
az the close of the fiscal year, there
was due depositors $3.50, 3s6.05. as
against 1902. 547.05 at the close Of the
previous year; the deposits during the
wear were 1926. 049.77, the Withdrawals
SIss, 210. 70, and the amount due from
employees on account Of loans made for
the purpose Of securing homes was
s6O1, 239.26. An extra dividend OF one
per cent. was declared on all deposits
drawing interest at the close Of the
year, thus making the interest for the
year equivalent to five per cent per an
mum. AT the close OF the year there
were 210 names on the pension list, and
the disbursements on this account for
the year have been s31, 954.35, and for
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