Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-31
THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest Regarding West
Virginia Corporations.


Ohio River extension.
The St. GAINESVILLE and Northern is
building new station at ST. Clairsville
to take the place Of the one recently de-
stroyed by fire. The new station will
cost about $4,000.
The Norfolk and Western is building
two more short lines from the Ohio
river extension to coal mines located on
the north fork of Elkhorn river, belong
ing to the Indian Ridge and Ashland
coal companies.
The surveys Of the PIttsburg, Virginia
and Charleston, which is said to have
been taken up by the Pennsylvania COM
pany, have been made from Brownsville,
Pa, along the Monongahela river to
lock, No. Q, in West Virginia. These
SURVEYS have been made on both sides OF
the river, but it has not been decided
which it theNNore favorable line.
The receipts of the b. & o. relief de-
partment for May were s33,207.55, and
the disbursements sac, 2s0N45, OF which
Sll, 025 was for nine cases or accloentai
death; IS. 362. 2s for 400 cases OK Scci ,
dental injuries; S771.61 for 293 caseS OF
a surgical nature, So, 096. 80 for AS cases
Of natural sickness, and Sll, s50.25 for
25 cases OF natural death.
Tracklaylng on the Fairmont, Nor
gantown and Pttsburg between Nor
gantown and Smithtield, Pa, is pro-
crossing rapidly. The Drake & STRAIT
ton Co., which has the contract, has a
large force at work on the line, and ex-
poets to have the line completed within
the next two months and ready for
trains. The grading is oil completed
and the ties on the ground.
A report that President Charles f.
Mayer, OF the Baltimore and Ohio, would
resign before the next annual meeting,
and would be succeeded by Mr.. h. K.
Bacon, President OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern road, was printed In
some OF the Baltimore newspapers last
week. The officers Of the company at
once positively denied the truth Of the
report, and II didn't get chance to
make the usual circuit OF the news
papers.
Mai. John w. Moore, who is chief en-
gineer of the Dry Fork Railway Com
pany, this State, has put party OF
engineers on the preliminary line OF this
road, incorporated In this State a few
months ago to build line from Elkins,
on the West Virginia Central and Pitts
burg, to.the headquarters OF Roaring
Creek. This scheme has now been par
TALLY merged into the Point Pleasant,
Buckhannon and Tygart's Valley Rail-
road. the intention being to build line
from Buckhannon to Elkins along the
valley Of Roaring Creek.
Amendments to the charter OF the
Cleveland, Wooster and Muskingum
road have been filed at Columbus for
the purpose OF carrying out the pro-
visions OF q resolution adopted by the
Board of Directors to extend the line
beyond its previously designated ter
mini so thatthe northern terminus will
be at Cleveland, instead of Lodi, pass
ing through the counties OF Medina,
Loraln and CuyanoEa. 1t also provides
for southern extension to GAINESVILLE,
from Wooster, and gives the direc-
tors permission to build a branch from
point In Holmes county to Cambridge,
Guernsey county.
The gross earnings OF the Baltimore
and Ohio for June are reported as co.
1877, 366, an increase Of sol, 727 as COM
pared with the same month Of last year.
and net s6S1. $50, an Increase OF $751;
cal. For the twelve months ending June
30 The gross earnings were 26,O60, 955,
an increase OF S153, 597 as compared with
the corresponding period OF last year,
and net S7,l14, 224, a decrease OF $780,
TT. The earnings for June were the
largest for that month IN the history OF
the company. 1t Is explained that the
increases in operating expenses for the
year are due to the losses incurred DUR
ing January and February, owing to
the severe weather.
A general order suspending or cur
falling all new construction work 10
Pennsylvania was issued last week by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. 1t ap-
plies particularly TO the work on the
Pennsylvania Division, from Philadel-
phia 20 Plttsburg, between which points
the system was 70 be iour-tracked.
Much of the work has already been
completed. Miles Of the new third and
fourth tracks have been laid In sections
and the grading for the additional
tracks In some instances has progressed
so far that all that Is required to com
plete the work is to lay the ties and
tracks. But for the time being the
work will end here. as the company can
readily handle It's traffic with Its pres
ent facilities, and IL is deemed unwise
70 continue the heavy expense TO which
the company was subjected By new con-
strucilon when the additional facilities
are not really required. The order also
Affects the construction work upon the
new branch lines which are being built,
but not to the extent il does the main
line work, as on the former il IS only
cnrtailed. while on the latter il Is sus-
pended.