Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-30
WHEELING RAILROADS
LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM TIE LINES OF
OF TIE CITY.
Freight Trade Steadily On the Incrsass-Chais
With the Genial RailrOadsrs-No!es
About Employees

The railroaders of the city were in a
happy frame Of mind yesterday. They
did all they could TO treat everybody
jus6right, as they appeared to get
ready for Thanksgiving in as pleasant
a way as possible. Though d great
many Of thee railroaders will have to
work to-day, they will nearly all have
a turkey dinner 20 feast on. Many OF
them will have social events at their
homes, at which many friends and
relatives will be present. On all the
lines OF the city no local, but only
through freights will be run. AT the
freight.receiving platforms no freight
will be received. and only perisha6le
articles will be delivered. The offices
at the Union depot, except the ticket
and baggage rooms, will be ciosed
This will be done at all the depots,
though the employees OF the cashiers
Office of the 3. & D. will have to work
about half the day. Little will be doGe
ia the Panhandle yards, and bat one
crew will be used.
Last Tuesday morning an oily
tongued faker vas in the city. His OBJ
jective persons seemed to be the rail-
readers, and many who purchased are
sorry they did. The chap rushed into
the headquarters OF the B. & o. cleri-
cal force. He talked at a lightning
rate. The boys managed to find out he
was selling handkerchiefs, for he piled
fifty on one OF the clerks desks and
then begun a public auction. He got
dollar for them, and now the boys are
looking for him with oiled guns. de
had better success at the Pan Handle,
for he sold two hundred there. The
boys said the fellow evidently came TO
sell or run the ralroaders from their
headquarters by the the stacks OF but
ter rags" he would sling about. The
boys say be was the sIckest article In
the fake line they have seen.
3. & o. Psrsonais:-W. E. Board,
night yard master, who is critically i'll,
was better yesterday. L. +. Agnew is
filing his place. d. l.. Crow is attend
ing to Mr.. Agnew's duties. Chas. Man
ley, OF the freight house. is sick. Fire
man VIM. Scally is taking short vaca-
ton. Night baggage master Hayor Is
off duty sick. Frank Ross, car inspec-
tor, will go to Garrett Station to-day TO
eat Thanksgiving turkey with his pa
rents. Chief Clerk Glaser will go TO
Glenwood to-day to spend ThankSgiv-
ing Chas. Howard, clerk, has returned
to work after an illness. Peter and
Michael Riley, Of the clerical force, are
off duty, caused by the death OF niece.
Albert A. Gaus will take charge as
yardmaster of the w. Is. & =. yards
this morning. There has been no yard
master there for nearly two months. G.
w. Norrngton having resigned at that
time. Superintendent Taussig, aided
by the crews, has managed the yard
during the interval. Mr.. Gaus has been
In the employ Of the w. B. 81 I. for
three years and is a great favorite with
the railroaders. To this gentleman
the change is a substantial promotion.
There is no doubt that the yard affairs
will prosper we'll under the new man
agement.
A few days ego a meeting Of the
stockholders OF the Parkersburg branch
OF the B. g. o. was held In that city.
John V. Rathbone was made chairman
and w. w. Vanwinkle secretary. The
gross earnings for the year were SS27,-
76s. SO; expenses $3.50, O3432; net S145,-
744.2O. Orland Smith, Of Baltimore,
was elected president Directors,
Robert Garrett, w. f. Burns, w. W.
Taylor, w. Ii. Blackford, G. II. Shat
tuck, ]. n. Camden, w. n. Chancellor,
d. G. Winberger and Thomas 5. Spates
The Panhandle and Ohio River
roads are having no end Of trouble
with links and pins being stolen from
the roads, near Bogg's Run particularly.
A well known Panhandle official caught
Junk dealer there recently with
whole load He made him bring the
load back and distribute 1t. There is
clue to the parties stealing the ma
terials, and II it is not stopped arrests
are soon to follow.
1t was expected that the special con-
tanning the President Of the B. & o.
and all the officials would be 10 the city
tomorrow. No word has been received
by the management here yet to that
effect, and it is probable they will not
be in the city for some time If at all on
this trip. The special will go by New
ark, thence 10 Cincinnati, and then by
the way of Parkersburg and Grafton.
Tomorrow several important changes
will take place at the w! 81 l.. K. train
dispatcher's Office st Masslllon, o.. S.
A. Stalcup, will succeed l.. ID. Linsley,
resigned, Mr.. Stalcup, who was chief
clerk, under. f. j. Scott, SuperIntend-
emit OF Transportation will be succeeded
byJ. n. Mervin. Track dispatchers
Copper and Kelley have also resigned.
Notices are out calling a meeting of
the local freight agents for the ninth Of
next month. The object Of the meeting
is to discuss the feasibility OF daily
interchange car report 10 be estab-
lished between the different terminals
In this vicinity. Other matters are
likely to arise relative TO lettering the
switching service OF the various lines.
Union depot personals: Louis Foster,
of the w. g. L. E., will go for hunt
to-day. Charles Belknap, Of the c., L.
& W., will be at the depot on business
in a few days. Charles Porter will
spend to-day at his former home lie
Steubenville. NJ. S. GIllett, formerly
of the depot, now Of Steubenville, is
home from trip 70 Toledo.
Panhandle Personals-B. ]. Lingan,
brakeman, has bad attack Of grippei
Jos. Howard, brakeman, will spend the
day in Pittsburg; J. w. Memory, yard
clerk, is at Bruce Station, o., spend
ing his Thanksgiving. VIM. McNary,
who was hurt recently, has been taken
to his home in Ohio; be is recovering
rapidly.
Miss Katie Carney, the popular
daughter Of John A. Garvey, the we'll
known blue Line" engineer, will be
married to-day to John Manion, Of