Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-11
THE RILROAD WORLD.
Information Concerning Various Lines In
West Virginia.

Information CONCERNING various Lines IN
West Virginia.
G. J. Dickman, a clerk at the b. q U.
freight Office, is spending his vacation
at Philadelphia.
The record OF accidents for July shows
ISL accidents, in which IS persons were
killed and 176 injured.
Antony Dixon, B. q o. engineer, IL
visiting In New York City and the East
He will see the sights at Chicago before
returning.
B. Y. Patton, yardmaster OF the
Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio yards,
and w. E. Porterfield, OF the Junction
yards, are seeing the sights at the
Worlds Fair.
A big meeting was held at Romeo
verte, Greenbrier county, last Monday,
in the interest of the proposed road
from Ronceverte to Lewisburg. The
meeting was in favor OF issuing bonds
in aid OF the line.
At Elkins, the West Virginia Central
and Pittsburg railroad is making an ao-
dition to it's shops which will increase
tbs capacity one-half. The addition Is
to be of brick and will be fitted up with
machinery OF modern pattern.
ALB. g. o. official remarked last night
that il all the mills were again going
the company would be doing as large
business here as it eyer did. Shipments
of merchandise are increasing, and large
consignments are again being received
by the city firms.
The Norfolk and Westerns Dingess
branch, Oh the Ohio River extension,
is ready for the rails for four miles, and
il is proposed to extend IL mile FUR Their
TO reach the Pearl Coal Company's
mines. The entire line will be COM
pleted by October 1st.
George Maer, who has been for near
" two years 4 baggagemaster on the
Denver and Rio GraHde Railroad, has
returned to the city and has accepted a
similar position on the b. & o. fourth
division. Before going West, Mr.. Maer
was clerk in this city OF the b. d U.
The work OF grading the Roaring
Creek railroad in West Virginia has
been commenced. A small force Oh
men began work on August 25, and q
force OF 200 went to work. The road
is to be built from Elklns to the head
waters of Roaring creek. The surveys
have been made by John w. Moore.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
bridge over the Big Sandy river al Cat
lettsburg is making rapid progress:
Work is being prosecuted day and
| night and 800 men are employed:
| Piers Nos. l, 2 and are completed, and
work on No. is we'll under way. The
piers will be ready to receive the super
structure In another month.
The track laying of the Pittsburg,
Mork antown and Fairmont is completed
TO within mile OF Point Marion on the
Pennsylvania end, and the rails will
reach the Cheat river this week. On
the Morgantown end the track Is with
in five miles of Cheat river. Word has
been received from the shops that the
700 foot bridge which Is to span the
Cheat river is completed and Will be
shipped as soon as the track laying
reaches the river. 1t will take about
forty days to put the superstructnre In
place, the foundations being completed.
| The road will be opened for traffic some
time In October.
The new line OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio from Newport News to Liverpool
begun service last Saturday. A consld-
cradle party had been invited to be
present to see the sailing OF the first
vessel. An English company called the
| Chesapeake and Ohio Steamship Co.,
Ltd, was organized, through the Ell
forts of the officers OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad Company. to estao-
lish this line with capital Of 81, 900, 900
and $3.50, 600 in five per cent. deoent-
ures, and the railroad company SUBJ
scribed for 5000. 600 Of the stock. The
contracts were let In 1892 for building
six vessels for him. Three OF the
ships, Appomattox, Greenorier and
Chickahomny, are being built at West
Hartlepool, England. They are $40
feet in length with cargo capacity OF
:. 600 tons measurement. and fittings for
$50 head of cattle. The. other three
ships are being built at Linthouse on
Clyde, Glasgow, and are named Kappa
hammock, Shenandoah and Kanawha-
They are $40 feet in length with cargo
capacity OF 6.7s5 tons measurement
each, and fittings for 40 head OF cattle
each. The Rappahannocki is now ready
. - ,;oa ord will take cargo at New