Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-04
RAILROAD MATTERS.
Construction Notes and News OF the
Movement OF Employees.

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Construction Notes and News OF the
Movement OF Employees.
The Pennsylvania road will put on
new night train between Pittsburg and
Chicago to-day.
Coke shipments from Connellsville,
Pa, via the B. & U. aud w. & L. E.
roads 10 Mingo Junction, are heavy.
L. Crow and ]. ]. Rafferty,, we'll
known Il. & o. employees, are home
from hunting trip to Pennsylvania.
A new schedule will go into effect on
the G. & P. road to-day. Little change
is made in the running Of passenger
trains.
G. w. Norrington, ex-W. B. & F.
yard master, is in the city again on
short visit. He is now railroading al
Chicago.
In few days the W. B. & T. work
train will be put on the Benwood ex-
tension. 1t will employ about thirty
five men.
Frand McCarrell. OF Glendale, Pa,
well known 3. Il o. engineer, who was
visiting at his former home at Point
! Pleasant, is again on duty.
NJ. S. Gllett, freight aud passenger
agent at Steubenyille, formerly OF the
Union depot Of this city, was here last
night calling on his lady friends.
Seabright Division No. 447, B. Of L.
E., held an interesting meeting yester-
day afternoon at McMechen. There
was an unusually large attendance.
The Wayne County Court has accept
ed from the Norfolk aud Western rail-
road, the public roads mado in the place
! OF the roads occupied by the railroad.
L. NJ. Metzger, W. & L. E. agent at
Warrenton, is home from trip west.
! c. L. Fowler, chief clerk at SteUben-
Vile, filed his place during his alb
sence.
The B. & O. handled the Worlds Fair
baggage OF 157, 900 pieces and lost only
three hand satchels which, il is thought,
were stolen from the baggage room at
Chicago,
Edward Cannon, night b. & o.
operator in this city, who has been
visiting in Indian Territory for the last
six months, has returned and is again
at his work.
The river division of the w. & L. E.
is now doing larger freight business
than ever before. The iron works at
Mingo junction make big freight
traffic above.
The w. & L. Z. depot at Rush run
has been closed since last August. II
will be opened again soon and the tele-
graphic connections made. Increase 10
trade warrants 1t.
Mrs. ]. L. Morgan, OF Steubenville,
wife OF the popular w. & L. Il. brake
man of the Wheeling Steubenville run,
is very sick. She had bad attack OF
grip, and her condition is critical
Baltimore and Ohio passenger engine
No. $50, for the Royal Blue Line, to-
gether with several other engines,
passed here this week from Chicago,
where they had been on exhibition at
the Worlds Fair.-PiedmOnt Herald
1t is not likely that the b. g. o, Rail-
road Company will reopen at an early
date their large rolling mills at Cum
berland, though rumOr 20 that effect
was current In Cumberland last week.
The scheme OF retrenchment now being
| pursued by the Company points TO the
opening up OF no morerWorks than abso-
lutely necessary. These mills have not
been operated by the b. g. o. for sew
eral years. They were rented to the
Cambria Company, and have been
worked by the latter for several years.
A few months ago the Cambria Com
pany closed the mills, and they nave
since been lying idle.
The consolidation OF the c., L. & w.
road with the Cleveland 81 Southwestern
has been effected, and NJ. ID. Woodford,
Eugene Zimmerman. Alfred Sully, Hen
! ry A. Taylor, John b. Dennis, John
Newell, f. b. Thomas, James A. Blair,
w. r. Woodford, w. A. Shoemaker,
ID. p. Eels, L. A. Russell and j. Wal
ter McClymonds were elected directors.
NJ. ID. Woodford was elected President;
John i. Dennis, Vice President; w. A.
Shoemaker, Secretary, and II. +. San
ford, Treasurer w. Z. Woodford con-
tinues as General Manager. The only
change n the title OF the Company Is
the substitution Of railway for railroad.
The work on the Twenty-mile Greek
branch OF the Chesapeake 81 Ohio In
West Virginia Is progressing finely since
work was resumed a few weeks ago.
The bridge for the connection between
the main line across Gauly river Is COM
pleted and supplies for the work up the
creek can now be sent by rail to their
destination. The grading up tho creek
is nearly all done, and the track laying
will now soon commence. 10 view OF
the early completion of the road, a num-
Der of leases OF coal land have been
| made by prospective operators aud the
railroad company has double incentive
10 finish the road at the earliest possible
day.
There are two sets OF engineers al
work surveying the line for railroad
from the mouth Of Roaring creek, In
Randolph county. 70 BeliDgtOn. One
set OF these engineers Is employed by
the Buckhann0n, Belington, Roaring
Creek & Charleston Railroad Company,
which has already let TO contract about
twenty miles OF road from the w. Va.
c. at Laurel up Roaring creek, much OF
the grading having already been done.
The other set Of engineers are working
for the U. y. Coal, Iron and NJ. Compa-
nv, which owns large coal interests on
Roaring creek and IN that vicinity.
The object OF both Of these companies
is 10 get line OF road that will con-
meet them with the b. & o., and thus
give them the advantage Of competitive
rates.
ruw naGUAITY REoORD