Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-15
TIE RAILROAD WORLD.
matters of Moment Relating to Local and
West Virginia Companies.

West Nlrgin CompahleS'
The railroad between this place and
Fairmont will probably materialize
along about the twentieth century,
WctzCl Democrat
The work on the Benwood extension
OF the Terminal road has been some
what delayed the past week by the diff
hculty Of obtaining long piles, but a
supply has at hast arrived.
One mile Of track is being laid on the
extension of the f., NJ. & P. from Nor
gantown. An engine leaves Fairmont
every morning taking down the section
hands who are doing the work.
There are now. FIVE B. & o. surgeons
in this tcity, they being Drs. Dickey,
Campbell, Stathers, Reid and Frissell.
Or. Eckey is surgeon at Benwoon, DR..
Bowler at McMechen, and DR.. Hall at
MOundSville.
Ed. Ford. assistant foreman in the B.
& o. paint shopat this place, resigned
his position TO accept the foremanShip
ia the West Virginia Central shops at
Elkins. He left for that place Tuesday
morning. Sentinel.
The auditors OF the counties through
which passes the Cleveland and Pitts
burg railroad have assessed the main
line at $40, 600 a mile, and the river di-
vision at SIT, 600 per mile. Sidings were
placed at $4,000 and other personal
property at $3.50 per mile.
The Morgantown Nelo Dominion says
the Z. NJ. q =. road will not be opened
until late next fall or winter, on account
OF bad slips 10 the roadbed. In places
the road bed will have TO be entirely re-
constructed. 1t is inJimated that three
miles OF new bed will have to be graded.
An import change has recently been
made ID the car inspection service at
Fairmont. The inspection Of both the
b. & o. and the NJ. K. companies win
hereafter be done by the b 81 o. Off
cials. Heretofore the NJ. K. work was
done az CASTOR Junction. 1t will now
be looked after by Inspector Thomas at
the B. & o. yard at Uzytown.
Col. Charles G. Eddy, who resigned
his connection with the Norfolk and
Western Railroad few months ago
10 become first vice president Of the
Reading Railroad, has rendered his
resignation TO the receivers OF the lat
ter road. The designations Of three
other vice presidents were called for
40 the same time. Col. Eddy gets S25-
600 a year.
MOTOR ]. G. Pangborn, United States
Honorary Commissioner and Exposition
Executive of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, left Baltimore Saturday even
ing, carrying,to Chicago the most vau-
able collection of early historical rail-
way relics ever gathered together. The
collection embraces many precious rail-
road relics of Europe, as well as Of this
country, remarkable combinations OF
original drawings, Old-time autographs
letters, deguerreotypes, implements and
the like.
The ceremony Of "breaking ground
for the building Of the Baltimore and
Cumberland, which is the eastern .ex-
tension of the West Virginia Central
and Pittsburg Railroad, was performed
last Thursday by Mayor Hebb, OF Cum
berland, Nd. The wsrk was COM
menced at the foot Of hnObley Mount
ain, at a point where there is 10 be a
cut 500 feet long and over so feet deep.
Early 10 the week large force Of men
were put to work upon the line at diff
ierent points, and the work is being
pushed rapidly. The force will be in
creased 10 500 men within the next two
weeks.
At last accounts the Panhandle had
not ceased charging for the two imagi-
nary miles in the depth Of GOuld's tun-
nell And the excess mile between
SteubeDville and Pittsburg is detached
FROM mileage books just as pleasantly
and persiStently as ever. Suppose your
corner grocery or the dry goods mer-
chants should have q rule by which be
robbed you OF two or five cents with
every purchase you make, how long
would you deal with him? Has a big
corporation any more right 70 Systema-
tically steal from you tnan the common,
every day business man has?-SteubeR-
Uille Gazette.
The Charleston, Clendennin and SUIT
ton road, which is projected from
Charleston 10 Sutton, is completed as
far as Big Sandy. on the Elk River, and
the contractors have been paid for the
work and the road accepted from them.
The last installment OF bonds, amount
ing to So 600, was given by the County
Court Of 'Kanawha County to the con-