Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-23
THR RAILROADS.
CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL NEWS OF
NEARBY LINES
The Proposed Line Through Oadiz and s.. Glars
vile to Bsllairo-VariOus Matters Of Lo-
cal Insrss..

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany has awarded TO the Vulcan Road
Machine s. Bridge Company the con-
tract for building new steel bridge
over that company's tracks at the
Charles street extension, Chsrles-Town.
The bridge is TO have loft. roadway
with loft sidewalks. The contract
price is $3.50.
The contract for building the railroad
from Haifa, 10 Syria, TO Damascus has
been awarded to a Chicago firm. 1t Is
expected that the road will be complet-
ed in eighteen months. The dispatches
add that the project contemplates an
ultimate extension to India, If Persian
concessions can be obtained. That part
of the project. however, can be taken
with considerable reservation.
Train No. 2 of the Chicago and Alton
arrived in Chicago on the morning OF
October s, on time, with one engine and
twenty-one sleeping and day cars, con-
tanning LAB passengers. 1t is said,
and probably with truth, that no equal
number of passenger cars was ever
made up liz a regular train hauled by
one engine before, and that no record
exists of 1, 143 passengers having been
carried on single train.
The Welsh Colony road is building
from point on the Buekhannon River
branch OF the West Virginia and Pitts
burg railroad to Pembro, Webster oun-
", which will be completed In few
DAYS. The road is about fifteen miles
in length and is building by the mem
bers of the Welsh colony, which was or
ganized about five years ago, and
which has prospered in Webster coun-
~.
The Cairo and Kanawha Valley is
building about three miles OF new road
this year from near Cairo to the
Richie mines. When this work is COM
pleted the Company will have about
fifteen miles Of completed road, oper-
ated chiefly for the lumber traffic. The
work is being done by days labor. no
contracts having been let, and the pro-
gress is very slow. ii. 5. Wilson, OF
Parkersburg, is President.
The Chamber OF Commerce of Cleve-
land has interested itself in the plan
for the extension Of the Valley road
from Valley Junction, by way Of Bow
erstOn, Cadiz aud st. Clairsville, to Bel
laire and connection with the Balti-
more and Ohio. The object Of the ex
tension is TO reach a large coal field
which is at present undeveloped, and to
make an outlet for West Virginia coal
from the region along the Baltimore
and Ohio TO Cleveland and the lake
trade.
Proctor Kltsmiller on Saturday last
was elected from West Virginia Cen
trail train near Shaw, w. Va, for dis
orderly conduct. After the conductor
had put him off the train, Kitsmiller
threw a stone into the car, striking two
passengers but not seriously iniuring
either Of them. He was arrested on
the charge of feloaious conduct and on
THURSDAY last arraigned before Justice
Shay. Examination was waived, and
he was committed to Jail 10 default Of
81, 900 bail TO await the action Of the
grand jury.
The Morgantown NCW Dominion
seems to think an early opening OF the
new road between that place and Point
Marion is improbable. The same paper
saws: "a railroad man was asked a
few days ago where the train run
would be from and to, when the extern
sion is completed. He said that matter
had not been decided. There was talk
of making the run from Grafton to
Connellsville, Fairmont to Pittsburg
and FROM Clarks0urg, by way of the M.
r. railroad to Uniontown, but that he
believed the run would be the first
mentioned.
Beginning last Tuesday a movement
was inaugurated on every division Of
the Baltimore and Ohio system which
has for its object the obtaining OF the
earnings OF all the passenger trains for
one month. The conductors are re-
uuested to figure out the daily earnings,
aud make returns In accordance. 1t
increases their work good deal, and
they are not in the best of humor over
the new order. 10 is intended to find
the earnings Of oil the trains, so that
they may serve as guides in making the
next schedule, the best paying trains to
be given the preference.
Mr.. J. 4. Odell has resigned as gen.
eral manager Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, TO take effect
on November |. Mr.. Odell has been
with the Baltimore and Ohio as general
manager about seven years. He came
TO its service from the Northern Pacific
Road, and has done much toward the
development; Of the Baltimore and
Ohio's properties in late years. Ill
health, due to increase of work In his
office consequent upon the enlargement
of the Baltimore and Ohio lines, Is
given as the reason OF Mr.. OdelPs
action. He has accepted the position
of assistant TO President Mayer, OF the
Baltimore and Ohio, with headquarters
at Chicago. This is post that was
created for and first filed by the late
Emmons Blaine, son of James e. Blaine.
who died in Chicago in June, 1892.
The prospects railroad to Addison
are again Frightening. A charter mas
been obtained by A. NJ. Lane, Joseph
Fuccy, ]. A. FickinRer and w. 5. Tay-
Tor, Jr., OF Weston, John T. McGraw, Of
Grafton. and C. z. Door, Of Addison,
with capital stock of $500, 900, for the
purpose Of constructing and operating
a railroad commencing at Centralia and
running by the most practicable route
20 Addison. The road will connect with
the West Virginia and Pittsburg rail-
road and furnish q convenient and
ready means Of conveyance 10 the
Springs. The company will ask for
SEQ, 600 OF per cent. bonds, due in
twenty-five years, interest payable an
nually, and agreed to bind themselves
10 commence work on the road within
thirty days from the issuance OF bonds,
and 10 have a train Of cars running TO
Addison by the LIST day Of August, 1894.
West Virginia railroads suffered great
" by the heavy storm Of q week ago.
a ..a.ln az the railrnad hrldra helnW