Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-30
THE RAILROADS.
MATTERS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION
AND OPERATION
OF Lines AbOl! Wheeling, in West Viz
gina, Pennsylvania and
Ohio.

of the Pennsylvania Company were In
GAINESVILLE last Friday inspecting the
Kimbolton Tunnel, OF the Cleveland and
Marietta, TWO miles from GAINESVILLE.
This tunnel is closed, and all trains are
run around by way Of the Pan Handle
aud Baltimore and Ohio. The tunnel
took fire about two months ago, and az.
ter all the timbering burned out coal
seam In the hill took fire. Both ends
OF the tunnel were closedup in an effort
to smother out the fire, but after two
weeks, when they were opened, the fire
was found TO be still burning. An eff
fort is now being made 20 clear out the
debris, sa that toe fire may be reached
and Quenched with water. The tunnel
is full Of Sufocating smoke, but the
workmen are making some Roadway,
and hope to get to the point where the
fire is located within few weeks. The
wo-k is progressing night and day in
short shifts, the men being unable to
work more than few minutes at a
time.
A few days ago passenger train on
the c. 0. division OF the 3. & D. side
tracked at Campbell station, where the
baggage master saw large grounding
and at once commenced TO shoot at it,.
He was soon joined by several Of the
crew and all took part in the sport. A
travelling man in the car yelled at the
top Of his voice: people, we are held
up! Hide your valu2bleSw He at once
commenced to hide some Of his own
valuable articles. An old man sitting
across the aisle pulled his plug hat off
his head and placed 1t between his
knees. The first thing put into it was a
watch, then large, fat pockst6ook,
then his spectacles. lie then put the
hat on his head and awaited coming
events. The travelling man and the
others in the joke could contain them
selves no longer and commenced laugh
ing. The old man said: Boys, you've
got IT on me; I'll set 'em up when we
reach Newark"
The Fairmout, MOrgantOwn and
Pittsburg road will be opened for traffic
as far as tho Cheat river, beyond Point
Marion, Pa, probably by November
18th. Work Is being pushed on the
line, but the bridge over the Cheat
river is not completed. Through trains
from Falrmont and MOrgautOwn TO
Snithfsld, Pa, will likely commence
running about the first Of the year.
The length Of the road from the june
tion to the main line of the Baltimore
and Ohio near FairmOut, north OF
Uniontown, Pa, is 81 miles. The road
between FalrmOnt and MorgantOwn,
aud between Uuiontown to Smithfeld,
Pa, has been in operation some years.
The new contraction work has consisted
In building twenty-one miles to COM
plete the gap.
At the meetings Of the stockholders
OF the Ohio and Mississippi and Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
mpanies, at Cincinnati, the agree
ment OF consolidation was fully ratified
and approved by unanimous vote. AT
the meeting Of the Ohio and Mississippi
stockholders SCI, 600, 600 were represent
ed out of total of S24 600, 600; ana that
at the Baltimore and Ohio Southwest
ern meeting 81, 500, 600 were represented
out of 8 total Of 55,O00,OO0 The con-
solidation will take effect November l.
This is full ratification Of the plan Of
with the English shareholders in Feb
ruary last.
Is is stated that the Pennsylvania has
secured control of the Cleveland and
Marietta Railroad, which, il true, gives
il q continuous route from Marietta, on
the Ohio river, to Toledo. Besides this,
IL gives to the Pennsylvania Railroad an
outlet for the large coal deposits 10 the
Cambridge coal fields. The Cleveland
and Marietta Railroad is 10 miles long,
and has beer used principally as a coal
and freight road.
The statement Of earnings and eX-
penSes Of the entire B. Il o. system for
the month OF September SHOWS: Earn
ings, S2,26S,l54; operating expenses,
81, 3S2, 1O7; a net decrease of SS0,6ls
compared with September 1892. For
the three months ended Septemb Der 80,
the total earnings we're Sc, GO7, 900, and
the expenses S4,19+,371, net increase
OF 500 279 over the same months OF
1892.
The State Line railroad has been
completed TO Point Marion and the rail-
road company will Immediately begin
the work OF constructing bridge across
the river. Anotiicisl of the road stated
that there would be no trains run 10
Morgautown before spring, as at least
two months would be consumed ia the
erection OF the Point Marion bridge
COnRCllSUulG C0Jtr.
A short branch Of the B. & o. Is to be
built to Nermaivills, Pa, from point
on the lihe near the mouth OF Indian
Creek, for which Drake IL Strstton, OF
Pittsburg and New York. have the con-
tract. The firm is now prepared to let
the sub-contracts for the grading.
Booth & Flynn, Of Pittsburg, and other
contractors, have been over the work.
To-day the order changing the run OF
the trains on the West Virginia Central
railroad goes into effect. Thereafter
ElkinS will be the Initial point. In
other words, the run will be made from
EIkins TO Cumberland and return.
COMe u luc NC III oul = VI tAb pdSSCu = CA
train crews are making arrangements
TO take their families to Elkins at once.
The rails OF the Dingess branch of
the Norfolk and Western, on the Ohio
river extension, in West Virginia, have
been laid aud completed as far as the
Pearl mines, and the first shipment OF
coal from that plant was made last Fri
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sral miles farther to reach other mines