Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-09

A Branch of the B. a o. Opened-Actis
Try on west Virginia Lines.

Try on West Virginia Lines
A new station was opened at Custer,
on the West Virginia Central, Wednes-
day, by Mr.. Fl. G. Mailman, OF the audi
tors Office of that road.
The new extension of the Baltimore
and Ohio from Uniontown south to
Smithfield, Pa, distance OF ten miles,
was opened for passenger traffic yester-
day.
1t is announced that the Chesapeake
and Ohio will pnt in effect round-trip
tickets for the Worlds Fair this year
to be sold from all stations in Virginia
and West Virginia. Additional through
train service will be given, with three
trains daily from Virginia points to
Chicago. The equipment for q new
vestibule train has been ordered, to
leave Richmond one morning and reach
Chicago between and ? p. m. the next
day.
The Commissioners appointed by
Judge Faulkner to consider petitions
of property owners at Harper's Ferry,
whose possessions were condemned for
the uses OF the Cherry Run and Poto-
mac Valley Railroad Company, award
ed the following sums: To Harper's
Ferry Paper Company, S92, 500, to l..
A. Montague, 5000; to the heirs OF the
late Murtha Walsh, 800. There
were other awards, but the above only
have been confirmed by the Court.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company have closed deal with New
York people by which their treasury IS
filled 10 overlooking. They have bor-
rowed many millions OF dollars, and
propose to rush their road with great
enterprise. The first move will be to
increase the capacity Of the Roanoke
Machine Works so per cent. The works
at present have a capacity OF three loco
motives per month and twelve freight
cars per day, and to double this means
that the road has big schemes on hand.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company's depot at Thurmond, Fayette
| county, caught fire on Wednesday OF
last week from defective tue, and was
! destroyed, together with its contents.
One or two freight cars standing on
track near the depot caught fire and
were destroyed. The loss on the build
ing and cars is in the neighborhood OF
SI,5OO, and probably the loss on the
freight that was consumed by the fire
will reach 500 or $500. ThurmOnd is a
freight distributing point for a large
territory Of country, and it Will be diff
ficut to estimate the loss
The Ensign Manufacturing Company
has received from the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company an order for 25O
box cars and $50 double hopper coal
cars. Both are to be of 10000 pounds
capacity and with Westinghouse auto
matte air brakes. The Chesapeake and
Ohio Company are equipping their road
with the very best of freight cars, with
large capacity, in order to accommo-
date their immense business. The choice
OF the Ensign Company at which to
have their freight cars made is evidence
Of the fact that this company make the
best cars OF any concern in the country.
The capacity of the Ensign is 20 cars,
100 car wheels and so axles day.
The active work of developing the
coal lands in the New river district pur-
chased by Drexel, Morgan 81 Co., in the
interest of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, will probably begin early in
! the spring. The transfer Of deeds is
about completed, and the new owners
are negotiating with we'll known coal
and coke operators who will lease the
land in tracts for development. The
lease will be made on a basis OF 10 cents
ton royalty to the owners on all coal
mined, the same as the rate along the
! Norfolf and Western in Virginia, The
| indications are that the coal will be ex-
tensively mined by the time the Chesa-
peake and Ohio branches are ready to
receive freight.
Most OF railroad officials have weak
ness for ostentatious display. They
delight to ride in private palace cars
pulled by special engines. They i'm
press the general public with their i'm
portance by side-tracking the entire
business of the country in order to get
clear track for a pleasure jaunt. 1t
! is said Of Superintendent Robinson that
when he cannot get special for a run,
| he bitches his private car onto regu-
| lar train and advertises the fact OF his
| distinguished presence abroad by re-
fusing to let the train stop at flag
stations. A few weeks ago he
wrapped himself up in his dignity
and hustled the East bound through
train by the station at Ceredo, leaving
twenty passengers standing on the
platform. Many of them had come
down from Huntington, and had to buy
tickets back to that place and return
next day. Mr.. Robinson succeeded in
impressing his Importance upon those
people in a very forcible manner
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