Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-03
LOCAL RAILROAD NOTES.

The O. R. R. w. is making improve
ments at and about its trestles near the
Il. e o. depot.
Peter Reilly, of the b, & o. and the
Panhandle depots, is again at work al
ter four months illness.
Geo. q. Herring, OF the Southern Pa
cific railroad, was In town yesterday
calling on railroad men.
Panhandle section hands have been
kept very busy since the storm last
Sunday, in clearing the tracks near the
city.
The inside work at the B. & o. pas
senger depot is progressing well. The
rooms are being handsomely painted
now.
Agent T. A. Constans was in the city
Yesterday among railroaders. He Is OF
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
road.
Geo. B. Turner, formerly head agent
IN the c., L. q w. freight Office, is now
at the head OF the w, & l.. E. freight
office.
Louis c. Blhler, OF the st. Louis and
Southwestern Railway, was in the city
Yesterday. He is constructing agent OF
that road.
Last Monday there was quite a bad
landslide along the w. 81 l.. e. at
Jewett A large force Of hands soon
cleared away the debris.
The baggage room at the Termi nal
depot has been improved. The w. II
L. Il. and the c., l.. 81 w. railroads
nowshave signs over their freight de-
partments.
Mrs. ]. V. Braden, wife OF Freight
Agent Braden, of the Panhandle and
Ohio River Roads, has been called to
Brownsville, Pa, by the serious Illness
of her father.
The c., L. & w. has avery bad wash
out at Canal Dover, o., caused by last
Sundays storm. Late yesterday after
noon a passenger train had not arrived
over that road since the storm.
There are considerable changes made
in the Wheeling yards by the removal
Of the shops to Benwood. Eight men,
whose services could not be used, were
released yesterday at the headquarters
Of the yard.
l.. Crow, a conductor in the B. & o.
yards, who was so badly injured not
long ago, by having his arm crushed
while at work in the yards, is improv-
ing. He is now able to be about and
will soon be on duty again.
Trains over the b. q o. on the Q. o.
division are much delayed by high
water and washouts One train arrived
two hours late yesterday and one did
not get here at call, il having gone to
Pittsburg by way Of the Pittsburg and
Western.
Every engine from the Wheeling and
Bellaire b. & O. shops is removed TO
the new shops at Benwood junction.
portion of the new works are in opera
ton, but it will be fully month before
full operations can be carried on. The
engines OF the home yard will not be
removed.
The B. 6 O. is suffering much from
washout at Clay Lake, Ohio, caused by
Sundays storm. Even yet the water
covers the tracks to depth OF several
feet. Trains 60 by the Pan Handle to
GAINESVILLE, though it is not definitely
known the damage done the road, is be-
lieved to be considerable.
A petition is being circulated and now
has quite q large number OF signers,
asking that the time of departure Of the
Washington, Pa, accommodation. under
the new schedule, be delayed until
D. m, thus making II great con-
yenience TO persons living along the
line OF road who have business in the
city. The change should be made, by
all means.
Homer Leggett. assistant cashier at
the Panhandle freight office jhas re-