Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-07
AMONG RAILROADERS.
IMPORTATION FROM ALL THE CSNTERS
OF WHEELING.
Progress Among RailrOadsrs - Changes Among
Employees - Stale Of Trade - General
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

A force of twenty men was started
grading the Benwood w. b. IL L. ex-
tension last Tuesday at Thirty-seventh
street. THERE'S grading TO DO done as
far as Forty-eighth street. This work
will require two months. The crossing
of the Ohio River al Thirty-hfth street
was laid Sunday morning. The tracks
Oh the trestle at Thirty-seveDth street
will be laid at noon to-day. The COM
pany proposes 10 complete the work
10 the county line before hnlsh-
ing the work in BenwOod. The
trestle in this city is one thousand two
hundred feet long, and is considered
fine work. The company will have
trains running to the city limits by the
middle Of next month.
The Johnnie Bull" train will pass
through Steubenville, on the Pau-Han-
die railway next Sunday about eleven
o'clock In tho morning on its way east
from Chicago. There are one engine
and two coaches, and the train will be
carried on It's own trucks. This Is ex-
citing general interest and many peO-
pie from this city will go to see the
novel rig pass. The train will stop In
Steubenville for few minutes. The
train is owned by the Pennsylvania
Company.
B. & o. personals-Lee Mccain, en-
gineer, who has been sick, is a0le TO
work again. John Rafferty,, brakeman,
is on duty again. William Vance and
William Klievis, who were extra engin-
GERS, have gone to firing again. Ed
ward Cannon is filing the position OF
night operator of the 3. IL o. temporar-
lily. w. 5. JamisoD, general yard mas
ter, was at Grafton yesterday on busi-
ness. Operator Harry Netf, formerly
Of the yard Office, was In the city yes
terdsy.
The Panhandle Railway Company
has received a fifteen ton travelling
crane. This crane will be erected near
the freight station at once, for the &C
commOdation Of the patrons in loading
and unloading heavy articles. This Is
something the Wheeling shippers have
long needed and which they nave never
had.
General trade is little better than
ldSL Ntth. 4nOusu GulOtSiA % - :
continues heavy, local trade is not
quite so active. The roads Of the city
are making preparations for passenger
traffic during the holidays. The lines
will give special rates aud large trade
in these departments is anticipated.
The new w. & L. E. schedule will go
into effect about the first OF next
month. More attention will be paid to
local travel than formerly. Complaints
are heard of the delay caused by wait
ing on western trains at Warrenton.
Passengers sometimes have to wait
there an hour
1t comes officially that the Pan
Handle lines have secured coutrol OF
the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway.
This gives the system direct line
from the East TO Peoria. This affords
Wheeling a direct line TO Peoria, which
it never had before.
w. J. Robinson, general freight
agent; j. ID. Lippincott commercial
agent; j. y. Dye, chief clerk, Ohio
River Railroad officials were in the
city last Tuesday. They looked about
their interests here and seemed well
pleased.
Day coach 5 Of the W. & l.. E. is
fresh from the shops at IronvlIIe, and is
a beauty. The coach is considered the
finest on the road. Master Car Builder
w. H. Stark has the credit OF the ex-
celent piece Of work.
0. c. Hull, of the b. & o., and others
will give a grand ball the twentieth OF
this month at the Opera House 10
Moundsville. Many railrOaders OF this
city vii! attend and pleasing time is
anticipated.
William McNary, Pan.H Handle yard
clerk, who was so badly hurt near the
Riverside mill some time ago, went to
work yesterday. lie was at his home
out the c., L. Il W., in Ohio, during his
recovery.
w. j. Robinson, general freight and
passenger agent Of the Ohio River, was
in the city this week on business per-
tanning 10 his line. Mr.. Robinson
chief clerk, j. X. Dye, accompanied
him.
The lines of the Central Traffic Asso-
citation have met the five cent a hun
dred cut, offered by the Erie railroad.
This will effect the extensive trade
done by the Association in this city.
The P. II. has about completed its in
terlock aud switch system, at Cumber-
land Junction. This system will be
one OF the largest on the Pennsylvania
lines, ii having thirty-two levers.
Earl Knight, b. & o. car recounter,
has been called TO his home at St.
Marv'S By the serious illness OF his
father. Miles J. Sweeney is filling his
place.
The work OF extending the w. & l..
e. road from the w. B. & I. Junction
across the river to the KJna-Staudard,
has been abandoned for the present.
The Riverside mill is receiving large
consignments Of coke, coal and other
materials by the b. Il y. These ma
terias are in great demand there.
The 2, Il. has sixty men at work at
Cross Creek, above Welisburg, chang
ing the county road. This will do away
with three dangerous crossings.
c. A. Armstrong, in the employ OF
the u. 5. Express Company, was at
tackled with the grip yesterday while at
his work. He is seriously i'll.
Rapid progress is being made on the
new w. 4 L. e. yard At MaSsillon.
The ward will be ready for occupancy
by the first of next month.
Todd Hammond, Panhandle ope-
rator. has been transferred 10 Mans
field, Pa. A. Eug.s, formerly OF Steu-
benyille, has his place.
The Panhandle has not yet begun
the erection Of the five large coal tip
piles st Collies, this State. The work
will be begun soon.
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