Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-26
Ii. a. O. NEWS.
Points Picked Up About the Offices and
Yards

Points Picked Up About the Offices and
Yards
All the improvements at the depot
are finished.
The b. &c o. boys all seemed happy
yesterday. To-day is their pay day.
Il. b. Jackson, assistant ticket agent,
will so to Pittsburgh to-day on bust
ness.
Henry Schmulbach left over the Il.
& O. yesterday on business trip TO
Washington, Pa.
Since the change In the schedule OF the
B. & o., the ticket and baggage depart
ment never closed day or night.
Quite a number OF the Company en-
ployes attended the moonlight ride,
given by the Kings Sons, on the steam
er Liberty, last evening.
The new b. & o. bridge at Elm
Grove, over Little Wheeling Creek, will
be completed this week. There not
finer structure Of its kind along the
road.
Jas. Church, who transfers for the B.
e. o., was married this week TO Miss
Dunlap, OF Main street. The happy
couple did not go for trip, but have
settled down to housekeeping.
Affairs at the shop at Benwood juno
tion are progressing very satisfactorily
now. The employees are becoming used
to the change, and there are nearly dat
ly removals OF employees from this city
to the Junction.
The Grand Lodge OF Railway Tele.
graphers will meet in Toronto, Canada,
this week. None went from Wheeling,
but the fact that ID. g. Ramsey. OF
Iowa, wus selected chief telegrapher,
was hailed with satisfaction.
j. r. Gersghty, OF the b. &. o. de-
Dot. has a beautiful new news stand 1T
ted up In the passenger department.
This stand is ettered and adds mater
Tally to the good looks Of the newly
improved depot. The newly built office
Of Mr.. Geraghty is being painted Inside.
Business il fair this month over the
the road, though bad weather has been
a considerable drawback. Quite num-
Der OF persons have already left over
the road for the Worlds Fair. Next
month, however, is looked TO as the
one when the rush will be made for
Chicago.
There have been new arrangements
made by the Company relative to the
transferring Of baggage. BY buying
tickets at the ticket Office persons can
have baggage called for and checked
from private residences or hotels TO
their destination. This was never done
before. and IS big Improvement.
II. Z. McNabb, yard clerk, made
narrow escape from being very severely
Injured in the yards few days ago.
he was attempting TO board an engine,
but missed ioothold, and fell catching
his ankle In a switch. The injury re-
shifting was a painful one badly spraln-
ing the ankle. Mr.. McNabb Is again Oh
duty. but has by no means recovered
the use OF his ankle.
The passenger train over the Central
Ohio division, due here at 1905 o'clock
Yesterday, was three hours late. At
Boggs rua the engine few the track,
the cause being switch not 10 order.
The coaches did not leave the track,
and no one was injured, BY the occur
renoe. traffic on both tracks was de-
layed. Engineer Vance had charge OF
the train.
Conductor Al. Klinger is still al the
CITY Hospital. He is the well known
b. & o. employe, who was struck by
an engine al the Belmont mill. II Will
be encouraging news TO AL to learn
that Indications now point TO the fact
that be will be fully restored In time.
The danger was that he would be alb
solutely deaf. Now be can hear some
and It Is said bis bearing will be fully
restored.
Early yesterday afternoon several
coaches of the Pittsourg train were
standing at the end OF the platform on
the Pi.tsburg division tracks. The
ward engine came along At rapid rate
and ran into the coaches. damaging
three Of them slightly. There we're 90
persons In the coaches At the time
stoves and water holders were upset
| The coaches have been removed TO TIE
Junction, where they viii Be put In
shape again.
Genial c. B. Thompson. baggage mas