Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-12
THE RAILROADS.
NEWS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND NEARBY
LINES.
Changes in Official Forces, Con structiOn Notes and
General Railway Intelligence
Of AL Sorts.

The Norfolk s. Western offers to its
stockholders for pro rata subscription
SIS, 600, 600 of the 100-year per cent.
gold bonds now in the treasury at 100.
The subscribers will receive with each
81, 900 bond 10 shares Of peferred stock
as a bonus. The entire issue OF bonds
is underwritten by a bankers syDdl-
cate. This operation will increase the
amount of preferred stock outstanding,
IS, 600 900 TO S4S,000,0 900, and the
amount OF 1OO.year bonds to about Sl5,-
coo, 900. The proceeds of this sale will
pay off the entire floating indebtedness
of the company, provide for the re-
demption of its debenture bonds when
they mature on January 1st next, and
leave about 100000 in cash in athe
treasury.
The commercial travellers who come
to Morgantown and points on the f.,
NJ. 81 Z. railroad are circulating petit
ton, which is being signed by everyone
who travels the road, to be presented to
the B. 81 o. officials for another train
between here and 'Fairmont. Parties
coming to town on the night train can
not finish their business In time for the
8 a. m. train, and therefore have TO
wait for the 5 D. m. train. We under
stand that the head officials have said
that there would be no change, but the
drummer can accomplish wonders when
let loose Orgdntolon NelO Dominion.
The stockholders of the f. NJ. d Z.
Railroad Company met in Fairmont re-
Gently. A considerable amount OF bus
mess was transacted and the meeting
then adjourned TO meet at the same
place on August Sth, when the PROPOSE
zion will be considered to consolidate
the +. NJ. 81 p. with the State Line
road, q Pennsylvania corporation. The
+. NJ. 81 P. increased the capital stock
of that road 100000 and bonds will
be sold TO that amount. 1t is thought
the road will be completed through to
Uniontown by the first OF september.
On last Friday afternoon, just as the
north bound passenger train was ap-
proachlng the bridge q horse worth
about 3716 cents less than nothing, be-
longing to one of our noted horse trad
ers, stepped on the bridge in front OF
the engine. The engineer succeeded In
stopping the train and the old horse
walked leisurely across the bridge step
ming from tie to tie and when he reac b.
ed the north end OF the bridge stepped
off TO one side OF the track and allowed
the engineer to pass with the train
Tucker Democrat.
The Pt. Marion, Pa, correspondent
of the Uniontown Standard says: There
is no need to feel any alarm In regard to
the slipping and moving OF the great
stone sbutments at the north end OF the
railroad bridge across the Cheat at this
Mace. as the. "move" is only what was
expected by the engineers, and is
caused by filing the dirt in against the
abutment aud the dirt settling against
it. There is no danger in it at ALL
The Supreme court OF this State
holds that an engineer employed on a
railroad yard engine, and car number
er stationed in the yard to take the
number OF each car as 1t arrives,
neither of the employees having any
control over the other. are fellow SER
wants, and the company Is not liable
where the car-numberer isrun over and
killed by the locomotive which the en-
gineer is driving.
Some of the railroad boys tell this on
the force In charge Of one OF the new
trains recently put on. When the train
arrived at Gray all there were on board
the train was the engineer, fireman,
conductor and fiaGman, and all the fare
the conductor had collected from Keno
va to that point was fifteen cents ne
had won from the iagman shooting
craps.-SGndy Nel0 Era.
The office of general traffic agent OF
the West Virginia Central and Pittsourg
has been abolished, and q. w. Har-
rison, who held that Office, has been
appointed general passenger agent,
with Office at Piedmont. w. L. Hunter
has been appointed general freight
agent, with Office at Cumberland, Md.
The Holly River Lumber Company
will commence laying track the first OF
next week. The road will be built
through the compaRy's large tract OF
timber and will connect with the w.
Va. & P. r. z. az the mouth OF Holly
river.
w. III. Stark has been appointed mas
ter car builder of the Wheeling and
Lake Erie. vice F. H. Stark, resigned.
The Office of superintendent OF trans
portation has been removed from New
ark to Massillon, o.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, Division 352, will hold the
opening picnic at Elkins Park, on
Thursday, June 29th. A great crowd
will attend.
The local lines all report an increase
of Worlds Fair and general summer re-
sort travel. and in another week or SO
the long-expected rush" will likely
commence.
The increase this year over last year
in the shipment OF coal over the Chesa-
peake and Ohio from the Pocahontas
region was IFS, 600 tons.
TO-DAY ONLY.
a doxar silk Waists reduced from So. 20