Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-07
RAILROADS.
TRADE EXCELLENT on SEVERAL OF TIE
LINES.
Increased Business Reported from All The Cen
ters-All the News Of the Lines.
Personal.

PERsoNAL-Coss Wade. W. & E..
g. trackman, has moved to New Mar
tinsvills. f. S. Young, OF the Santa
Fe; 6. G.. Herring, OF the Southern Pa
cifc, and J. w. Taffner, of the c., B. &
@, were in the city this week. Yard
Master Joshua Elliott, Of the B. & O.,
is home from trip to Littleton. w, j.
Graham, of the b. & O., is able to work
again after an illness. A. f. Eos
ter, of the B. e o., is
again at work after an illness.
Tod Hobitzell, the Ohio River con-
ductor, is again on duty after having
moved to the Island. c. Radcliii, OF
the Ohio River, is taking vacation.
c. w. Ebert has been appointed an ex-
ira passenger conductor on the Ohio
River Engineer Martin Miller, Of
Glendale, Pa, after spending weeks
vacation in Wheeling, has returned to
his home. The daughter OF Charles L.
Howard, of the b. & o., who has been
so i'll, is some better. Frank Richey,
the an-HandIe brakeman 20 badly in
jured by an accident recently, is get
ting along well. w. B. Brooks, of Col
liers, this State, is visiting friends here.
n. c. Dean, of Pittsburg, Pan Handle
Train Master, was in the city last
Thursday. +. S Spear, of the Inspec-
tion Bureau, was on little trip yester-
day. When he returned, he found that
his numerous friends had presented him
with a beautiful boquet. 1t was com
posed OF Spanish geraniums, and Mr..
Spear was overjoyed 10 get it. He re-
turns his thanks fer the present John
McCrum, Panhandle clerk, is able 10
work again after an illness. Fl. NJ.
Fitzgerald, the popular railroader of
the Panhandle, is having an addition
built to his house on Fifteenth street.
A big and unexpected change in pas
senger circles on the river division of
the w. & T. Z. will go into effect at
o'clock this afternoon. All passenger
trains, comprising four round trips
daily between this city and Steubenville,
will be taken off. A mixed train be-
tween Warrenton aud Steubenyille will
meet all the main line trains. There
will be no Sunday passenger trains over
the line at all, and none entering this
CITY but from the west. Local freightS
will run through TO Steubenville in-
stead Of Warrenton.
The Terminal Railway Company com
peted its BOggs' run trestle yesterday.
The work Is regarded as the finest of it's
kind in this State. The trestle is 600
feet long. with . 141{ degree curve.
The road is tracked and balasted TO
the trestlework. an extensive fill is
being made Just south of the trestle so
that connection can be made with the
Riverside tracks. The latter part Of
the month freightS will be running
over the extension.
VIM. Springer, OF Triadelphia, has
been awarded the contract for running
the herdic from Elm Grove TO Triadel-
phia, which will be started an the Goth
OF this month. Mr.. Springer will have
the contract for three months aud will
attach four horses TO the rig.
Joseph Ledenger, representing a
large car building frm OF Dayton
O., was in the city yesterday. He was
here 20 see Manager II. +. Weisgerber,
of the w. & E. G. railway. 1t is under
stood the Elm Grove will put on Two
coaches soon.
The survey for the w. & E. G. Tria.
delphia extension has been completed.
All that is needed now TO make the ex-
tension a sure 60 is the full right OF
way. II this is secured the company
will at once advertise for bids for the
work.
The Barney & Smith Car Company, OF
DAYTON, O., are building six fne open
summer cars for the Wheeling Street
Railway Company. The cars are very
beautiful, with reversible seats. They
will be here oy the first of next month.
Assistant Train Master John Smith,
OF the b. & o., a popular gentleman,
was married last Wednesday at Grafton
to a popular young lady OF that place.
Mr.. Smith was in the city yesterday
evening receiving congratulations.
An Ohio River freight train left
Petersburg yesterday morning and on
the train was 3 tank car having 500
barrels OF oil. When the car reached
here AT the oil had leaked out.
H. r. Weisgerber. manager OF the W.
& r q. rail way. Is home from a trip
Pittsborg. Incidentally he went 20 see