Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-15
WITH THE RAILROADS.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE FROM EVERY CENTER
OF WHEELING.
Business Increasing in All Dspartments-Gsnsral
Traffic NOtss-Talks With Railroadsrs.
Personal.


William Connolly, of the Han Handle
clerical force, accompanied by his
wife, will leave to-day for his vacation,
which will be spent in Fayette county,
Pa. Will +. Lehew, formerly or Agent
Braden's Office in this city, who has
been at his home ct Central City, w,
Va, i'll, has returned TO his work in the
ticket Office OF the Pan Handle at Biz
mlngham, Pa. A. A. Wilson, the B. &
o. clerk, who has been off work i'll,
is at his desk again. Harry Legge, the
B. 81 o. clerk, is spending his vacation
In Chicago. Captain A. A. Carnery, OF
trains II and AZ Of the b. & o., is In
the interior OF this state on a fishing
trip, and Steve Riley is doing bis
work. Conductors Samuel Cooper and
Charles Kinney, of the B. 81 o., have
gone to interior West Virginia for
fishing and hunting trip. Capt. Martin,
OF and of the B. 81 O. passenger
service, will soon be changed to another
run. Charles Armstrong, driver OF the
United States Express Company, who
suffered the recent accident, is still of
work j. j. Rafferty,, of the B. d o.
yards, will leave on Monday for an
other hunt in the locality Of West
Alexander, Pa. John Powers, Of the
B. & o. force at the Junction, is home
from a trip 10 Pittsburg, being one OF
the veterans j. L. Phillips, a hard
ware merchant of Cameron, formerly In
the B. & o. Offices in this city, was in
TO see the BOYS yesterday. Messenger
Charlie Gallagher, OF the b. 81 o. yards,
e. inf font
Harry Myers, of the car inspecting
force at the Union depot, has gone to
see his mother at Steubenvile.
Il has been long time since passen-
ger traffic on the Wheeling lines was as
great as this week, owing TO the IT, A.
L. encampmeut at Pitts6urg. Every
line of the city was taxed TO accommo-
date the thousands who passed through
the city, and those from this locality,
who were going to see the big event
Hundreds are taking the w. q Il. Ii.
every day on their way home. On train
lO3 on the b & o., yesterday morning,
there were four coaches Of veterans on
their way home. Trade On the Pan
Handle has been very heavy, and about
one hundred q. A. r. men came on
that line yesterday, were transferred 10
the 0. 4. on their way to their homes
from the encam pment. The Pan Han
die special trains from PittsOurg TO this
city ran out yesterday, and the b. ~ o.
dlscontinueS its night train from Pitts
burg the day before. In every instance
the G. A. K. men speak of the kind
treatment they have heen receiving at
the hands of the Wheeling railways.
Trade on the w. & L. Z. line is COM
paratively good. Business on the c.. l..
d w. is getting better each week. The
men on the b. 81 o. platform are max
ing overtime. The United States EX-
press Co. has all the work 1t can well do
with the present force. Freight bust
ness on the Panhandle Is booming, and
the Ohio River cannot complain Of the
trade it is having in any OF It's depart
ments.
Charles Hirsch, the foreman OF the
3. q o. shops at Benwood Junction, has
resigned his position. T. f. Southers
of Grafton, has accepted the position.
Mr.. Hirsch has been with the B. 81 o.
for many years. The post is the most
i'm portant at the Junction. The retIr-
ing foreman mas not yet accepted any
other position.
William II. Sylvis, of the United
States Express Co., is one Of the jolliest
men in town. During the re cent hard
times, when many felt bad, he did much
TO drive away the blues, aud no one
pays a visit To his Office who does not
come away In better humor.
Wilson Smith and Andrew Palmer,
conductors on the w. IL e. G.. road, are
In Tyler county, this State, on a squirrel
hunting trip. They took one thousand
cartridges with them. They have al
ready made the promise of forty SPUR
res to their friends.
On the 25th of this month the Pan
Handle will run the first "Home
Seekers" excursion to the west. Num-
bers have engaged passage. The excur-
sion will be run TO the far West and
reasonable rates are made.
Charles McPeak, Edward MCGOWAN,
Charles Wood and Harry Fitzgerald aud
wife are home from trip to Pitts0urg,
where they went to see the fire works.
The gentlemen are well known Pan
Handle employees.
Mrs. P. Ii. Prince and two daughters,
the family OF the well known Pan
Handle railroader Of Golfers, this State,
who have been in the city on visit TO
the home OF NJ. L. Prince, left for their
home yesterday.
The recent rains have made water
plentier on the B. 81 o., and one OF the
water trains has teen discontinued.
The c., l.. Il W., is not troubled so
much now for the need Of water for the
engines.
The Twenty-eighth street bridge OF
the w. B. e T. is being repaired. OTTO
Schroil, the Engineer Maintenance of
Way OF the road, has charge Of the
work, superintended by Col. Allan
Young.
BY the first Of November, the new ex-
tension OF the c. L. & w. into Cleveland
from Mallet Creek, distance OF twenty
five miles, will have trains running over
it. A large force OF men are at work.
The Local Freight Agents Assoc ia
tion OF this center will hold regular
meeting this afternoon at the offices OF
]. E. Taussig, at the Union Depot.
Business of Importance is to be done.
Col. j. NJ. Lesslck, of Cleveland, O.,
was in the city Thursday. He is the
attorney OF the c. l.. 81 W., aud drop
ped in on the boys a. the Offices here
for a snort call.
H. E. Weisgerber, manager, Is at the
Office Of the W. & E. &. line, in the
place OF Secretary John Roemer, who
buried his wife yesterday afternoon.
Miss Anna Lingen, the sister Of p. j.