Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-04
THE RAILWAY WORLD.
A MAD DOG HOLDS UP BALTIMORE AND
Oslo MEN.
Repairs Along the Lins-Rsduehons-
Poinis-As.iings Of Railroad.rs and
Other Nswsy Notes.

hh'OsNAAso -Odpkdiu w. 81. hOOlD-
son, OF the Ohio River, was in the city
on business yesterday. Captain Law
head, OF the Panhandle, is taking a
vacation. Il. $. Spear, OF the Inspec-
tlon Bureau, is home from q visit TO his
home al Braddock, Pa. Captain Il. j.
Hinde. Of the Ohio River, is again In
the city after n visit to his home At
Sandusky. q. He will resume work
this morning. Edward J. McGowan, OF
the Panhandle, is home from
trip TO Philadelphia. j. ID.
Lippincott, an Ohio River official,
with headquarters at Pittsburg,
was In the city yesterday on business.
II. j. Morris, assistant Il. 81 O. baggage
master, Is home from a visit to his
mother at Beallsville. o. c. n. Logs
ton, OF the Il. * o., who was injured,
is able to work again. Harry Myers,
OF the w. b. & r., is visiting his
mother at Steubenville. s. c. Beatty,
ran, handle yard master at Golfers, was
In the city few days ago, guest OF
Charles Wood. the yard master I'm this
CITY. Superintendent j. j. Turuey, OF
the PewIky, was in the city
last Tuesday from Plttsburg. DR..
U. ID. Custer, OF Wellsville, district
medical examiner OF the Panhandle,
was In the city last Tuesday. f. Metz
ner, b. & o. collector, has an attack
OF grip. j. +. Constans, agent OF the
Midland Route" with headquarters
at Pittsburg, was In the city yesterday.
j. f.. Hunter, OF the Il. & o.. n popular
employe, is home from a trip.to Mounds
Vile. John FlahertY, q w. Is. & T.
brakeman, who has been off sick, is
some better. Burt Hazlett, formerly
of tho w. B. & T., now of New York,
is visitor III the city. He will leave
this morning for visit to ParkersburG.
mad dog went TO the b. e. o. wards
oihce a few mornings ago, and created
pandemonium. IL. +. McNabb got on
top OF the bookcase; Josh Elliott as
cended the desk, and Lem Baker es-
capped out OF the window. The dog
caught no one. Edward Cannon.
operator, has drawn a sketch OF the
scene.
The w. e L. Il. IL rebuilding all its
coaches. remodeed coach ia to be-
out every ten days. No. ;, the first.
timely equipped, is at the Union depot.
having arrived yesterday. The coaches
are dark red and are fitted up with the
commodious Scarritt revolving seat.
f. E. Robinson, tho popular Pam
Handle shipping clerk at WeIlsburg.
and Miss Wilma Stewart, also OF Wells
burg, were married few days ago.
Inc bride Is popular young society
lady. The young couple will reside In
Wellsburg.
The Il. & o. platform men have been
reduced FROM 10 TO Q hours to constitute
days work. The full force is kept on.
and the old system will be resumed.
when tra6a raoph aa ifc
wages are therefore red uced about l2I5
cents day.
Since the reduction went into effect.
the Ohio River has taken of two
through freights, one each way. The
laying over point now on the system is
Central City, where Point Pleasant was
the point formerly.
The Panhandle Office force thanks
Augustus Pollack for box of his IA
nous cigars, given them Yesterday.
Manufacturer Marsh also made the
force happy at the depot by box of
tObles.
Charles Wood, the Panhandle road
master. is testing the celebrated Young
Gravity Lock Nut on the system. A
number OF the great systems of the
country have adopted the invention.
The local freight agents OF the CITY
Will hold meeting next Saturday at
ternoon at the w, b. 81 T. Office. Mat
tiers OF routine business is To be trans
acted interesting 10 the agents.
Hugh Wilson, OF the Panhandle
freight house, is off duty az the result
OF an accident. He was helping handle
q piece Of machinery when the accident
occurred, which mashed his hand.
The new lodge of a. O. L. w. to be
organized next Friday evening in this
city, to which twenty i. d O. rail-
readers will belong, promises to be an
interesting organization.
The w. e. r. is laying track for the
extension on the South Side. The
crossing al Bloch Bros. tobacco works
Is com pleted. Tracks are now laid as
far as the power house
Charles Swartz. w. q l.. T.. brake
man, was married few days ago. 70 a
young lady OF Toledo. The happy
young couple are on a trip. They viii
reside at Toledo.
Pln-Handie official stated yester-
day that the new depot would be begun
within the next thirty days The
stakes will be driven first.
The G., l.. q w. has brand new
passenger engine, No. /. The engine
Is beauty, and Engineer Eddy is at
the throttle.
Section foremsn Of the p, w. O. X.
went 10 Stoubenville last Tuesday.
where they stood the regular examina-
ton.
j.. +. French and wife, OF Kalamazoo.
Mich, are guests at the home Of A. C..
Stewart, Of the B. ~ O. freight house.
The Ohio River local now runs every
day from Huntington 10 Parkersburq.
Formerly IT, ran only 90 Point Pleasant.
The Ohio River railroad is making
repairs 20 its tracks al clifton. The
track IS being changed.
Pugllist Charles Mitchell and party
passed through this State by the G. *
%. en- route 20 Florida.
The cut on tho Ohio River effects the
trainmen, excepting the passenger con
ductors only.
y. g. o. passenger traffic began the
new year in an encouraging manner.
The w q l.. F.. had It's private car