Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-25
THE RAILWAYS
RAILWAY TRAFFIC BETTER IN THE CITY
THAN FOR MANY MONTHS.
Forces Inadequate 70, the Volume Of Trade on Som,
Of tbs Rlais-3.s Preparations Unisr Way
for the Fall B35n-Psrs1aals Abl1,
We'll Known Employees.

ABOUT this time the track men uOiu d
big picnic at Cameron. The company
gives them free transportation, aud
they take their wives aud families with
many OF their friends with them, and
go and have a general good time. This
is the day for the picnic. Along the
division there are over 200 track
men alone, and with their tami-
lies ana friends, the number at the pic
ME to-day will probably reach 1000
persons. A special train carrying the
the Wheeling traCkmen will leave the
Is a. %. depot this morning, and all are
planning as enioya0,e time, as Is al ways
the result.
This afternoon aud evening there
vii, be a grand event al Wheeling
Park, the occasion Oh be an outing
given By the L0ca. Freight Agents
Association of Jhis city and circuit
They will 90 ont on the 3 o'clock after
noon motor, aud will Do accompanied
by their chief clerks. There are
dozen of the agents, and with others
there will bs about twenty-five or
them 10 take in tho event While there
they will transact some very important
business OF interest not only % the
'raiIroaders Of this locality, but % the
public in general. Another feature
also will be Jae supper they have
ordered.
10 is wonderful tho way business has
picked 90 90 the Wheeling aud Puts
burE d vision OF the b. Is o. within the
last month, ana trade is still on the ln-
crease. II has been years since freight
was so heavy along THAT division. DO
50 Yesterday morning seven crews were
wanted, but only three were 20 0s had
The seven crews were needed on the
one section OF the train. The div sion
canuot handle all the freight with its
present force, and for this reason some
OF the coke for the Riverside is ar
irving over the new branch by the way
OF MOrgantOwn.
The freight departments OF all the rail-
rOlds OF the city will observe this after
noon as holiday bv reason Of Labor
Day Attic W. al. T. freight will be re-
ceiyed Out none delivered after noon to-
day and the same conditions will. apply
% the C., l.. IL ". The Il. * o. freight
house will be closed az noon except for
the delivery OF perishab,e freight; the
O L. l.. vii, do likewise aud the Pan
Handle will not receive freight at the
platform after noon, but perishaOle
Will be delivered. The railroaierS are
looking for much enjoyment this after
noon.
Some Of the employees Of the w. &
T. o.. railway have gotten tue dog lu
a pretty slick manner. The animal
came from an East EGd business place
and made his home % the depot for a
time. Some of the men put collar on
him aud went with the animal TO the
owner, saying hs had been found. The
railroaders were in for the treats, which
they got. Now the dog will not stay at
his owners house 40 all, but can be seen
about the depot. Every time the boys
take him back they call for the re-
ire>hment3.
Tomorrow morning, by the elegant
special of four coaches on the Pan-Han-
die, the *. OF H. OF the city and Ben
wood will leave for their Washington,
ID. c., excursion. The special will be
beauty, as the finest coaches OF all the
system have 0eeu secured, aud they Will
arrive in this city this morning. They
viii, be decorated today. Even tho
engine Is 20 be fitted out in holiday al
tire, aud she train is 10 DO one Of the
finest ever seen 10 the city.
The W. b. IS T. has borrowed the pile
driver of the c., LIS w. and has force
OF men at work near the Whitaker mill
mill sDiIiug 90 retain the big stone wall
which has begun 20 bulge out. For
some tune the track on the w. ID, ~ Il.
next the wall has been unused owing 20
the unsafe condition. 10 will not be long
until both the tracks can be used again.
Work is progressing nicely on the
now wall For the Panhandle depot
The e., l.. & w. is now enabled % carry
al. the stone needed from the 4uarrieS
80 New Freep0rJ, D. HaIleck Bros.
have a good force OF men az work, aud
some 90 the immense wall Is already
laid. The stones come 20 this city CUT,
and ars as fine as ever entered the city.
Warrington, on tho 3. IL o., is be-
coming great freight center. The IA
ciJIties OF the yards are very insufficient
owing % the way trade mas been In
crea~iug. The company will soon large
~ increase the facilities OF the yards
there. There is rush in freight there
all the time now.
Operations will sO0l be begun on an
extensive scale 20 tuish the tns Termi-
ma extension from the Riverside iron
works 20 point near the O. Il. depot To
the heart of E.uw0od. Al the differ.
euces with the property owners along
the line have been settled in a satisfac-
tory manner.
Wednesday the beautiful private car
Lawrence" OF the w. * l.. T. was Ia
the city. u bore General Manager 4.
q. Blair aud superintendent w. a.
Wilson. They were on general in
suectiou tour OF the road.
w. r Woodford, general manager Of
the c., L. Is W., and superintendent
philip Bruuer. of the same line, who
have been in Bridgeport looking over
the line in q sDec,a, car, have gone TO
Cleveland.
The railroads Of the city will run
,,bome seekers" excursions TO the west
on the 10th aud 25th Of next month and
on the 18th OF October IL is thought
tnat many will 90 from this locality.
William Lehew, formerly J. v. Bra
den's Office in this city, but who was
afterward appointed an extra agent OF
the Pennsylvania, has gone TO his home
n Mason City, this State, quite Oh.
The first melons Of the season from
down the river points are arriving DO
the city these days over the o. r. Il.
They are rot large, but in quality are
said % DO luscious.
Harry Fitzgerald, on the Panhandle
clerical force, got back yesterday from
the woody wilds OF Jackson, w. Va,
where he ruSticaIed az his former home.
The herdic on the w. & L. e. rail-
way, which for the last three moths