Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-27
TRADE REVIVING.
ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM THE LOCAL
RAILROAD OFFICES
Freight and Passenger Traffic Iucrsasng-Psr-
sonal Mention and News Items Of In
tsrsst 10 RailrOaders.

o. K. train there was good looking Is.
& o. railroader left the city Cd one OF
the most important missions OF MS lie.
1t was none other than L. 4. Agnew,
one OF the conductors in the b. ~ y.
yards. His destination was ST. Mary's,
which has long been an attraction, and
his object was to bring home with him
a bride. He is TO be married this week
to one OF the most handsome young la
dies of that locality. After the mar
rage the happy young couple Will rustl-
cate there for about week, and then
will come to this city TO make their
home. The young railroader tried to
keep the real facts from his fellow
worKmen, but they got out.
1t is thought that by next Friday the
first train on the C., l.. 81 W., over the
new extension TO Cleveland from Mallet
Creek, will DE run. This is a great
stride on the part OF the line. The sys-
tenn is now in far better shape than ever
before The new extension Is single
tracked, and complete 10 all respects.
The distance from Malet Creek to
Cleveland is twenty-five miles.
The Panhandle Railway Company
will have especial rates from this city
to the encampment OF the u. A. h. In
Pittsburg, which is To be from the 10th
TO the 18th of next month. On the 18th,
18th and 14th of next month the Pan
Handle will run extra trains from Pitts
burg to Wheeling in the evenings, that
persons can come home after the days
work at the encampment.
Conductors n. p. Sigafoose and John
Dennie, Engineer j. l.. Lambus, Fire
man William NJ. Vance and Brakemen
c. n. LogstOn, w. e. Gibin and Will
lam Wolf, all of the b. 81 o., are home
from attending law suit at Mounds
Vile. They were there as witnesses In
the case of the man who hindered the
passage of the y. 81 o. trains in Upper
Ben wood during the great coal strike.
Yesterday was another good day for
live stock shipment 10 Pittsburg Dy way
of the Pan. Handle and Ohio River lines
from the interior OF West Virginia. For
some months now the Sunday shipments
OF cattle nave been on the increase, un-
Til yesterday there were forty cars taken
from the Ohio River and sent by the
Pan Handle 10 Pittsburg.
Gilbert Russell, night clerk at the B.
& O., left yesterday for an extended
visit TO Chatham, Canada. he will be
gone for several weeks. Tue railroad
erS are quietly whispering around that
Gilbert Will be made benedict before
his return, and will! bring home to the
city an accomplished young Canadian
bride.
Last week was the best one for trade
on the Il. ~ o. platform in this city Tor
over year. There was but one day,
Saturday, last week, that all the en-
plOyes did not make twelve hours each
day, which is two hours over time. 1t
has been necessary TO put additional
men 10 work on the platform,
NJ. J. Ryan, formerly a superntend-
ent of the b. &, O., between this city
and Benwood Junction, now holding
similar position on the same line be
tween Uuiontown and Connellsviile. Pa,
was IN the city Yesterday shaking hands
with many OF mis- old friends.
John Weisgerber, the blacksmith at
the b. 81 O. shops OF the Junction, left
last night for an extended trip 10 New
York and other Eastern cities. On his
way he will stop at Washington, ID. C.,
and will stay for few days al the X. OF
Z. convention.
Charles Reese, the brakeman of the
y. 81 o. who had his nip pain
fully crushed by an accident at
MoundSville d few days ago is recover
ing, and it is thought that he will not
be permanently crippled.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Traiumen of the b. & o. main line gave
a grand picnic at Oakland, Md, Thurs
day. number Of railroaderS OF Ben
wood Junction went, and report having
had a most excellent time.
Brakeman II. L. Boord, OF the B. e.
o. Wheeling yards, who suffered the
painful accident Saturday morning
while adjusting switch is better, and
it will not DO long until he is able TO be
at work again.
Robert Houston and Jacob Schlm-
mer, we'll known employees of the b. IL
o. in the inspecting department, lett
yesterday morning to take 10 the X. OF
T. Encampment al Washington, ID. G.
The B. & O. switchmen between this
city and Pennington will hold their big
picnic atCameron next Saturday. There
are over two hundred OF the switchmen,
and they have planned a grand time.
William Schafer, of the South Side,
formerly one of the b. 81 o. car inspec-
tors, has accepted position with the
line again in the capacity OF brake
man on the Fourth division.
Thomas Jamison, q son of the general
yard master of the B. 81 O., and clerk
to his father at the Junction, is home
from visit TO Rowlesburg and Moun-
tain Lake Park.
John Madden, the popular flagman of
the B. & o. crossing at Ford's, South
Side, will leave this week for his vaca-
tion trip, AID will visit his former home
out in Ohio.
The b. & o. continues 10 do its large
and still increasing trade in through
freight. Local freight is heavy, coke,
coal, and iron aud steel articles having
the call.
Jasper Policy. one of the B. & o.
trackmen, who has been in the service
of the B. IL o. for some time, has re-
signed his position. He lives near Cam
eron.
The new branch road OF the Pan
| Handle from New Cumberland TO oppo-
site East Liverpool is doing an uneX-
pectedly large business in the freight
| line.
| John ]. Nary. Of the B. & 0. freight