Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-02
AMONG TEE RAILWAYS.
News OF tho Rail aud the Men Who Ru
the TrainS

News or tho Rail aud the Men Who Run
the Trains.
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock, at
the Peninsula Cemetery, the remains of
a. j. Bowers. the fireman of the 3. &
o. who was killed last Thursday morn
ing at Twenty-fourtk street in jumping
from the rapidly moving train, were
carried to their last resting place. The
funeral cortege was very large one.
The burial was in charge OF Green Val
ley Lodge No. 223, Brotherhood Of Lo-
comot. 70 Firemen, OF Grafton, an order
OF which the dead fireman was leading
member. Rairoaders were in attend
ance from Grafton, Fairmont and other
places over the B. & o. The pail bear
ers were: Charles Thomas, z. Brost-
myre, L. NJ. Scott and L. II. Dobbs.
All the Pullman cars on the B. & o.
arrived in this city yesterday. They
got through without particular Incl
dent, but were all late. as they had TO
run so slow along the road. All along
the system there are groups OF men
gathering, and at Chicago the crowds
are immense. Ali the trains are es
corted from Chicago by squads Of po-
lice. Large mum oers OF men are col
lecting at Garrett, Ind, and II is
thought that some Of the trains having
the Pullman coaches will be stopped
there to-day.
Harry Legge, OF the r. & o. clerical
force, is home from Pittsburg where he
was one of the contestants in the great
road race from the Smoky City to Johns
town, Pa, a distance of twenty-five
miles. The race came of Saturday and
the B. & o. man was not in ii. He Is
badly used up, having fallen from his
wheel five times, and once it took him
ten minutes to recover from one OF the
falls. Mr.. Legge says the roads were
in miserable shape.
Yesterday forenoon there was one OF
the largest consignments OF live stock
passed through the city on the o. r.
that has passed for long time. There
was an entire train in two sections OF
the stock, and there were twenty-three
car loads of them. Thirteen OF these
car loads were from the c. 81 o., and
the remainder were from the interior OF
this State.
A. w. Loe, who for year has been
the night wa;chman at the Pan Handle
freight house, has resigned his position
and il went into effect Saturday night.
Mr.. Loe will 60 in with brother In the
brick contracting business In this city.
Frank Kendall has been appointed TO
fill his place aud be has begun work.
The management OF the w. & E. G.
road is making arrangements 10 have
the biggest business in the history OF
the line to-day. The occasion Is the
great Catholic picnic which is TO be
held at Wheeling Park. 1t Is expected
that the capacities OF the road will De
taxed to their fullest extent.
Joshua Elliott, night yard master OF
the B. & O., aud wife, will leave the
latter part Of this week for ten days
trip TO Cleveland and other cities in
Ohio.
William Cogley, foreman of the B. &
o. freight platform, and wife left last
Saturday for Newark. O., where they
were called by the Illness OF relative.
Mr.. Cogley will not return for several
days.
Earl V, the son Of ]. V. Braden,
agent OF the Panhandle, will be home
this evening from a trip to his former
home in Washington, Pa, and other
places.
Samuel Peat, the master car inspec'
tor at the Union depot, who is on
trip to mis- former home at Toledo, o.,
will return tomorrow morning.
Andrew Palmer, the conductor on the
w. Il E. u. railroad, will leave the lat
ter part of this week for Lorain, o., Oh
a pleasure trip.
Thomas Byrne, plight gateman OF the
B. Il o.. is of duty, and is taking his
ten days vacation. w. Hatfield is do
ing his work.
Charles Belleyille, a Pan Handle