Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-16
A NEW RAILROAD.
TIE WHEELING, CADIz AND NORTHERN Or
CANNED IN OHIO.
B. & 0. People Keeping Sharp Watch on the
HubOs-Gsnsral Railroad
Intalligencs.

starting point, The work down Dry
Fork is going on. aud the grading forces
are at work ten miles further. The
road is TO open coal and timber lands.
and the development along,the part OF
the road which is com pleted Is we'll
under way. Already considerable guam
titles of coal and timber have been
shipped from points near the junction
with the West Virginia Central & Pitts
burg. The owners Of the property are
eastern people.
The tie-up along the Wheeling and
Lake Erie system. which has prevailed
for week, will be broken to-day. The
Company will az once start to restore
all the passenger and freight trains on
the system. Freight, none OF which
has been received for any point on the
system at the depot in this city during
the embargo, will be taken at the de-
pot as usual to-day. The seven men OF
the freight force who were laid of I'M
Til the tie-up was over, will be taken
back so work this week. The Company
will refuse to take back any OF the
American Railway Union men among
the employees, and as there are about
three hundred Of them now, there prom
ises to be some trouble over this. The
Company is taking new men In their
places.
The B. & o. Is looking for trouble
from the hobos Of Kelley's army east OF
the city. 1t is understood by the b. u
o. men OF this city that they are walt
ing there for more OF the army, when
they will try to get free passage on. one
OF the b. & o. frelghts to Pittsourg.
The B. e. q. men do not like the action
of the Ohio River road In letting the
men ride. II they board train 1t will
be at once sidetracked, and II the men
refuse to get of the Company will call
on the authorities. Under no consider
alton will they allow them TO ride with
out paying. The Company will arrest
the men for boarding the train, too' II
they do il. The officials OF the Com
pany in this city are keeping close
look on the movements OF the Coxeyltes.
The organization of the Wheeling.
Cadiz and Northern has been recently
reported in Ohio. The projected road
Is to have its southern terminus at this
city, with Sandusky City on Lake Erie
as the northern end OF the road. The
purpose OF the road is to. provide an
outlet for the product OF several thou
sand acres OF West Virginia and Ohio
coal lands owned by the projectors.
These coal lands lie between this city
and Hopedale, Harrison county, O.,
and the line proposed is from Wheeling
to Hopedale via Mt Pleasant, thence
to Cadiz, Little Saltwater, LGceyville
and Tappan TO New Philadelphia, and
thence by way OF Wooster to Sandusky
CITY.
The preliminary survey for the north
ern extension of the Charleston, Glen
denniu and Sutton are now being made
both from the lower end OF the line and
also from Sutton, the proposed termi-
nus. The railroad is now controlled by
the Pittsburg and Philadelphia inter-
ests, who intend to complete the line
through to Sutton, 1t is now in opera
ton from Charleston to Clendennin, in
Kanawha county, and the distance from
the latter town to Sutton, 10 Braxton
county, is about rs miles.
A large amount of live stock was
handled yesterday by the n-Handle
and Ohio River lines In this city. There
are two special trains for this trade, one
on each OF the roads. Twenty-four car
loads arrived in this city by the Ohio
River, and was taken to the Pan Handle
and sent to Pittsburg. Some stock was
delivered from the Panhandle TO the
Ohio River for down river trade.
M. L. Prince, of the Panhandle
freight department, has gone for his
vacation, and will spend most OF the
time at his parents home at Holidays
Cove, this State. Though the popular
railroader has but one arm, he took
three guns with him. and will go into
the hunting business extensively while
there.
William Sullivan has been breaking
on the Pittsburg division of the B. & o.
on Homer Whissen's train. Mr.. Whis-
sen has been tagging for John Nealy,
also of the Plttsburg division, who has
been moving mis- family from Cincinnati
to Columbus.
There is nothing In the report among
the B. & o. raiIroaders that w. II.
Browne, a track superintendent or the
line In this city, will spar six round
contest at the Junction soon for points
for $40 a side with a well known South
SLIDER.
The bids are all In for the building of
the large retaining wall for the new
Pan Handle passenger depot. The con-
tract will be let from the main Office in
Pittsburg. There are q number of
bidders, and the contract is TO be let
soon.
Samuel Moody, we'll known In this
city, who for some time has been the
assistant general passenger agent of
the Pennsylvania lines in Cincinnati,
has resigned his position. Ill health
made this necessary.
None OF the o. r. men In this city
think there will be n strike on the
road to have the restortion OF the 10
per cent They think the difference
will be settled by arbitration.
Frank Heckmeyer, one Of the platform
men of the b. IL o., who has been on
the sick list for some time, is so far re-
covered that he will be able TO 20 10
work this morning.
Itisnow certain that the fine new
passenger and freight depot at Benwood
Junction for the Is. & o. is to be built.
1t is not yet decided when the struc-
ture will be begun.
Frank Ross, car inspector at the B.
& o. passenger depot, and Chas. Hirss,
the baggage master, have gone TO the
interior Of the State for a recuperatlDg
trip.
II. E. Weisgerber, manager OF the w.
& Els g. railway, is home from trip TO
Haneytown where be and his wife were
called by the illness Of relative.
Next Thursday the B. & o. will give
another Atlantic City excursion from
this city. 1t looks like the excursion
would be large one.