Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-01-04
RAILROAD NEWS.
Matters Fsom Here and There Concerning the
L. Great Corporations.

Matters Fsom Here and There Concerning the
T. Great Corporations.
Some important changes are con-
tempIated in the officials Of the oper-
ating department Of the B. & o. Rail
road. Mr.. J. Van Smith, who is now
division superintendent of the Phila
delphia Division, is to become general
superintendent of re lines west OF
the Ohio river, wiz Headquarters at
Chicago. T%:sis the position former
" held by Mr.. Robert b. Campbell,
who was recently promotedto be- gen
eral manager. Mr. Thomas Fitzger-
aid. who is now superintendent OF
transportation. will probably be made
general superintendent of the lines
east of the Ohio river. Mr.. j. L.
Spurrier, who is now trainmaster at
Martinsburg, is spoken of as division
superintendent for the line from Bal
timUre to Keyser, with headquarters
at Martinsburg.
A serious railroad accident occurred
at TroutsviIle, ola the Shenandoah
Valley division of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, eleven miles north
of Roanoke, last Wednesday morning.
The vestibuled train from the north
ran into an open switch and cOlIided
with a freight train standing on the
track. The engine of the vestibuled
train. one baggage car and two freight
cars were demolished, and the
engineman, J. l.. Ouey, and fireman,
J. ID. Childress, were severely hurt 10y
Jumping at the last moment. One
passenger, Albert Hilvesline, OF
Roanoke, was slightly injured.
Walter Smith, Z brakeman on the
Norfolk and Western Railroad, whose
home was at Lithia, was killed re
Gently seventeen miles north Of Roam.
oke. under remarkable circumstan
ces. The high wind prevailing blew
Off the roof of "A box car on which he
was standing just rs the train was
crossing a trestle 90 feet high. The
unfortunate man fell into the ravine
below and was instantly killed. He
was % ears old. and unmarried.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
has placed on its division between
Hagerstown and Roanoke four new
handsome. stylish passenger coaches
with luxurious appointments. They
were made in York, and the four cost
S3G. 900. They are painted II beautiful
red and are vestibuled. They will be
used on trains No and 6.
The statement of the Norfolk anC
Western Railroad Company show
net earnings for November of 1921,
518. an increase OF SlO,335 over No
vember, 1892. For the elevenlnonth:
ended November 81 the net earning.
were -. 645, $50, decrease Of $40, 49,
as compared with the corresponding
period of 1892.
During the year 1898 there were
built in the United States 1888 loco
motives, as against . OPS in 1892
passenger coaches, 1850 in 1893
2l05 in 1892; freight cars 80, OS2 in 1893
9S. 1876 in 1892 Business is now very
du'l in the car building line.
Commencing last Monday the trair
leaving here on the Norfolk anC
Western Railroad, at SIS u. ~, rum
through to Chattanooga, Tenn. !
sleeper will be attached to this trail
at Radford, Va.
Mr.. Charles F. Mayer has beer
unanimously reelected president o
the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Com
pany. Its his 81 ;th consecutive term
The b. & 0. Railroad has 800 loco
motives in use upon its various lines
of which 1Ol were added the pas
year.