Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-20
RAILROAD NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST PERTAINING TO THE IRON
HIGHWAYS
Passenger Business Picking Up-Nsw Road in
tbs Southern Part Of the S:aia
Notes ard Personals.

The frst general meeting OF the in
corporators of the Big Laurel and
Panther Creek Railroad Company OF
West Virginia was held in Selius
Grove, Pa, few days ago, and the fol-
lowing board OF directors was elected:
George X. McGraw and Charles L.
Davis, of Baltimore, Md; 7. E. Carson,
OF Virginia; John L. Miller, w. j.
Gortner, Oden c. Gortner and j. NJ.
Boyer, OF Pennsylvania. The board OF
directors elected W. j. Gortner, presi-
dent; John L. Miller, vice president and
treasurer; and j. NJ. Boyer, secretary.
This road will connect with the West
Virginia and Pittsburg railroad, and
will open TO market a large and unde-
deloped section of the very best timber
and coal lands Of the Cherry river coun-
try.
The railroads all report very good
volume of business this week and the
officials say they have nothing TO COM
plain of. The week before Christmas
and the holiday week are always very
slow In freight circles for the reason
that the merchants have all their holt
day goods iD, and as for other merchan-
disc they do not care to have a large
stock on hand because Of inventory time
being near at hand. The passenger
business. OH the other hand, is picking
up considerably, and with the latter part
OF the week a big rush is expected OF
people coming and going home for the
holidays.
The steamer LIZZIE Bay, which passed
here Yesterday morning for Charleston,
had on board large number OF mules
and About dozen scrapers consigned
to that city by K. Grace, contractor
of Pittsburg, 10 be used in the cOnstruc-
ton of the Charleston, Clendenning and
Southern railroad. Sixteen miles OF
this road have been completed and the
balance will be finished as rapidly as
possible.
The pay car on the B. G. o. is not ex-
pected TO reach this city until after the
holidays now, and of course the en-
ployes are not in very good spirits, as
they anticipated getting their money In
time for Christmas.
Engine No. SIS, Engineer John Cum
Minis, which has been in the shops about
four months receiving a general over
hauling, was brought out yesterday and
is looking as neat as new pin.
The work train on the Ohio River
Railroad, which has been at New Mar
tinsville for some time, was called in
last week, and no more work will be
done this winter.
G. L. Williams, j. T. Mack and c. M.
Bryan, officials Of the Ohio River, were
in the city yesterday, having come I'D
ever the road the day before on an In
spection tour.
Brakeman D. z. Henderson, OF the
b. & 0. YARD force, is very i'll at his
home at the corner OF Twenty-fifth and
Main streets, with paralysis in the
lower limbs.
NJ. P. Sigafoose, yard conductor of
the B. & o., who has been i'll with
typhoid fever for several weeks, is able
10 be out and will 90 to work to-day.
Joshua Elliott, night yardmaster at
the B. 81 o., received word yesterday
that married sister living at Nc Mechen
had died, and is off for several days.
The Ohio River railroad yard crew at
SiSteTSVllIe nave Oeen Cdlleu III auu
Conductor Louis Conkle is now running
on Nos. IL aud ~ local freights.
Wilbur Hammond, OF the B. & o.
freight office, will leave Saturday for
Washington, d. c., to spend the holi-
days with his parents.
r. M. Sheets, superintendent Of the
Fourth division, B. 81 o., was in the
city yesterday and left during the day
for Pttsburg.
Al. Edmunds, brakeman on Nos. 5
and Ohio River railroad, is back at
work again after few days vacation.
"Swlfter" Koontz, brakeman in the
B. & o. yards, will leave for Plttsburg
Sunday TO see his best girl.
The Ohio River pay car is expected in
the city to-day or tomorrow.
GRAND OPENING, with roast pig and
rabbit lunch this evening, at my sa-
loon, No. 1917 Market street.
FRANK HIsSRICH.
Sold Gold Spectacles for $3.50 at Il. e.