Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-12
RAILWAY CENTERS
ALL THE NEWS OF TEE RAILROAD WORLD OF
WHEELING.
Senator Camdens Private Car n the Ciiy-Big Coal
Shipmsn.s-PeTsonals AboGs Prominent
Railroadsrs.

A few days ago, there was rather q
pitiaole sight at the 3. & o. passenger
depot. Alex. Turner, the coiOred pOr-
Ter, has been going TO the depot 10 get
the hotel arrivals for many years. To-
variably, be was accompanied By his
smart, yellow dog Duke. Railroadsrs
knew Duke about as well as the porter,
aud Duke was friend Of the railroad
boys. But on this morning Duke got a
lump Of poison somewhere about the
depot, aud the result waS-he died.
Senator John Camm, Of the depot, aud
other 3. Il O. men did all 10 their power
TO bring the dog about, but ne ran under
the platform, aud has not been seen
since. The result is judged from the
stencil arising from the decaying re-
mains OF the faithful canine. Some
say IL is by reason OF the death OF the
dog, but anyhow Mr. Turner has re-
signed his position at the Behler, and
i TO leave the city IN a few days for
Huntington o. Steubenville. When
the dog died, the porter cried, they say.
PERsoNAI-H. T. Bickel, assistant
train master Of the Panhandle, was 10
the city yesterday from PittSburg on
business. j. q. Ripple, district paSsen-
ger agest OF the Panhandle, was In the
city last Wednesday on important bust
ness pertaining 10 his line. Frank
Richey, the Panhandle brakeman, who
has been in such hard luck since he
came to Wheeling, is not on duty vet as
the result of his last accident. Harry
Bickell, one OF the well known railroad
- in, ~. oil 80 efpr
day on business. j. w. McNary. OF the
Panhandle yard Office, who has been
on the sick list. is able 10 90 10 work
again. John Stewart, one OF the b. Il
o. yard conductors, is visiting his family
near Pstsburg, and K. x. Layng, COM
mercial agent OF the Big Four was in
the city this week among his patrons.
The B. & o. base ball team has been
organized. The players are taken FROM
the clerical forces aud tho platform
men, and the aggregation is strong
one. NJ. A. Riley is the captain aud
catcher; Charles CriSwell will twirl the
ball; James Hendricks will play first;
Charles Cickman, second; Adam Medley,
third; Harry Lsgge, short stop; George
Stephen, right field; Charles Maaley,
center field, and o. c. Hull, the en-
thusiAst who carries the ball with him
at his work, will play left field. The
boys are In practice every noon, and
they will challenge the winners OF the
Lake Erie-Pap- Handle game, after Dec
Grafton day,
Julian Griggs, engineer OF the Nor
folk and Western, Of Columbus. o., was
in the city few days ago. he was Ia
the city inspecting the w. b. * /. ex-
tension TO Benwood, and the entire syS-
TEN. He reported that the extension
was On A No. 1 piece Of work, and was
we'll pleased with the system 10 gen
eral. The Boggs' run trestIe Of the ex-
tension IS regarded by experts 70 be 0D"
OF the finest pieces OF work OtHs kind
in the State. The treStle Is 1000 feet
long, and has fourteen degree reverse
curve.
Tbs Pan Handie Is getting plenty Of
coal. They formerly got fuel az the
Short Creek and Nellsburg mlues, but
these are both with the strikers now.
Coal for this part Of the system is being
gotten from fuel stored on the main
line. The system is getting coal IN
Cincinnati, as the line now has Counec-
tiops with that city. There is still pleu-
" of coal ia the yards 10 keep the forces
employed in this city for month at
least.
William DIS, formerly one OF the
conductors Of the Ohio River lire, now
the ward master OF the same road at
Petersburg, was 10 the city yesterday.
He brought train No. q up IN the morn
ing. William Bowers, the regular con-
ductor, being OF for "trip. Mr.. Dis is
oos Of the Oldest men in the service OF
the o. r, and the Wheeling railroaGers
are always glad 70 see him.
The elegant special, the Gauley, the
nrivate car Of Senator j. y. Camden, is
in the city. The special came In on No.
&. Yesterday morning, from Parkers-
burg. On il was the Senator, his vile
and daughter They are on visit TO
the mother OF Mrs. Camden, Mrs.
Thompson. The special will leave to-
day for Parkers0urg.
The Lake Erie Division OF the b. & o.
from Newark 10 Chicago Junction, O.,
n distance OF 81 miles, is being repaired
and nut 10 the best Of shape. The en-
tire division is being bailaSted, and
gravel plt IS furnishing materials sor
the Improvement. A gravel train and
large force OF men are kept steadily a.
work.
The Woods and Twenty-sighth street
damage cases against the city aud the
". b. & Il. will DO heard in this city on
the oath o. this month. The arOltra-
lion committee between the w. b. & I.
and Brown aud Ford, property owners,
OF Benwood, will convene on the l4th
OF this month at the City Hall, Ben
wood.
John Cummius and wife, of Meme
chen, will leave on No. :, by the Is. e
O.. this morning for ST. Paul MINI.
Mr.. Cummins is the we'll known en-.
gineer OF the Fourth Division, and be
goes 20 attend the convention Of the b.
Oft. p. now In session in that city.
Mira. Cummins goes on a pleasure trip.
The biennial session Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engines is now in
convention at the city OF st. Paul,
Mimi. The convention was called TO
orJor last Wednesday. About a dozen
81 the engineers from this locality are
tbere As delegates. At the convention,
over s.. 600 railr0aderS are represented.
Tnatalk with one of the loading rail!
-ooders Yesterday, he said; Il have
tve,tv-fve applications from among
The hest men in the service who have
bean laid of BY reason OF the hard
times. an6 who arc anxious TO get some
thing 10 do. This includes only cieri-
cal positions.
John Cusack, one Of the Fourth Divl-