Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-26

shorter and freight thirty-six hours less
than at present
Thomas Whiteside. q Panhandle en-
glneer Of the main line, was married 3
few days ago TO Miss Annie Hale, for
merly Of Wheeling. The ceremony was
performed at Sharpsburg. They will
be gone ten days on their wedding trip
to Louisville, Cincinnati and st. Louis.
The B. s. o. yard force has gotten its
Office looking like new place. Paint
ing has been done and paper has been
placed on the former black walls. The
boys stood Sll the expense willingly,
doing it themselves TO have neater
place.
The keystone Bridge Company, Of
Pittsburg, has secured the contract for
building 80 new iron bridges on the line
of the B. & o. Southwestern this year.
Thirty of the bridges are to be erected
on the Mississippi Division, aud the
other three on the Ohio Division.
The railroad accidents during Febru-
ary nun bered 95. in which Is persons
were killed and IS wounded. Fourteen
employees were killed and only enc pas
seuger, aud As employees and i passen-
gers were wounded. The month shows
low casualty record.
Several OF the oldest conductors on
Messenger trains OF the Chesapeake ana
Ohio Railway have been dismissed, 1t Is
alleged, for carrying passengers with
out tickets. They were detected oy
spoilers, il is said.
W. r. Lowe, who was hurt eleven
months ago at Poin: Mills on the b. *
O., is slowly improving. He will be
able TO work about the first OF next
month. He is an engineer.
A verdict of S., 900 was given against
the West Virginia Central railroad, at
Parsons, last week, in favor Of Charles
Young, for injuries received. The case
will be appealed.
Engineer George Waddel, OF the Pan
Handle, brought in train 2O9 and took
out train 900 last Saturday evening.
The regular engineer, John Ham, is OF
on 3 vacation.
There will be a change Of time on the
B. & o. the 18th of May. AT that time
through freights will be put on the sys-
TEN on the new Clarksburg and Con
nellsvile line.
The smiling face Of James "Chamos"
O'Brlen is again in the city after an ab-
sence Of FIVE years at st. Louis. He is
one OF the best known men in the busi-
ness.
Allan Young, of the w. B. & I. en-
gineers Office, has been engaged sew
eral days putting the Young patent nut
lock on the South Wheeling tracks.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will
run another one Of its popular e1cur-
sions TO the eastern cities on April 9TH.
This will be the last this year.
The B. & o. has contracted with the
Piedmont Council for water at 5000 per
year. The Railroad Company will save
$500 a year by this contract.
Charles Madden, cashier at the Pan
Handle freight Office, will visit his par
ents at Coshocton, o., this week.
H. C. Anderson, Of the Union News
Company, is again at work, after a visit
TO his home in North Carolina.
John McMorrow and J. j. Rafferty,,
of the B. & O., are of duty on short
vacations.
J.F. Trainer, OF the Union News
Company, is. in the city from Kansas
City.
Passenger and freight traffic over the
Ohio River road is reported much bet
ter.
Joseph Hollisey. collector for the Pan
Handle, is off duty sick of la grippe.
Edward S. Spear, of the Inspection
Bureau, is organizing ball team.
Several men have been drc p9ed In the
B. & o. shops at Keysel.
The new B. & 9. depot at Harpsr's
Ferry will cost $4,000.