Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-15
RAILROAD MATTERS.
CONSTRUCTION NEWS AND FINANCIAL AND
PERSONAL MENTION
Points CoaesTsiac West Virginia and Nearby
Reads and Personals Of Local
EmploysS

Mr.. Chauncey Ives. chief engineer OF
the Baltimore aud Cumberland, which is
an extension Of the West Virginia and
Pittsburg Railroad TO form a connection
with the Cumberland Valley Road, is
quoted as saying that work on that line
viii begin at ali points where IL can ad-
Vantageously be done. as soon as the
weather opens In the spring. Some work
was begun last fall, but 10 was discon-
tinued temporarily on account
OF tho stringency OF the
money market All the pre-
iimlnary work has now been doue, aud
nearly the entire route has been decided
upon. Negotiations for tho right OF
way In West virginia have been closed
up and agents arc at work Ia Maryland.
The road starts from Cumberland aud
Joins the Cum berland Valley line about
two miles from Hagerstown, the dis
lance being about sixty miles. Hon. II.
&. Davis, Richard kerens, OF 81. Louis:
Colonel L. Il. Sexton, OF Chicago; Sam-
uel Rea, OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
with Mr.. Ives and others Interested,
made tour OF inspection over the pro-
posed lines from Hancock to Cumter-
land last week
The Maryland Court OF Appeals has
affirmed the judgment OF the Circuit
Court OF Baltimore city in the case OF
Maj. Alexander Shaw TO restrain the
West Virginia Railway Company from
leasing the Piedmont and Cumberland
railway. Maj. Shaw alleged In his bill
that the Piedmont aud Cumberland was
deslgnedly constructed badly; that the
proposed lease would be the most dis
advantageous TO the West Virginia Cen
trail, and most advantageous to the
Piedmont and Cumberland, and that
~ n - N a n To
Central was inadequate aud would be a
fraud on its stockholders The lower
court, however. sustained the lease, and
the Court OF Appeals sustains the judg-
ment.
The report printed last week that the
Ensign Manufacturing Company would
resume operations at it's car plant at
Huntington was erroneous. The fouu-
dry, the only part of tho Huntinton
plant now running, mas been n operation
most OF the past year, and Is likely TO to
kept at work, but the company has no
present intention OF starting the car
shops.
II rs said that beginning with next
Monday the baltimore and Ohio pas
selger engines will run from Grafton
To Cumberland, instead of Grafton to
keyser. as heretofore. The Keyser
freight engines Will dC'iikcwfse In tho
near future, which will necessitate the
removal from that town OF number OF
trGinmen.
a correspondence OF tho Tlgurt's TdIlcU
NcCS. writing from Hullngs, Tucker
county, states that 300 men are en-
ployed grading tho Dry Fork Railroad,
and In three or four weeks sixteen
miles will bo ready for track laying
This is the road that seems TO be head
Ing for Caldwell, down the Greenbrier
river. - POcdhOHtuS Times.
The heavy steel pieces are all in place
on the Cheat river bridge exceUt one
la ten days the floor parts OF the bridge
will be riveted and the ties and rails laid
so that the ballast trains can pass over,
mpleting the ballasting OF the road 10
Granville.
The stockholders OF the Tygarts Val
ley, Buckhannon aud ~. Pleasant rail
road met last Wednesday and transact
ed some very i'm portant business. 1T IS
generally thought that the road will be
built In the near future.
The relief department OF the II. g. O.
X. X. tn its last report show that sci. 20
5s2.6s was distributed among beneficial
members.
40 iNuipFdl VI tub IdITOdu yaTus 10
Eikins added twenty-slx families to the
population OF the town.
IL IL reported the work on the divis.
ional machine shops at Ben wood will be
pushed by the Il. a. o.
The general Offices Of the West Vir-
gin'r Central Railroad are 10 be re-
moved 10 Blkins.
The Peytonia Hcrdid is urging rail-
road sentiment IN Boone county.
During 1913 tho u. a. o. Office al
Grafton took In S7s 900.