Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-26
THE RAILROADS !
CONSTITUTION WORK By WEST VIRGINIA
CORPORATIONS
A Good Deal Of Work Mapped out and in Pro-
grsss-TransporiaiiOn Notes and General
Railway intelligence.

by the Holly River LUMBER COMPANY
of Palmer. w. Va, is now completed
for about twelve miles from Palmer.
station on the West Virginia and Pitts
burg. The road extends northeasterly
from that station up Holly river to
Marble. Laurel and Mclean. Most or
the work on the line was completed
during 1898, and IL ia not proposed TO
do much in the Way Of extension or
other construction work this year. The
principal traffic will be in hauling logs
and lumber. The road is equipped
with two locomotives and thirty log
ging cars. IL is standard gage, built
with light grades and easy curves.
John C. Arbogast, Of Palmer, Is general
manager.
The reorganization OF the Ohio Val
lev road has been delayed by the oppo-
sition of certain minority bondholders
to the plans proposed by the Baltimore
and Ohio for the reorganization. These
bondhOlders have opposed the fOreclos-
ure as formulated, but recently there
have been meetings between the vari-
Gus interests, and it is stated that the
opposition will probably-be withdrawn.
II the bondholders decide to withdraw
the suits they have brought in the
courts against the foreclosure proceed
ings, the reorganization Of the company
will probably be carried out immedi-
ately.
The Gault House saloon at Harper's
Ferry. situated within a few feet Of the
tracks on the Valley branch Of the B. 81
O., was closed very suddenly last Thurs
day evening. A mail car was being
switched, and just as 1t got in front OF
the Gault House it jumped the track
and rolled over on its side, brushing
some Of the paint from the front OF the
saloon and effectually shutting of both
ingress and egress by means of the
front door There were three postal
clerks 10 the car when il took the tum-
BILE, but all of them got off without in
jury of q serious nature.
The new Wheeling and Lake Erie
Directors are: A. G.. Blair, George W.
Davis, George E.APOmeroy, r. G. Rey-
nolds. Of Toledo; john Greenough,
Frank a.. Lawrence. +. X. Si6ley, Ar
thur W. Soper, of New York; Earl w.
Oglebay, of Cleveland. The officers
elected we're: President, Frank r.
Lawrence; Vice President, John Green
ough; General Manager, A. G.. Blair;
Secretary and Treasurer, James NJ.
Ham; Assistant Secretary, Downer
Adams.
The surveying work on the Baltimore
and Cumberland railroad, between Cum
berland and HagerstOwn, is again being
renewed. The party, under Engineer
Murdoch, is reported to be revising the
line on the eastern portion between
Hancock and Hagerstown. The right
OF way is being acquired steadily. Dur
ing the past few weeks number OF
railroad contractors have been over the
line before submitting bids for cOnstruc-
tlon.
The bids for the grading, masonry
and trestle work on the new Cleveland,
Lorain and Wheeling line into Cleve-
land will be received by the chief Engi-
neer, w. c. Jewett, of Cleveland, until
March 1. The work will include about
twenty-elght miles OF new road from
Mallet Creek, o., near Medina to the
village Of Brooklyn, near Cleveland.
The Pennsylvania railroad has pre-
sented a reward to the passenger, freight
and yard engineers and conductors who
have been In the employ of the railroad
for ten years or more. 1t is in the shape
of annual passes for themselves and
wives, good between Pittsburg and
Philadelphia.
Elegant new engines direct from the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, are passing through the
city by the B. & o., for the Atchisou,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. About
fifty engines have gone through the city
and fifty more are to go. They are
beauties.
President ingalls, OF the C. & o. road,
has secured the handling Of all the
Eastern -four shipments from the Chi
cago aud Northwestern, aud will have
it sent East via the c. & 0. to Newport
News and thence to Liverpool via the
c. Sc 0. steamship line.
The B. g. O. clerical force is getting
up a bowling team to be called "The B.
& o. Bowlers." The players selected
are Harry Lege, WIN. Mulholland, W.
2. Cogley, George Matthews The
others are not chosen. They expect to
have a crack team.
Railway accidents during January
resulted in the death of A persons and
the woundiug of 129. OF the killed 16
were employees, "a passengers and 4
''other," and OF the wounded 40 were
employees, "a passengers and 6 "Others."
Fifteen carloads OF -four for England
and Scotland were transferred last
night from the w. e L. Z. 10 the B. &
o. About 100 carloads were transferred
last week. The -four comes from San
dusky aud Cleveland.
S. J. Rafferty,, a B. & o. brakeman,
and II. H. jackson, also a brakeman
on the same line, will leave to-day for
8 hunt near West Alexander Mr. Raj
ferty has purchased an elegant bird
dog.
The work Of laying rails on the Roar
ing Creek and Charleston road will be
delayed because Of the washing away
OF bridge across the Valley river at
Harding.
Frank Ross, the B. & o, Co.'S inspec-
tor, gave his friends jolly night re-
Gently. He hired several livery teams
and took shem all for an extensive ride.
A banana train OF twenty-five cars
passed over the Chesapeake aud Ohio
one day last week. This is one OF the
largest shipments Of bananas ever made.
Benjamin Patton, B. & o. yard master
Of the Wheeling yards, is of duty at
tending the funeral OF his sisters child.
Z. Z. Agnew is doing his work.
Robert Houston. OF the B. & o. Co.'s
inspecting force, contemplates q VISIT
to his former home at Londonderry,
Ireland.