Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-08
RAILROAD REALM.
TRADE NOTIOEASLY IMPROVING IN WHEEL
ING'S RAILROAD CENTRES
Tour Of B. & 0. Offcials-Largs Shipments Of Ice
About the ". & B. 6. Extension-Notss
Abont RailrOadsrS

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assistant trainmaster east of Delton,
was in the city few days ago on busi-
ness. J. II. McAdoo, OF Pittsburg gen.
eral agent OF the Great Northern rail-
way, was in the city, business visitor,
last Tuesday. Contracting Agent We'll
Ter, Of Pittsburg, was at thew. 81 L. E.
freight headquarters on business
last Monday. Edward 0'Donnell,
the Union Depot baggage mas
ter, suffers from severe cold.
c. n. LoYston, i. & o. brakeman, is
still of duty as the result of mashed
foot. II. II. Jackson, Of the 3. & o.,
who has been off duty so long, resulting
from an accident, is again on duty.
Philip Dobbs, a B. & o. brakeman, is
again on duty. He is the railroader in
jured by gasoline explosion. George
Dean, a fourth division brakeman, is off
duty with a mashed hand. Last Tues
day General Freight Agent G. $. White
and Division Freight Agent T.W. Gala
her, of the 3. e. o., with Pittsburg
headquarters, were in the city. Also
the old reliable w. N. Mitchell, Of the
p. & D., bob6ed up Serenely at B. e. 0.
headquarters last Tuesday. w. j.
Robinson, general freight agent of the
Ohio River Railway, was in the city last
Tuesday on business. Conductor p Ii.
Prince, of the Panhandle. is of duty
attendingsthe funeral of hts aunt. Robt.
Simpson Is on his run. George Richey,
brother of Frank, the Pan Handle
brakeman, was in the city yesterday on
visit 10 his brother. He lives in Wells
burg. VIM. Fish, of the Panhandle,
is again on duty after visit to Ravens
wood.
The ". & z. G. Railway herdic to be
run between Elm Grove and Triadel-
pnia, is being ovsrhauled at Elig's carri-
age works, and the vehicle, which will
seat twenty persons, will be beauty. 1t
will be started when the spring opens
up. On the business it does will depend
the proposed extension of the road TO
Trladelphia. The fare will be 5 cents
from Elm Grove to Triadelphia.
Next Friday night at John Kemple's
hall, at Twenty-fourth and Main streets,
means will be taken to raise money to
benefit Albert Kinkler, the Is. & o. con-
ductor, so seriously injured by accident
about a year ago. The proceeds will
be used TO purchase patent ear drums
for the now deaf railroader This re-
suit occurred from the accident.
Last Tuesday there was wreck on
the w. b. & L. near the corrugating
works. A car was left on the side track
without setting the brake. The w. 81
l.. E. S o'clock morning passenger ran
into the car, upsetting 1t, and disabled
the engine, which was No. 30 Consd-
cradle delay was caused but no one was
hurt.
B. & o. private car Winchester"
passed through the city last Tuesday
from the east. T. +. Fitzgerald, super
intendent of transportation, and Major
Morgan, engineer maintenance Of way
were on a tour Of the line and stopped
in Wheeling q couple of hours. They
expressed themselves as we'll pleased.
The legal cases of the city of Steub-
enville and Cross Creek township against
the Pan Handle, asking that they be
given a number OF shares, which they
claimed they owned, have been revers-
ed by the Supreme Court. The city
and township lost the cases also in
Courts below the Supreme.
One hundred car loads OF lake Ice
from Sandusky, o., has been received
by the Is. & o. at the new McMechen
ice house. Fifty loads have also been
shipped through the city for Grafton
aud Parkersburg. The ice houses are
about finished, aud will hold 400 car
loads
Last Tuesday party of B. &c o. rail-
road officials passed over the new con-
Meeting link between Smithield and
Morgantown. This branch is known as
the Paramount, MorgantOwn 81 Pitts
burg line. The officials expressed them
selves as well pleased with the new
road.
Trade NOTES: Business on the w.
B. q Il. is some better. w. & L. E.
freight traffic is materially improved.
C. l.. & w. trade is looking up. b. 81
0. freight business is regaining. i. 81
o. platform trade is reported first class.
The U. S. Express business is looking
up.
On February 18th on manufactured
iron, heretofore fourth class in less than
car loads and fifth class car loads, will
be reduced to fifth aud sixth class car
loads respectively. The reduction will
take effect two months earlier than
usual.
Charles Hirsch, the popular B. e o.
baggage master, was at Cameron at
tending the wedding OF James Shay
and Miss Jennie COrcoran last Tuesday.
Mr.. Shay was formerly a railroader OF
this city.
The W. & L. E. coal mines are doing
little. The company evidently antici
pating trouble, have side-tracked a
large number of its unused cars along
the road loaded with coal
Little is being done on the w. B. &
T. extension. Il force Of men are fill
ing in between Forty-eighth and For
ty-ninth streets. More active work
will be begun soon.
The wife OF Panhandle Section Fore
man Samuel Baker died few days ago
of cancer. She was a middle aged LADY.
She died at Steubenville, where she was
on a visit
This is the day Of the big B. e o. ex-
cursion to Washington, ID. c. The trains
leave at sos a. m. and 5:35 in the after
noon. The excursion will probably be
large one.
James Pelley, B. & o. trackman.
while unloading ice yesterday morning
badly mashed two of his fingers. DR..
Dowler dressed the injury.
The crew of No. 46 freight on the w.
& L. z. has been suspended ande6nite
ly by reason OF wreck at Laurelton,
few days ago.
Two w. B. & 7. railroaders were re-
80 as..L.oI chorrad 18th ;noon,