Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-03
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.
PERTINENT ITEMS o. INTEREST ABOUT THE
WEBS OF COMMERCE.
The Contract For the New Pan Handle Station Not
Yet Awardsd-PrinCeiOn Glee Club Passed
Through Yessrday-NOtss
and Personals

The contract for the erection of the
new Panhandle station has not been
let yet and there is no telling when it
will be. The bids have been in since
December %, ult. and it was expected
I that the contract would be let so that
work could be commenced early in the
present year. 1t is probable that the
contract will be let some time during
this month. Should such be the case
the work will be commenced at once as
the contract will stipulate that the
work commence within ten days after
II has been let.
A yard masters association has been
organized by the Panhandle men In
that capacity between this city and
Pittsburg. The move was inaugurated
by the train master with a view OF
having the men meet once month for
the purpose of comparing notes and
make any needed change in the rules.
The first meeting will be held in Pitts
burg on the 14th inst. after which they
will meet in turn at all the sta
tions along the line. The new order
has mem bership Of thirty.
Capt. Thomas j. Hinde, OF the Ohio
River, met with a bad mishap at Park
ersburg while coming north In charge
OF No. 2. In stepping from the train
Capt. Hinde accidentally slipped on
bit Of ice and falling on the platform
sustained an injury to his left leg,
which may lay him up for a few days,
although he was able to move around
last night.
Yesterday morning special train
composed Of one baggage car and four
sleepers, arrived In the city at S:25
from Columbus. The train was that
which carried the former Princeton
College Club, which is touring the coun-
try. The train left about $3.50 over the
Pittsburg division of the B. 81 o. for
Baltimore, where they give a concert
tonight. There were eighty-five mem
bers Of the College and their friends on
board.
Last night the Panhandle COM
menced running through freights from
this city to Wall Station, the great
freight transfer station OF the Pennsyl-
vania system. The first through train
left at D. m. and arrived in Plttsburg
early this morning.
There will be a new schedule on the
B. g. o. next Sunday and there will
probably be some very important
changes. Trains Nos. II and Is on the
C. O. division will be taken off, and
there will probably be some other i'm
portant changes.
Mr.. E. J. MCGOWAN, popular en-
ploye at the Panhandle freight Office,
has returned from very pleasant visit
at his home in Philadelphia during the
holidays.
The condition OF Dave Henderson, the
popular B. & o. employe, who has been
suffering with something like paralysis,
Is about the same as before reported.
John Lampus, engineer OF the llO4'
in the B. & o. yards, goes to work this
morning, after being off Tor some time
ON account OF poor health.
Engine No. So, which has been In the
shops for some timeeeceiving general
oyerhauling, is about repaired and will
be out In a short time.
L. B. Fam, B. g. o. yard engineer,
has been confined to his room for about
week with a slight touch OF some
thing like pneumonia.
Peter A. Riley, OF the B. G. 0. freight