Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-13
INCREASED BUSINESS
On all the Railroads Entering Wheel
ing.
Coal, Coke and Iron Ore Being
Transported in Large Quantities.
Large Shipments from Wheeling
to Other Points The 3. 81 O.,
Panhandle and Ohio River Do
ing the Largest Business.

Panhandle and Ohio River Do
ing the Largest Business.
The business of a railroad is, per-
haps, the best evidence obtainable of
prosperity in any section of country.
This is true not only in passen-
ger travel, but also in the moving Of
freight on the local roads. All the
roads touching Wheeling are doing an
enormous business at present, and it
can be attributed principally 10 the fact
that all the mills and factories are run
ming on full time and are making large
shipments Of their ware Besides the
large amount of exports going out of the
city there is, perhaps a greater amount
Of imports received. The iron mills are
all stocking up with ore, coke, limestone,
ETC., and the other factories are also
receiving large shipments of raw ma
terial
Beside the reasons enumerated above
several Of the local roads are doing quite
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coal trade. Almost every day the Bal
timore and Ohio transfers anywhere
from so to 100 cars Of coke and coal
from its lines to these of the Wheeling
and Lake Erie and in return receives
cars Of iron ore for the mills in this vi
entity. The Pennsylvania lines are also
doing a nice volume Of business in mis-
cellaneous freight Their principal
feeder from this section is the Ohio
River road, which transfers a large
amount of stock and railroad ties in adj
dition to enormous quantities of garden
truck and fruit. The other roads are
doing fair business, but perhaps the
on& mentioned above have the largest
amount Of Traffic.
There is a great dear Tfr tYaveling "
/, ing done at present, as one cannot help
noticing by seeing one of the trains pull
into the station on any roads that run
into the city. The two through lines
from this city to the seashore have been
! hauling large excursion parties from
Wheeling and surrounding towns to the
watering-pl places and resorts at the sea-
, shore. The road that is doing
the banner short passenger business out
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vision Of that road from PaTkersbrg
to Wheeling does an enormous passen-
ger traffic: in fact, the travel has IN
creased so much over what it was in for
mer years that it has become necessary
to add extra coaches on all the trains.
The prime cause of all this increased
business is attributed to the Sistersvlle
oil field. When a passenger train
leaves Wheeling it is generally well
filled with passengers for that point.
On the arrival of train at Sistersville
it is generally empt.ed of the majority
> of its passengers. The travel it not all
to that place, however. AS soon as a
train is emptied there ii is filed up
again with passengers from that place
to other points along the line. There
are three coaches being run on each Of
the six trains daily on that road and az
most any time it is almost impossible
to get Q seat. Very frequently when the
trains arrive in this city and there are 4
great many of the passengers standing.
This road also does a large freight
and express business this time of the
year. Down along the river there are
some of the finest fruit and truck farms
in the country, and as the products of
these places must reach the markets, the
Ohio River road does all the hauling,
as it has no competitor AS an evil
dence that this road does an enormous
traffic it will be we'll 10 cite the case Of
the train which arrived in this city last
night about eight o'clock. In the bag
gage car there were $50 baskets, II
crates, and s barrels of fruits of various
kinds and melons The greater part
of this stuff is shipped by freight, and
therefore an estimate of the amount
of business done in that line cannot be
given.
Under the new management the Ohio
River road has been poisoning forth
4 like a rose Some decided improve
ments have been made in passenger ac-
commodatiOns. but more could be made
There is considerable complaint made
about the early morning train leaving
this city. 1t leaves here at 6:15, city
time, and in order to go on it, trayelela
are compelltO get up too early. A train
leaving here a little later in the morning
about or 9 o'clock. for instance, would
meet with the approval OF the majority
Of the travelling public. There IS also
some complaint among the patrons OF
the road from St Marys up because it
is impossible TO get a later train into
this city. 1t is understood there will
be some decided improvements in the
time of the passenger trains on thisrOad
b. the near future and the patrons hope
pomething like the above will be the re-
suit.