Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-02

two Baltimore & q reight condnc-
tors, whose homes at McMecheh,
came home last ON a hunting
expedition out 81 lne road.
Charles Hartley is running passenger
brakeman on trains Nos. II and u, in
place of Charles Gebhart, who is off
taking his vacation.
j. S. Smith, assistant train master Of
the Baltimore & Ohio, was in the city
yesterday.
Engineer W. S. Cordell, of the Balti-
more & Ohio, is again off duty on ac-
count of sickness.
Thomas Eisminger, Baltimore &
Ohio freight conductor, has gone to
Waynesburg Pa, on visit to friends.
His wife accompanied him on the trip.
Cahrles Hallbritler is running pas
senger brakeman on Baltimore & Ohio
trains Nos. II and u in place of Wal
ter Kenney, who resigned his position.
Mrs. R. M. Sheets and daughters, of
Grafton, visited friends in Fairmont
yesterday.
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train
No. 5 had a wedding party on board
yesterday morning. The couple were
married at Littleton and come to this
city on their wedding trip.
A young child of A. L.. Beard, a
Baltimore & Ohio employe who lives
at McMechen, fell out of tree Sunday,
and fractured it's arm.
Baltimore & Ohio freight engine No.
1900 has been placed in the shops for
general overhauling.
The Thomas Keene company arrived
in the city yesterday morning over the
Ohio River road. To-day they go to
Newark, over the Baltimore & Ohio.
The next meeting of the passenger
agents association of this district will
be held on the 18th of the month. There
is no special business to be considered.
The Ohio River road will run spe-
cial train to this city next week on &C
count Of the fair. Special cheap rates
will be given and each evening the
train will leave for the south at 6 p. m.
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train
No. Z, due here at 500 a. M, was six
hours late yesterday on account OF a
big freight wreck at Sir Johns Run.
Conterno's band of sixty musicians,
will use the Baltimore & Ohio road In
coming to the city next Sunday. They
Jump from Philadelphia, and from
here they go direct to the Nashville
exposition The Baltimore & Ohio also
gets the Toledo base ball club for
Mansfield this morning.
The four new trains for the Balti-
more & Ohio which are being built by
the Pullman company, will soon be
ready for service. They are to be used
as Nos. and 6, and are said to be the
finest ever turned out by the company.
John Cummins. a Baltimore & Ohio
passenger engineer, is off ffduty taking
his vacation at Mt. Lake Park and Oak
land, Md. During his absence John
Garvey will be in charge Of his en-
CINE, which is SIS.
The Moundsville & Benwood street
car line are still Obliged to have water
hauled in order to keep the engines
running at the Riverview power house.
The company has had hard luck here Of
late in this line. and should have laid
a pipe line to the river and half the
delay experienced would have been
saved.
The Baltimore & Ohio company
should make some improvement to the
platform at McMechen. At present
the place is in bad condition and some
attention should be paid the place.
The conductors on the Moundsville
e Benwood line are much annoyed at
present by passengers placing their
feet on the seats. The cars are not
turned at the end Of the destination
and it is great deal of nerve for peo-
pie to put their feet on seat which
has to be occupied by lady The ha-
bit is not practiced as much as former
ly, still there is room for complaint.