The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-24


| Warwick tool works and Spears axle
works. The La Belle was not forced to-
stop. and at IIoffman's tunnery tho yats'
on the lower lloor were nailed Up pre-.
paratory to closing down for to-day. 4
THE STEAM RAILROADS
witlout EIesption wiz he iilosis,d, by n
" . 2, stage OF 40 fcsf. M
Without exception, all The ralifpads
entering Wheeling VIII suspend traffic
this morning when the river reaches
forty-flvc feet. and some OF, them quit
yesterday before forty feet had been
reached. With the steamboats, also
suspended without exception, Wheel
Ing is to be cut on from the world 10.
day, probably at noon. when 1t is be-
llcytS at least forty.nye feet Will be
reached at this point. n = IF
The first roads that found II necessary
10 cancel trains were the Terminal and
Ohio River,lIncs. The Ohio Rivers last
train reached the city from the south
at lao y. m. three hours late. In the
afternoon the rising waters caused the
resembling OF all train orders ON this
road. Z, 4. Z. y n 2 ls5i :.
- no 2 fRN-HanuIe' ROAD nau some
trouble Just this ,sldeIof Wcllsbury but
the 1866 train for rittsburg succeeded
In getting beyond ana through without
any trouble. The z p. M Pittsburgh
train departed on time and is supposed
to have got past the bad spot south OF
Wellsburg. as nothing had been heard
OF 1t Mt q. late hour. The $50 train for
Steubenyille was not sent out. the water
having become too deep below Wells
burg, 40 1t Is assured no trains will ar
rive or depart on the Pewiky division
to-day and not until the waters reccde.
Freight Agent Brader, of the Pam
Handle ami Ohio River roads. was a
busy man yesterday afternoon. II hav-
Ing been determined to clear the
freight depot ut the foot OF Fourteenth
street OF all freight. All consignees
were notified to call at once for their
freight, and those not responding have
the consolation OF knowing that their
goods arc stored In n string OF box cars
which were switched up the line to the
Top mill. where the water will not
reach them. f ~
AT the Baltimore. & Ohio station the
same course was pursued, cars loaded
with freight being switched to a place
OF safety. ~
The two bridges over Wheeling creek
at Its mouth OF the Baltimore & Ohio
and Panhandle roads were covered
with water last evening. Previous to
this they had been weighted down with
heavily loaded cars to'prevent their be-.
Ing washed away. Freight Agent Bra
den having placed eight cars Of pig iron
on the Panhandle bridge. st;ss
The office supplies and furniture In
the cashiers offices on the first floor OF
the Pan Handle freight station were
moved UP In Freight Agent Braden's
othcessiR the afternoon, and the same
precautlou was taken at the Baltimore
& Ohio freight station, across the
street. where several offices are located
on the ground floor.
The Wheeling G. Lake Erie was In
trouble in Wheeling for the reason that
enters the city Via the Terminal. sys-
tenn, the tracks OF which We're sub
merged as detailed elsewhere. There
was also trouble on the river division
between Martins Ferry and warren-
ton. The road runs aloTg the river
bank nearly the entire distance. and the
tracks were under water and traffic
suspended late yesterday afternoon.
All trains were annulled.
= The Cleveland, Lorain C Wheeling
has Jared worse than any other road
entering Wheeling so far as could be
ascertained last evening. The yard,
master at Bridgeport stated last night.
that all trains, had been annuHed, sus-
pending all traffic al this end OF the
line and to Mldvale, north OF Chrichs-
rite. The Tuscarawas river is on a
rampage ard the track of this road Is
submerged between Uhrichsrille and
Midva.e ard between UhrichsvIlle and
5Tippecanoe. North of UhrichsviIle
large section of track hns been carried
away, and 1t Is feared additional heavy
damage Will result before the flood
subsidies. Over: at Bridgeport the Cleve-
land. Lorain & Wheeling Is also sur-
ferer from the Ohio river flood. At I D.
m. the Bridgeport yards were SUBJ
merged. The track connecting with the
Terminal system in upper Martins
Ferry was also under wafer in the ar.
.terroon. and the same condition OF af->
fairs reiSnS on the line Just below West
Wheeling.
Al! trains on the Cleveland L Pitts
sbursh river division. running from Ro-2
chester, just below Pittsburgh. to Bell
aire. have been annulled, the track be-
Ing under water at many places 4
The Wheeling Bridge & Terminal sys-
tenn Is at the mercy OF the food and
traffic was suspended yesterday after.
noon. The track Is covered with water
at Reymann's brewery, in Berwood, at
Martins Ferry. and the water was
dangerously near the Terminal pas
senger station at the corner OF Market
and Nineteenth streets.
| The Baltimore 4 Ohio Is having
trouble west OF Wheeling on the Cen
trail Ohio lines and no trains arrived
from the west during the afternoons.
As detailed elsewhere there was dis
astrous wreck near Newark which
blocked the line. In addition the Nus.
klnsum and other rivers in Ohio were
putting out strong and !nJuIing the
efficiency OF the company's service.
Here In Wheeling. the Baltimore & Ohio
Is meeting with difficulties and, like the
several other local roads. will not be In
a position to handle either freight or
passenger traffic IL the forty-flve. foot
stage predicted materializes. Last
night at O'Clock the waters entered
the freight station at the foot OF Four
teenth street, and before that hour the
bridge and approaching tracks Mt the
Sixteenth street bridge over Wheeling
creek were submerged. This caused a
suspension last night on the Wheeling
division between this city and Pitts
burSh. From the general yardmaster's
Office at Benwuod 1t was learned early
Inithe right that trains scheduled east
and westlof the junction on the main
line had been annulled. This included
both passenger and freight trains. 1t
is said the Parkersburg branch is In as
bad a plight, 50 the great system is bad
ly crippled on through eastern and
Western traffic. although 1t was thought
communication could be maintained
west OF Pittsburgh via the Pittsburgh
&SWestern branch. nv
Last night a heavy train OF freight