Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-05
RAILROAD NOTES.

Arthur Irwin, assistant ticket agent
at the B. & o. depot, was at Pittsburg
yesterday.
J. A. Maloney, a B. & o. brakeman,
has resigned his position and intends
enlisting in the army.
The Buffalo Bill show got away early
yesterday for Washington, Pa. Thirty
nine cars are used for the aggregation
and the B. & O. hauled them in three
sections.
J. S. Smith, assistant trainmaster
of the B. & 0. with Offices at Grafton.
was here yesterday.
The Panhandle company will run
an excursion to Atlantic City to-mor-
row. 1t will be the first one from
Wheeling this year, and viii likely
take out large list of people.
The B. & o. yardmasters held a
meeting at Benwood Junction yester-
DAY.
The B. G. o. furnished a special
train for number of South Penn OIL
Company officials yesterday, who made
the trip from Cameron to Manning
ton.
The observation car run by the B. q
0. between Pittsburg and Cincinnati is
quite a novelty, and since they were
added travel on this popular train is
considerably larger.
The B. & O. shop men at Grafton eel
ebrated the Fourth by raising a large
flag over the main building there. This
is only a sample of the patriotic things
the boys are doing all over the line.
The Pam Handle pay car will reach
here about the first of next week.
Since all checks are subject to the
revenue stamps it may be possible that
the Ohio River road will discontinue
paying that way. 1t would hardly be
right to make the men pay the extra
money, and on the other hand the road
would save money by running the pay
car over the line.
A young child of M Whalen. a B..
& o. employe, died at Wheeling Sun
day and was buried at Cameron the
following day.
R. L. Heflin, B. & o. supervisor of
bridges, with office at Grafton, was in
the city yesterday.
The B. & o. base ball club would
| like to arrange a game with any of the
other railroad clubs for Saturday after
! noon. If accepted, address Mike Riley,
at the freight office.
The Moundsviile electric line has a
| force Of men at work putting in new
crossing at Benwood, where the line
| crosses the B. & o. side tracks.
Frank Legge, the B. & o. man who
secured the Republican nomination for
House Of Delegates from Marshall coun-
| ty, is receiving congratulations from
his friends AS stated before, Mr..
Legge will make a good member pro-
vided he be elected and he will have
the entire support of the railroad vote.
The B. & o. blue book for July has
| been received from the printer and is
ready for distribution at the stations
along the line Copies can be had for
the asking.
Attention has been called to the con-
dition Of the B. & O. waiting room at
Benwood Junction. Of late a number
of employees who use tobacco frequent
the room, and there being no spittoons,
the floor is generally left in very fill
thy condition. 1t is not a very pleasant
place for ladies who are obliged to wait
on trains, and something should be
done to remedy this matter.
The Baltimore and Ohio Company
are making some very extensive i'm
| provements on their Pittsburg division
as far east as Cumberland. Eighty
! five-pound rails will be used and many
| of the grades shortened. The watering
stations have been relettered and re-
| numbered, and many of the bridges
| will be replaced by larger and stronger
structures. The company's receivers
are great on the Improvement line,
and are fast getting the road in excel
| lent shape at every point.
The B. & O. will run their first sea-
| shore excursion on the 14th. The rate
| is $40 for the round trip.