Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-13
RAILROAD NOTES.

RAILROAD NOTES.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie have
built several new sidings at Scio, o.,
in order to accommodate the heavy
business which the line is getting in
the oil line.
Sam Sherman, travelling passenger
agent of the Wheeling, leaves this
week on a business trip to Toledo, O.
The Panhandle pay car is schedul-
ed to arrive in the city tomorrow
morning.
A. E. Martin, passenger agent of the
Burlington road with office at Cincin-
natl, o., was here yesterday.
r. B. Wilson, formerly chief clerk in
the Ohio River office at Parkersburg,
is now engaged in business for himself
in the above city.
F. Houghton, representing the Nick
ell Plate line, with office at P1ttsburg.
was here yesterday.
Joseph A. Huston, night caller for
the B. & O., at Grafton, accompanied
by his sister attended the funeral of d
relative at Wheeling Friday.
A. J. Smith, travelling passenger
agent for the Ohio River road, was in
the city yesterday.
O. R. Wood, travelling passenger
agent for the c. L. & W., is home from
trip over his line.
The Wheeling Bridge and Terminal
Company are making some very extern
sive Improvements to the Union depot.
Many surprises will be sprung on the
public when all the work is finished.
B. & o. passenger engine No. SIT is
in the Grafton shops for repairs. No.
1907 will be placed in also next Tues
day to be rebuilt.
Charles Kenney, B. & o. freight con-
ductor is still off duty on account of
the injuries to his fingers, which he
sustained about two months ago.
Work on the new water tank for the
B. & o. at Moundsville has been stop
ped for several days past on account
of the cold weather.
J. S. Smith, assistant train master of
the B. & o., was in the city yesterday.
Brooks Reese, of Cameron, has Sc
cured position with the United States
Express Company at ManningtQn,
4u5uIey, engineer of maintenance of
way for the B. & o. company, We're ar
rivals in the city yesterday.
The B. & o. pay car from Pitts
the week.
B. & o. through passenger trains
were considerably delayed yesterday.
The trouble was on account of the cold
weather in the east and west
The Russian railroad report gives
the number of journeys made on free
passes in that country, which, in 1895,
was 2,2O2, 929, and one man travelled on
a pass to every % who paid. This was
only one-third of the free travel, how
ever, for nearly four millions of jour-
neys by soldiers, and nearly half a
million of prisoners paid no fares.
Altogether, there was one non-paying
passenger to every eight who paid.
AS in most European countries,
few passengers travel first class in
Russia; in 1895 only az per cent OF
the whole number, while nearly 10 per
cent. had second-class tickets, SO per.
cent. third-class, and the remainder
fourth-class. The latter class is only
for laborers making long journeys,
like harvest hands, who go hundreds
of miles to South Russia and follow
the harvest north back to their homes,
and for emlgrants, who. of late years,
are going in considerable numbers to
Siberia. The whole number of emil
grants carried in 1895 was 3,015.
Judson Harmon and Joseph Robin
son, receivers Of the B. & o. S. w.
Railway Company, yesterday petition
ed the United States Circuit Court to
expend the sum of 1914, 800.S5.
District Judge A. c.. Thompson made
an order granting the request. In con-
nection with the petition the receiv-
ers presented the consent in writing of
80 per cent. of the mortgage bondhold-
ers.
The work, material and supplies
which the receivers deem beneficial to
their trust, and the estimated costs
are as follows:
An additional force to place new
stringers in trestles for properly car
rying large engines contracted for and
for timbers and supplies for such con-
struction, $4,000; renewal Of bridges
on Ohio division, necessary and re-
CURED for the use of new engines.
$4,000; for steam shovels, $4,000; one
pile driver, $500; engine house at
Flora, H., $1,000; increase boiler shop
at Chillicothe, O., $4,000; frogs, switch
es, switch stands, rods, track bolts, nut
locks, spikes, tie plates, crossings and
tools, and appliances to be used in
laying of new steel rail contracted for
S72.5S5.S5; extra labor for laying and
surfacing rail and spacing ties, as
same may be needed during the pro-
gress of the work, interlocking rail
road crossings, $4,000; additions and
extensions of side tracks required for
the longer trains to be used, with new
rail and equipment, and with increased
power, and for which old rail taken up
is to be utilized. including labor and
material, S95,410; changing Little
Tunnel" to open cut to avoid expense
of rebuilding tunnel. s11,500; 200 fat
cars, at $500 each; so Roger ballast
cars, at $540 each; 100 side-dump cars,
at $3.50 each; so refrigerator cars, at
S605; 16 passenger equipment care at
sos, 1000
The receivers were authorized to
borrow money for the above as needed
and to issue their certificates there
for.