Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-14


OPENED.
There are some interesting rumors
being discussed in anticipation of i'm
provements to be made by the new
management of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie railroad, and one of these at least
appears to be assuming tangible shape.
1t has been no secret with the parties
| who were formerly receivers of the
road nor with those who now have
exclusive control, that it is a much
desired end to increase the facilities
for travel between Wheeling and
| Steubenville and intermediate points,
and at the same time keep expenses
within limits justified by such service
and the income resulting therefrom.
While the present plan of running
trains is perhaps reduced to a paying
basis, it is claimed it does not wholly
meet the ideas of those who are ex-
| erting every means to bring the road
up to the highest standard of utility
and profit.
| 1t is because of this expressed in
| tention of the management that re-
cent movement made by the company
| at Steubenville is considered signifi-
cant. 1t has been learned through the
| officials of the Steubenville Traction
| Company that one of the tracks of the
/ w. & L. E. between Steubenville and
! Warrenton is to be converted into an
| electric car line with the view of aban-
| doning the present steam service be-
/ tween those two points. The present
road bed is to undergo the necessary
changes to make it suitable for the
electric cars, and as soon as this is ac-
complished the equipments Will be
! added. The Steubenville Traction Com
pany has made arrangements by which
it's line will be extended south to the
city limits, where it will make direct
connection with the railway cars of the
| Wheeling road until the latter COM
pletes its trolley line into Steubenville.
In this connection, it is stated that
at no distant day the Wheeling &
Lake Erie management WITH extend the
electric line south from Warrenton to
Martins Ferry and thence by way OF
the Terminal bridge into Wheeling.
| That the project is feasible there is
no room to doubt, and the character of
| the travel along the river front from
| Wheeling to Steubenville suggests the
superiority of an electric line over the
more expensive plan of running rail-
road trains. The line would run
| through almost a continuous series OF
towns, and for local travel it has long
been demonstrated that the trolley line
is more serviceable and profitable.
| A charter has Just been issued to the
Brown Coal & Coke Co., of this city,
! with Joseph l.. Brown, Of Pittsburg,
Howard Thompson, A. F. Gasmire, G..
B. Colburn and P. G. Caldwell, incor-
/ porators. The parties named, it is I'M
derstood, have secured a large block
of coal territory at Beech Bottom, in
Brooke county, where they will pres
emily establish extensive works. 1t is
the intention to ship principally by
way of the river, and one reason for
locating the works at Beech Bottom
was to avoid the changers to river traffic
| to be met with above that point. A
meeting to organize the company has
been called for July Sd, and soon there
after it is expected to enter upon the
work of developing the mines. 1t is
expected to have the works in operation
by fall.
/ Mr.. Brown, the Pittsburg member of
| the firm, is an experienced coal man
and will doubtless safely pilot the
company into prosperous and profit
| able business.