The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-26

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be run over the trestle Friday after
noon. The trestle is 500 feet long. The
transfer would have been completed
long ago but for the difficulty the
company experienced in procuring the
lumber.
A special train was run over the Ft.
Wayne Monday night, loaded with silk
valued at $150.0O0. The silk was en-
route from the Orient to New York city.
Engine No. 143 of the w. &. l.. e.
came out of the shops this week after
complete overhauling and cleaning.
Engineer Ned Dorman has charge Of
the throttle.
On the western division of the Ft.
Wayne, one day this week, at one time
there were forty trains moving, haul
| ing 2,45S cars, of this number 1915 were
west bound and 1,143 east bound.
The Wheeling e. Lake Erie issue
very neat shippers directory. The
book contains maps of several of the
important cities along the lines and has
much information of benefit to the ship
per.
The mail and express cars are load
| ed down with Christmas presents
and all through trains are carrying ex-
| ira cars. There has been a big boom
in the mail and express business the
past few days.
| Engineer Charles Long, of the w. &
| L. E., is enjoying a ten days vacation.
He went into the wilds OF Tuscarawas
county on hunting expedition and the
railroad boys are looking for feast
upon his return.
Train No. 8, on the Ft. Wayne, due
in Canton at 2:34 q. m, ran in two sec
tions Friday morning, the first carry
ing the baggage, coaches and sleepers
and the second the mail and express
cars.
]. r. Herne. member Of the board
of directors Of the Wheeling &; Lake
Erie Railway company, said that plans
for extending the road to Empire, and
from there across the country to Pitts
burg were contemplated.
Train No Is, of the Ft. Wayne, due
III SdHtOn dt o'6i p' 10 as
a double header owing to the heavy
passenger traffic. This train usually
consists of about 12 cars, three mail
three express, three coaches and three
sleeping cars. making a very heavy
train.
} The Baltimore & Ohio is just issu.
ing it's calendars for 1900 and they are
. the best the road ever produced. The
: work is German and the idea is rather
unique. The front of the calendar has
in 1t the face of a clock. For the houl
there are the names of the months, ant
for the minutes there are divisions
: representing the days Of the month.
Engineers Of the w. & L. E. railroad
company were in Carrollton this weel
! and made surveys to locate an easier
} grade to get into and out Of the town
There is a natural grade in the creel
J bottom, east Of town and to avoid th'
Carrollton summit 1t would necessitat,
a change of grade about one and one
half miles south of the town and tn
: same distance north.
The Ft. Wayne has been experiment
ing for a few days with one OF th
big G-4-A freight moguls on passenge
: runs, The monster engine 129 haulet
> train No. 3 to Crestline on Tuesday las
: and brought one of the fast trains bacl
3 to Pittsburg. Some trouble was ex
8 perienced but not any more than woult
D have resulted with a regular passenge
t engine Just out of the shops. The bil
! mogul made excellent time up the hill
, and on some stretches of track wa
. able to make a mile a minute with
8 heavy train.
Train No. s, the New York and Chi
cago limited on the Fort Wayne whicl
passes through Canton at 11:25 p. m
carries a sleeping car from Pittsbur
to Toledo and Detroit, via Mansfield
and over the Michigan Central t
{ Detroit. It has been suggested b,
several citizens to q News-Democra
man that an effort be made to hav
Canton made a flag station for thi
train for Toledo and Detroit passengers
A letter will probably be sent to Supt
i, Schoyer. Of this division to that effect
: If successful in having this done. Can
tonians can leave here at 11:25 p. n
. and arrive in Detroit at about 1880 a. n
> where connections can be made for a.
Michigan points and would be a grea
advantage to the travelling public 4
this vicinity.
The announcement made In thi
column four or five months ago, tina
. if the Baltimore Sc Ohio secured tn
. control of the Cleveland, Terminal /,
Valley, an extension of the road froI
Valley Junction to Cambridge woul
. in all probability be built, is more tina
v a railroad on paper. now that the Vale
is in the hands of the B. & o. TIL
southern outlet of the Valley at pre-
? sent is the Cleveland e. Marietta raj
4 road, which runs from Valley Junctio
: to Marietta, through Cambridge, whei
it connects with the main line of II
B. & o. The c. & M. Is controlled an
operated by the Pennsylvania compan
r. with whom the Valley has a traff
n agreement. On January 1, 1900 tn
agreement will be annulled and tn
leaves the Valley with a terminus in Il