Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-03-19
SPARKS FROM THE RAIL.

r. Z. Lawrence, general agent of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie, has returned from
a business trip to the scio oil field.
j. S. Smith, assistant tra.nmaster for the
B. & o., with office at Grafton. was an
arrival in the city yesterday.
d. L. Wells, agent of the Erie Dispatch,
with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio, was
in the city yesterday.
George Stephens, formerly with the B.
& O., with headquarters in his city, is
now working for Kraft G Co., contractors
at the renitentiary at Moundsvll-e.
1t is not generally known, but neverthe-
less d fact, hat all roads which pass into
the receivers hands bear a new name
when they are discharged. This means
that the Baltimore & Ohio VIII be affected
if she ever gets out. The Columbus,
Hooking Valley ard Toledo road was dis
charged about ten days ago and ROW bears
the name of the Hooking valley"
w. R. Wodford, general manager for the
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling line, was
in the city yesterday.
The earnings of the c., L. G w. road
increased $50 for the second week of
March. This speaks very well for a line
Of a little over 100 mics of track.
E. P. Mobley, engineer of maintenance
of way for the B. & O., was in the city
yesterday.
The inside of the city ticket Office of
the Ohio River and c., L. & w. roads in
the NcLure House is being made more
beautiful each week. The latest addi-
tons to the room are a number of fine
pictures and several ported plants. Trav-
cling passenger agents make the place
their headquarters, and Messrs. LeMay
and WOODS are compi:mented very highly
on their good taste in arranging things
so neatly.
The B. G. o. have issued an order to the
effect that conductors must keep a record
of each ticket handled by them. This
means a great deal Of extra work, for
they must report tickets which are col
lccted from passengers by the conductors
on the other divisions.
The city ticket office in the Mcclure
House block is now agent for a number
of the leading steamship lines. Parties
desiring to- take a trip across the ocean
can get full information at the office and
purchase tickets there also.
! The Wheeling & Lake Erie company
now ave a very large force of men at
work laying 6S miles Of new steel rails
west of Spencer. Ohio. The rails are the
S0-pound, which will have the effect of
making the track the very best in that
section of the country.
j. +. Townsend, general passenger agent
of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, with office
at Toledo, Ohio, was here yesterday.
The bodies for the fifteen new cars for
the Wheeling & Elm Grove road are ex-
pected to arrive some tine this week.
The trucks are already here and have
been unioaded at Wheeling Park. The
old summer cars at the sheds on Sixteenth
street are being repainted and will make
a handsome appearance when they are
placed in service again.
A. NJ. Sheets, b. & o. superintendent,
with office at Grafton, was in the city
| yesterday.
The ordinary Sleeping car service intro
duced by the b. & o. between Chicago and
Pittsburg the first of March, is proving
quite popular on this line. The cars are
fitted up very comfortably, have all the
necessary conveniences such as toilet
rooms, ETC., and the charges are very
reasonable.
The Il. & o. pay car from the east will
arrive in the city the latter part of this
week.
Z. A. Peck, B. & o. trainmaster. was in
the city yesterday.