Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-02-25


During the stay of Mr.. J. H. Maddy.
who had charge of the Baltimore &
Ohio special train which brought Adj
miral Dewey to and from this city,
several very important matters were
divulged by that gentleman relative to
future improvements in this territory.
The first was the reported sale of the
bonds of the Wheeling Bridge and
Terminal Company, to Koen, Loeb &
Co., New York bankers, who in turn
secured control of the road in the in
terest of the Baltimore & Ohio. Said
Mr.. Maddy: II am sure the B. & 0.
will soon take charge of the Terminal
property, and you know what that
Misunderstanding will get her new i'm
proyements, and | am sure the work
will be commenced at very early
date. The depot would be On the site
of the present Union station, but a
finer building would be erected. This
city has been promised fine station,
and l know that the officials will build
a depot that will be credit to the
city. Just how soon the company will
take charge of the Terminal l am not
prepared to say, but 1t would not be
surprising to me if the change takes
place by the first of April
Regarding the new route from Lit
Teton, following the course of Fish
Creek in Wetzel and Marshall coun-
ties, to the Ohio river, Mr.. Maddy
stated that it had not been decided
whether the new line would be con-
structed. The survey has been made,
it is true, and when everything is
taken into consideration it may be
possible that the new proposed route
will be abandoned. 1t was the orig
inal intention to leave the Ohio river
near Powhatan, from which the new
line would be constructed so as to con-
meet with the main line again at or
near GAINESVILLE. The surveyors after
making this survey have decided that
it would not be practicable to go to
this extra expense. The grades would
be worse than on the regular line.
Now if the Fish Creek route is built
the line will follow the Ohio river to
Benwood and there cross the bridge.
However" continued Mr.. Maddy,
Wheeling will get other improvements
this year, which means that a very
large amount OF money will be spent
in this neighborhood."
Increase for b. & o. Engineers.
The Baltimore and Ohio Company
have decided to grant an increase to
freight engineers on the entire system.
March 1st is the date when the new
schedule of wages goes into effect, and
according to the information furnished
by an official of the company, the in
crease will amount to 25 cents on
every 100-mile run. The new wage
scale will be four cents a mile for 100
miles to be made in a "a hour limit,
and 35 cents an hour for all time made
over that. The men are receiving
$3.75 for 100 miles and 35 cents an hour
after IL hours. 1t is also stated that
the new scale is satisfactory to the
grievance committee of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. The
reason given by the company for the
advance is that the largest engines and
trains give the engineers greater re-
sponsibility and more work. The
equipment of nearly all the cars with
the air brake adds also to the duties
OF the engineman. The report circu-
lated to the effect that the engineers
wanted the day made 10 hours instead
of II, is denied and the scale is salts
factory to the engineers in general.
Trains Delayed.
Trains on the B. & o. Fourt hand
TransOhio divisions were considerab-
ly delayed early yesterday morning on
account of two unavoidable mishaps.
On the first mentioned division a car
in freight train west-bound was de-
rallied a short distance east OF Man
nington. The track was torn uO for
quite distance and it was some little
time before the wrecking crew arrived
at the scene. The result was train No
7, due in the city shortly after 8
o'clock, did not arrive until noon, and
train No. pulled in few minutes
later. No person was hurt. The ,Iher
trouble was at Kings mines, near Cam
bridge. Here a freight train was de-
rallied by several cars going on the side
track while the remainder of the train
kept on the main line. The track was
torn up for quite distance and trains
were delayed something like five hours.
AS in the other case, no one was in
jured.