The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-19
Not Only Will Cleveland 6 Pitts
burgh Enter Wheeling, but 1t is
" IA Now Announced That
:THEB. 80. WILLUSEs TERMINAL
Passenger station-The B. & o. Made
q Formal Application Only a Few
Z Days Since.

exclusively stated IN yesterdays Intel
iligencer. but it Is now learned thdt the
Baltimore s. Ohio Railroad Company
has made application to the TERMINAL
Company (the Pennsylvaula) for the
.use ofathe Terminal passenger station
fortits passenger service, and it is un-
tderstood that the Pennsylvania has re-
piled 56t will reply in the affirmative.
This development is OF great import
lance, meaning as 1t does that the Balti-
more & Ohio viii no longer be under
the necessity of making a continuous
performance bluff about providing
Wheeling with new passenger station.
If the Baltimore & Ohio uses the Ter
minal as passenger terminal, thus
RELOCATING to innocuous desuetude that
fearful and wonderful shed over on the
South Side that has been the palatial
Wheeling home of one of Americas
greatest railroad systems, the people
viii feel like celebrating to beat the
band.s i,
.s The New Service.
Yesterday morning, several OF the
leading officials of the Pennsylvania
lines came to town and went over the
Terminal system In their private cars,
and were then transferred to the Cleve-.
land & Pittsburgh tracks across the
river for trip down to Bellaire. In
the party were General Superintendent
Charles Watt, of Columbus. whose jur-
isdiction extends over the several roads
making up the Pennsylvania's north
west system, of which the Cleveland &
Pittsburgh Is one; District Passenger
Agent J. X. Dillon, Of Pittsburgh, and
Assistant Superintendent OF Transport
tatlon A. B. Starr, Of Pittsburgh. The
officials were Joined by Passenger Agent
]. G.. Tomllnson, Freight Agent ]. v.
Braden and other local representatives
Of the Pennsylvania The matter of
bringing the Cleveland & Pittsburgh
passenger trains into Wheeling, via the
Terminal. was discussed, and 1t was
decided to Inaugurate the service with
as little delay as possible, and 1t Is pro-
| posed to put on two up-to-date passen-
ger trains, one leaving for Cleveland
about a. M. and the other leaving
| this city for the same destination about
. p. M, each making the run In about
five hours. The hours of the arrival Of
trains from Cleveland is not yet known
here. These will be additional trains on
the Cleveland & Pittsburgh. and for the
| present the schedule operative from
| Bellaire north on the other side OF the
| river. will not be interfered with. II
the travel out OF Wheeling for Cleve-
land via the new route Is as heavy as
is hoped there is not likely to be any
change over the river. but II the expec-
| tations are not realized, 1t Is supposed
that the line between Martins Ferry
| and Ballaire will become branch line
with connections with the fast trains
| at Martins Ferry. In addition to CIV
Ing Wheeling people 4 new Cleveland
line with two trains daily. 1t also gives
additional service to Chicago and
Pittsburgh. The n. m. train will make
| quick connectionwth the Fort Waynes
Chicago Limited at Alliance. Ohio. and
the p. m. train vii place the Wheel
Ing passenger . In Pittsburgh at the
same hour and on the same train us by
leaving on the 1880 Pan Handle train,
connection being made with the Pan
Handle at Mingo Junction. while the
Pewikey's connection Is at Wheeling
Junction. So the new service means
improved and additional service be-
tween Wheeling and Chicago. Cleveland
and Pittsburgh.
May Be No Crowding Out.
1t remains to be seen whether the
Terminal Pennsylvanial will crowd out
the Wheeling & Lake Erie from It's
Wheeling terminals II is known that
the officials OF the latter company fear
the worst, and It is said they have even
gone so far as to make preparations for
the erection OF a passenger station at
Acknowledgements the Wheeling & Lake
Erie would beln the same position as the
Cleveland. I.orain & Wheeling, the lat
ter's terminal being at Bridgeport
On the other hand, well known gen.
tlrman. who Is close to the Pennsylva-
Ina, asserts to the Intellgencer that the
policy Of the Terminal PENNSYLVANIA
will be liberal one. and In support of
this he cites the action of the Pennsyl-
vanla In agreeing to allow the ,BaltI-
more & Ohio TO use the Terminal pas
senger station He asserts, too that
| the Wheeling & Lake Erie will continue
TO use the Terminal passenger station,
and that II the Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling company wishes to avail
itself OF this Terminal 1t can do SO on
the same basis as the Wheeling & Lake
Erie. In explanation OF this policy, the
Inteiiigcncer's Informant stated that
the Pennsylvania realizes that It can.
not shut of competition by acting the
hog, and prefers rather to invite all
lines to come over the Terminal. and by
this course make the Terminal profit
ubln investment.
a few years ago the Pennsylvania
wouldn't have considered for minute
a proposition to allow the Baltimore Il
Ohio the use of any terminal or other
advantage In its control, but now things
are different. The two roads no longer
fight each other. and are acting under
an asfement TO divide traffic In common
territory and not to make inroads upon
each Others preserves. Besides this.
the PENNSYLVANIA Is represented in the
| llreclnrntn Of Tim Rnltimnr, q nhIa