Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-07-28
FA|RM0NT.
ATHENS DEMAND THAT sUsPEN-
SION BRIDGE BE REPAIRED
AND MADE SAFE.
THE BRIDGE CONDEMNED.
THE PASSION PLAY TO BE PRO-
DUCED-w. X. RIGGS PROMO
TED-SMALL TALk.

toward repairing the suspension bridge
that spans the Monongahela river at this
place. whiting the next few days, in all
probability a petition will be placed in
circulation in order to secure signatures,
and which will afterwards be presented 10
the court, praying that they have the
bridge Inspected and have at least the
weak parts repaired. For some unknown
reason they hesitate toward taking any
action much in the matter from the fact
no doubt that they do not realize its
dangerous condition. There is ono thing
that is absolutely certain and that is ],
its repair is not ordered and commenced
soon the county will have a suit on its
hands that will be equivalent in amount
to the cost of a steel structure. The strue-
ture is five hundred and twenty feet in
length, was erected In the year 1850 by
a joint stock company, but about the year
1880 it passed into the hands of the tax
payers Of the county Several years after
its completion ii was condemned. we are
told, By practical bridge men brought here
from Pittsburg. Since that time it has
been repaired number of times, but it
,as now reached a point whereby 1t should
be given attention again. The stills in sew
eral places needs replacing. bolts need
Tightening, besides the wires are badly
worn and are breaking. A great many of
the heavy taxpayers of the county are
in favor of a new structure rather than
spend Jumps of cash In repairing a strue-
ture that is almost beyond repairing.
As Mrs. Bishop Penick was driving up
Main street on Tuesday evening, accom-
panied by Miss Sue Hall the horse be-
came frightened at street car, and 1t
was for quite a while the occupants Of
the buggy were roughly handled while in
front of the Peoples bank. Fortunately
the animal was pacided before any dam
age was done.
Charles the little son OF Attorney and
Mrs. f. T. Martin, died while at Noun
tain Lake with its parents on Wednesday
evening. after an illness of only a few
hours, and the remains were brought here
and inferred in Woodlawn cemetery yes
terdsy. 1t was born February ., 1895, and
was a bright and interesting child.
THE Passion Play strictly "a religious
entertainment, was produced in the Farm
ers' room in the court house last evening
by Prof w. D. Winston. and u part Of
ored Methodist Episcopal church II was
interesting from beginning to end, and
was worth several times its price OF nd
mission. large crowd va. r'essut
J. F. Conway is erecting ionr-story
livery barn back on the alley near the
Watson hotel. The brick work IS almost
completed anG the entire buitdirs; will De
completed by he middle Of .'eptemher.
ari when fnisheI it Will perhaps BE- tie
most expensive building Of its Kind in the
State. It will cost something over ten
thousand dollars.
Misses Genet and Carrie Bright went to
Morgantown yesterday afternoon, and VIII
pay a few Of their friends there brief
visit
". r. Riggs has been promoted by the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company from
general yard master TO that of train mas
ter OF the Fairmont terminus which in
cludes the Moaongahela division, the West
Va. and Pitts5urg division and its
branches. and which gives him two hun
dred and thirty-scVen miles of track, or
one hundred and thirty-seyen more track
than any other train master in the ser
vice of the company. j. w. Harrington
and W. c. Hockinberry have been ap-
pointed to the position of day and night
yardmasters, but under the jurisdiction
of the trainmaster k.ggs has proven HIM
self to be d very efficient railroad man,
and has gradually grown up in the employ
OF the company from a brakeman to the
position recently given him. He has been
in the employ of the company for several
years. with the exception of a few months
in the latter part of the year lS95 and the
sst part of the year 1895, which time he
was in the employ OF the NJ r. railroad,
and before it became the property of the
Baltimore & Ohio In 1895 he was trans
ferred TO Cumberland, and remained there
until 1895; thence to Parhersburg, and in
the year 1893 was assigned the general
yardmastership at this place. His head
quarters will remain here as ever. Henry
Downey, formerly station master. will be
Harrngton's clerk and assistant, and Mr..
Hockinberry will be given another man
to assist him in his work.
The scales which has been at Jayene,
along the NJ. R. division. for number
of years, used in the weighing of coal.
etc, has been removed, and all the weigh
ing is being done here over automatic
scales IN ADDITION 10 the usual BUSINESS
done in the lower yard. This movement
curtailed the company's expenses by sew
eral hundred dollars on the month. The
engine which is used exclusively in draw
ing the cars to and from the scales has
been supplied with another brakeman, and
instead OF running about three hundred
cars over the scales. which constituted
days work. six hundred and fifty is now
expected, owing to the changes made.
Captain r. W. Smith, of Lost Creek.
this State, the oldest passenger conductor
on the West Virginia & Pittsburg division,
and well known here has been retired from
service and will draw pension from the
company the remainder of his lifetime Of
sl.50 per day 2. J. Condry has been ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy.
Miss Lulu Seymour has returned to her
home here after an enjoyable visit with
friends in New York city
B. Wilson was at Morgantown Wednes-
day on business
Mr.. Harry Humes returned Wednesday
from Atlantic City. where he attended the
Flint Glass Workers Association conven-
tion.
H c. Burdett is whiting friends at Mar
finsburg.
C. II Jones was recently the guest OF
his family at Warrington.
WaI4er Wilson ha returned In