Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-30


eral officials visited the city yesterday;
l.. +. Loree, President; &. l.. Pot
ter, General Manager; l.. &. Haas.
! hrst assistant to Gen1 Mgr.s Il. }.
| Foley, second assistant to GepI Mgr;
| r. NJ. Graham, Chief Engineer; !. n.
Barr, Mecanicai Engineer, VIM.
| Gibson, General Supt. of Transfers,
| 4. Fitzgerald, Gepl Supt., Main Line;
ID. +. Nnroney, Gen1 supt, Lines, y.
n. Broaderick. Secretary to Genl.
Manager. and w. IL. Williams, assist
ant Secretary.
The Register has for several days
been aware that the general officials of
the Baltimore & Ohio railway expected
to visit Wheeling to-day, and yesterday
gave exclusive announcement of their
intended visit in its columns.
The special train bringing President
Lcree and the other general officers of
the road was originally expected To ar
rive at about ten o'clock yesterday
| morning, but, as announced in our col
umns, owing simply to the wish of Its
distinguished passengers, did not reach
the B. * o. station yard until $40 yes
| terday afternoon.
General Superintendent Thomas Fitz-
gerald of the main line, was waiting
at the station in his private car. and
was at once summoned to the presi-
dents car. Immediately the train
passed on down to Benwood Junction,
in order that the big bridge and the line
mightbe inspected before night set in.
The distinguished party was engaged
for something more than an hour in
this inspection, after which they came
direct to the new b. 4 o. station. The
train, consisting of President I.oree 9 pri-
yate coach, Chief Engineer Graham $
coach, General Superintendent Maron-
ey's coach and the Annex" car, occu-
pied the west track by the platform,
where 1t remained until the hour of de-
parture, at 10: 30 a. m. for Fairport and
Lake Erie, where the company have
their lake terminals.
President Loree and party dined In
their cars, and Immediately afterward
met number of our prominent citizens
on the esplanade at the depot, overlook
ing the creek.
| Among those who were introduced to
President Loree were the following:
Mr.. Al. GLASS; County Clerk Robert
son, Col. Morris Horkheimer, Mr.. Jos.
Handlan, Mr.. J. G. Brady, Mr.. Ed. Stall
maker, Mr.. Albert Whitaker, Mr. II.
Quarter, Mr.. A. p. Garden, Mr.. w. A.
Stoetzer, Mr. August Weidebusch,
Clark Hamilton and s. Alexander, OF
the Board of Trade Railroad Commit
tee; G. r. Hubbard, president of the
| Wheeling Steel & Iron Company; Mr..
| Edward Wiles, manager of the River
side steel works, Mr.. c. II. fancy, w
p. Hubbard, J. B. Sofnmerville. Secre-
tary Thompson, of the Board of Trade.
The other members of the distin-
guished party were introduced to such
OF the citizens party as had not al
!. ready met the gentlemen. A lively
conversation followed, embracing all
, topics from the heat to proposed neces-
| sary improvements in the Sixteenth
street grade and tracks; including the
| business interests and freightage OF
Wheeling, as well as her prospective
growth and development as an even
greater manufacturing center than she
now is.
The continuous series of questions
brought up by the railway officials was
indicative of the fact that they were
locking deeply into the future needs of
the road and the city for improved
transportation facilities in this section.
A sudden shower drove the party to
the shelter OF the train and the depot,
President Loree inviting as many as
could be accommodated to continue
their conversation in his coach, which
invitation was accepted by Col. Hork-
heimer, the Board of Trade officials and
others Each of the other railway Off
Gals having private cars also held i'm
| promptu receptions In them, while still
others were centers of groups on the
platform and in the depot
In these groups were several of the
local officials of the B. a. o. Railway
Company. who had been invited to
meet president Loree. Major Ran
dolph Stalnaker, Mr.. Henry NJ. Rus
sell, local attorney for the company;
T. c. Burke, city passenger agent. and
his assistants M. Marsh commercial
agent. and J. M. Barrett. superintendent
of terminals at Bellaire, and others.
They discussed strictly official business
with the visiting officials, and the init
mate knowledge shown by the general
officers Of the needs of the locality was
astonishing to one not familiar with
their methods.
| The Register representative was very
cordially received in the presidents car
and made to feel perfectly at ease. In
reply to the question, When do you
propose to take full control of the Ohio
River road?" the reply given without
the slightest reservation was:
august 1st we shall take charge"
"Will the old officials be continued,
or will there be changes made?"
There will be meeting called Of
the proper officials, and they alone will
determine matters"
What is the object of the present
trip, if you have no objection to in
forming the readers of the Register
ITO thoroughly inspect the Ohio
River railway lines and properties and
the network of railways in central
West Virginia.
Then you have an extended trip be-
fore your"
Eyes. We go from here to Fairport,
O., which is our port on the lakes.
Thence to Cleveland, O., to Lorraine.
back to Wheeling via the c., l.. & w.
We shall then go over the Ohio River
line to Kenova, w. Va, thence back
| to New Martinsville and over the new
Short Line to Clarksburg, w. Va. From
| there we shall go over the various lines
in the central part of the State"
will there be change in the Six