Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-01-22
Notes of the Railroads.

Mai. J. A. Hunter, right-of-way
agent for the B. & o. Railroad, met
the county court of Jefferson county
last Thursday in Charles Town to dis
cuss the question of right-of-way over
the roads in this county for the new
cutoff through Shepherdstown. The
subject was gone over carefully, and
the court adjourned to meet Major
Hunter today at one o'clock at the
Jefferson county line at Miles w.
Starr place, west of town. Commits
sioners Strider, Hefebower, Snyder
and Moore will be on hand, and they
will 90 over the line and view the va
nous crossings of the public roads Of
the county. Shepherdstown is vitality
interested in this matter, as the three
principal roads entering this place are
to be crossed almost at the edge of the
town. We hope that our commission
ers will see to it that none of these
roads will be crossed at grade, for If
such is the case it will be forever
menace to the lives of farmers and
others who travel the roads. We I'M
derstand that the railroad people are
DESTROYS of eliminating grade crossings
wherever it is practicable, especially
on the main roads. Our commission
ers will, we are sure, look alter the
interests of the public in this respect,
for they will perhaps never have a
better opportunity to serve the pub
lie. Public sentiment in this neigh
borhood is unanimous in favor Of cross
ings either above or below grade, and
the question Of cost ought not to be
permitted to stand against the safety
or convenience Of the people.
It is said that the railroads of the
country will set aside the enormous
sum of $3OOOOO,OOO for improve
ments and extensions during 1908.
Of this amount the Pennsylvania sYs-
TEN will use $8O,0OO,OOO, of which
amount $3O,OOO,O9O will be devoted
to the great tunnel project in New
York City. The B. & o. Railroad
will expend $9O,OOO,OOo in additional
equipment, new lines, improvements
to the present lines and general bet
terments.
The Norfolk and Western Railway
announces the following appointments:
G. S. Churchill, chief engineer; j.
G. Cassell, late general superintendent,
assistant vice-presideut and general
manager; Theo. Low, late superin-
tendent Norfolk division, real estate
agent; Joseph B. Lacey, assistant
treasurer, all with headquarters at
Roanoke. Treasurer w. G. Mcdowell
in future will have his office in Phila-
delphia.
Two locomotives drawing passen-
ger train No. 10 on the B. g. 0. Rail-
road crashed into two freight engines
in the east end of the yards at Cum
berland last Thursday morning Benz.
E. Butler and VIM T. Simms, passen-
ger engineers, and VIM. ]. Moran and
Harry D. Sneeringer, passenger fire.
men, were killed, and a number OF
other trainmen and one passenger
were hurt.
1t is said that the specifications have
been prepared for the bridge across
the Opequon creek on the Shepherds
town cutoff of the B. & 0. Railroad.
1t is to be a solid structure Of cut stone
and concrete, and will consist of nine
arches, over 90 feet above the bed of
the creek. 1t will be the most e1pen-
sive feature of the whole line.
1t is said that work will be COM
menced on the Shepherdstown end Of
the B. & o. cutoff by the lst of April,
and that the road will be pushed along
as fast as possible. Mr.. Slsson's corps
of engineers are in Shepherdstown
again this week.
Levi Welshans got $4,000 damages
for right of-way through his farm from
the Shepherdstown cutoff of the B.
& o. Railroad. The money has been
paid him.
The Kanawha aud New River Fire
Rr;oL Comnany of Charleston. which