The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-01
Company viii Install T~enty-five New
Double Truck Cars IN Near
Future
NEW BARNS AND MACHINE
SHOPS TO BE STARTED
Service In the Greater Wheeling Dis
triet viii Be Greatly I'm
proved Shortly.

Improvements aggregating several
hundred thousand dollars are soon TO
be started by the Wheeling Traction
company. according TO the statement
made yesterday By George o. Magic.
general manager OF the lines. Not
only is the company to improve their
facilities here by erecting additional
car barns and machine shops on the
Island and at WarwoOd. but Mr.. Nagle
said yesterday about % new double
truck cars are TO be purchased. This
alone means an expenditure OF about
$4,000. These additional cars to be
ing purchased TO replace the smaller
cars on the local lines and also with
view OF placing extra cars on the
various divisions to increase the serv-
Ice in the Wheeling district
This news will be received with
much pleasure by the residents OF this
city and especially those who reside
in he rural districts. II is the idea
OF the officials of the company TO give
the residents OF Greater Wheeling as
quick service as is possible.
MoundsviIle Service.
While the report was not verified
by any OF the officials of the company
II is understood from n reliable source
that the company intends making vast
improvements on the time OF their
cars on the Moundsville division. At
present the service is slow. II re0uir-
ing about an hour and ten minutes 10
make the trip TO the Mound city. But
when the new cars arrive and add
tonal switches are placed in many
minutes will he clipped OF the time
between the two points. The service
10 Benwood and McMechen is also TO
be quickened BY the new arrange
ments.
over the River.
II is understood that the Bellaire.
Martins Ferry. bridgeport and other
over the river towns are TO come in
Tor their share OF the benefits OF tho
improvements. The service on these
lines will be quickened. Warwood
VIII obtain better service when the
bars are erected in the up-river town.
The Improvements on the lines
means much for Wheeling. II will
have tendency 10 bring hundreds OF
people here each week that otherwise
would stay at home. The Mounds.
our
ing the evening To see the shows
more frequent The Baltimore &
Ohio train now runs to that city more
than an hour later. which has a ten.
d"ncy 10 make many stay away from
the shows
The Barn improvements.
Work Is soon 10 be started on this
machine shows and barns on the IsL
and. according 10 Mr. Nagle. The work
is now tied up. probably because tho
deal Tor tho sale of the properties IS
pending The offices now located m
the Island barn are 20 be torn ont
and this space used for Additional
barn room. The residence al No. 1
North Huron street has been DUR.
chased by the company and they will
use this building for their Offices.
The Narrows.
The company will. in the near IN.
ture. blast ont q number Of the largo
rocks and boulders letting out from
me face OF the cliff in the Narrows.
Just above Moundsville on the Wheel.
ing Noundsvillc division Though
there is no danger from the huge
stones their appearance is f0rbiddinr
70 passengers and for this reason
their removal has been ordered.
The work OF building the concrete
retaining walls through the Narrow q
Us being prosecuted with vror. in or.
der that n may be- completed fbi,
summer. TAO walls have already been
constructed and a number Of others
remain 10 be placed Upon connie
ton n the work tho sharp curves
through the entire length OF the Mar.
rows will be eliminated and tho track
made one 81 the finest on the sys-
TEN.
Paving Improvements.
The paving Improvement under.
taken by the county court ~ Marshall
county Of tho traction company. DO.
ginning az the foot of the Glendale
hill and extending about thrcc.0uar-
ters ~ milo south. 90 roin' 'rrt
below Tho Reynolds Memorial hospi-
tal. Is also being rushed Actual work
mas h"on under way ON tho upucr
part Of the Improvement for several
weeks Tho old rails have been ro.
moved to be- replaced by new sixty
foot steel. about twice as heavy as
tho old while tho bed be- almost ready
for Tho start % the paving work
Nor.ion tho south part of tho nav.
inE viii not be started until tho unnor
contract is finished which will b.
within "a short time All rails and