WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAIL WAY, The. Corporate name of a transporta tion company organized 14 Dec. 1916 in Ohio as successor to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company, whose property was sold under foreclosure on 30 Oct. 1916, and pur chased on behalf of the bondholders in accord ance with the plan of reorganization of 20 Sept. 1916. The lines owned by the company are as follows: Main line, Toledo to Terminal Junc tion, Ohio, 210.05 miles; main line: Cleveland to Zanesville, Ohio, 14420 miles; Aetnaville Extension: Terminal Junction to Aetnaville, 2 75 miles; Huron Branch: Huron Junction to Huron, Ohio, 12.80 miles; Steubenville Branch: 11arrenton to Steubenville, Ohio, 13.65 miles; Sberrodsville Branch: Canton to Sherrodsville, 45.47 tniks; Massillon Branch: Orrville Junc tion to Run Junction, 22.09 miles. Lines oper ated: Chagrin Falls Branch: Falls junction to Chagrin Falls, 8.19 miles; leased line: Adena Railroad: Adena to Saint Clairsville junction, Ohio, 20.93 miles; trackage rights: Cleveland,
tincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad from Linudale to Wellington, 32 miles, making a grand total of 512.13 miles. In 1917 the equipment comprised 205 locomotives, 79 pas senger cars, 893 box-freight cars, 80 stock cars, 7,291 coal cars, 126 fiat cars and 535 service can The railroad moved in the sameyear 14218,970 tons of revenue freight, of which 62 per cent came from mines, 27.62 per cent were manufactures and 2.05 per cent agricul tural products. The average haul per ton was 106.3 miles and the average rate per ton per mile was 0.623 cents. The system carried 1,623,885 passengers in 1917, at an average rate per passenger per mile of 1.65 cents. The total operating revenue was $11,028,904, the total operating expenses $7,378,212, leaving the net revenue from operations $3,650,692. The net income was $1,113,895.