Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1880-12-29
Canal Railroad.

Important Work I'm 1ss0-The Extension
of the Road-The Hamten Removal OF
Tracks.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the New Haven and Northampton Railroad
company will be held here Wednesday, Janu-
airy 5. The annual report of the directors to
be submitted to the meeting contains. as usu-
al, many facts of Importance and interest to
the travelling public The whole road is now
steel rallied between here and Northampton,
excepting one mile; and is in fine condition.
The road has 81 locomotives and tenders,
Is passenger and baggage cars, 12s box and
3O2 fiat cars caboose cars, of 8 wheels
| and of wheels / tool car and derrick
car. and Al four-wheel gravel cars. During
| the year trains have run 400, 007 miles with
out serious accident or damage, transporting
| in the cars 300, $40 passengers and $50, 334
| tons of merchandise or 5,644, $50 passengers
| and 16, 365, 1872 tons of merchandise one mile,
at prices averaging 2 5s-1O0 cents per mile
for each passenger and s-100 cents for each
| ton of freight.
The grading and masonry of the extension
of the railroad TO the Troy and Greenfield
| railroad, with branch from South Deerfeld
to Turner's Falls, the contract for which was
made with Smith & Ripley of New York in
January last, is now nearly completed, and it
| is expected the railroad will be open for bust
ness in January, 1881. The whole work has
been thoroughly constructed the bridges
being of wrought iron from the works of the
Keystone Bridge company, Pittsburg, Pa,
and the rails (steel) from the Pennsylvania
Steel company. All highways have been SO
arranged as to pass over or under the railroad,
| thus avoiding all danger of accident from
that source and the consequent loss in itiga-
ton and damages. Many new stations have
| been established, and new and important rail
road connections with Saratoga and many
| western and northern cities have been eff
fected.
One of the important features of the year g
| work, preparation for the removal of the
| tracks in Hamden to new location not ex-
posed to the highway as the old one is, in
volving the building of over six miles of new
| road, has well progressed
The change of track commences from a
point near the New Haven city line and ex-
tends to point northerly of the point of
rocks at Mt Carmel, and this route is quar-
| ter of mile shorter than the old one. The
grading, masonry and bridges for the change
will be completed in January next and the
| track removed to the new location in early
| spring. The town of Hamden has paid the
| sum of $I4, 900 to the company in considera-
ton of the change, as provided in the con-
tract
The report shows that the receipts for the
fiscal year ending September 3d. 1880, have
been:
Freight train EARNINGS $500 POI 1s
Passenger train earnings. 1877 %
Wharfage rents, ETC. 2S967 80
IoCal SoS4oOo %
Expenditures for operating improving the
railroad and additions to its property 1898 116 06
An increase over the previous year $4369 10
In this amount is included the cost of new
! locomotive, No 81, SIS, 900; twenty box freight
cars, $15, 900; land bought at Northampton
and Southwick Lakes, 81, 1881; restaurant
buildings and improvements at the lakes, &c.
O9O.21; masonry at Northampton, Westfeld
New Hartford and Burlington, $14, 657. SO );
payment for new iron bridges (Keystone
Bridge company, 1928, 375. 40; for steel rails
and joints, 1886, 1874. 43 on account of grad
ing and masonry for the completion of the
extension of the branch tracks in the city of
Holvoke S6 71S 26