Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-03
The Railroads.
The NEeriGerl and

The Meriden and Cromwell Line.
At a meeting of the directors of the Msri'
den and Cromwell Railroad company in Mer-
iden Tuesday afternoon the final survey was
adopted, and the secretary was instructed to
make the usual application to the railroad
commissioners. The purchase of the right
of way, which will cost Sc, 900, was left with
the executive committee. The estimated cost
of construction has been reduced to $2S2,
954, $50, 900 less than reported at the first
meeting The executive committee was in
structed to receive bids at once. George R..
Curtis, E. j. Doolittle, jr., and D. W. Parker
were appointed a committee to draw up by
laws for the government of the company.
Two of the new cars came up on the early
afternoon express from NewsYork yesterday.
The new locomotive, No. 1O4, was exercised
out in front of the new depot yesterday.
passing up and down several times and work
| ing very satisfactorily. New locomotive 105
| it was expected would receive similar airing
| for the first time yesterday.
The work of newly gravelling the road bed
| of the Shore Line road from the Connecticut
river westward to this city has been in preg-
ress during the past three months and is
| completed as far as Lake Saltonstall
The new depot at East Lyme will be fin
| ished about the middle of this month.
| The plan for laying the second track of the
Consolidated road through Bridgeport, skirt.
| ing the northern boundary line of the city,
| includes the erection of freight depot. This
| is called for as the company has been cramped
| for room at it's present freight house in the
| Naugatuck yard. The depot will probably
| have some passenger accommodations also.
The New York, New Haven and Hartford
| road have commenced building the retaining
wall along the bank of the Park river, Hart
| ford, opposite from the wall on the Capitol
| side of the stream and adjoining their work.
| shops. The structure will be from 600 to
| 700 feet in length and upwards of twenty feet
| in height most of the distance. It is to be
| built of heavy Portland sandstone, many OF
| the blocks weighing from three to four tons
apiece. The width of the wall will be about
eight feet making it a solid and substantial
| piece of masonry. The outlook from the
grove west of the Capitol will be greatly i'm
proved by the changes and the bed of the
stream rendered more slightly than it has
| been for years.
| The Office of the New York and New Eng
| land railroad company was kept open unit
late Tuesday night to afford the holders Of
! the Hartford and Erie bonds every oppor
| tunity to convert their holdings into stock
The total conversions at the close of the day
| were $16, 268 900, which leaves So, 1872, 900 O.
bonds outstanding. The number of share.
of State stock to be appropriated among thu
remaining stockholders is "a, 700. The mum
Der of shares entitled to the subscription
privilege is 162,68O.
OF the 10000 Berdell bonds, in all 6,26s
have been converted into stock, leaving 3, IS:
yet to be heard from. Many of those pre-
| sented were nearly worn out with age anc
much handling, and it is likely that portion
of these outstanding are no longer in exist
| ence.