Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-12
RAILROAD 5orTINGs.

RAILROAD J0TTINGs. At Work Again-The New Depot at Ce-
 dar Hfl1-Changing the Foundations l
 -Other Depot Work by the COnsoli. 1
 dated-The Four rTrackfng-The Canal l
 Railroad.
 The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad will not build the proposed addition to the Springfield freight house this year, but the office will be enlarged by extending it across the north end of the building and di- viding it into three distinct offices.
 Among the cases heard by the Massachu- setts railroad commissioners at Boston Tues day was the petition of the citizens of Whate ly to have the New Haven and Northampton railroad establish depot in that town. The matter was hastened by an act of thesIegis1a- ture authorizing the commission to order the station to be built and to regulate the num- Der of trains that should stop there. Select man Crafts of Whately presented the case of the town and said the feeling of the citizens was strongly in favor of the move. President Clark of the New York, New Haven and Hartford road said that the Connecticut River railroad has station within six hun dred feet of the place where this station is asked for and that arrangements had been made by which the rates over the Connecti- cut River road by way of Northampton, both for freight and passengers, are as low as would be the case if B new depot was built. Both he and Mr. Yeamans of the New Haven road read statistics showing the small receipts for both freight and passen- gers at Whately. MT. Clark said that the receipts would not be sufficient to pay the expenses of keeping station. Mir. Crafts called attention to the number of favors kod hv fho fnVu aiki wit expectation that the depot would be given. The board will make no decision at present. as a new tariff has been published which may satisfy the town. The selectmen may open the case again if no settlement is made.
 The new depot at Hartford grows now daily. It hssbecome alarge building already and each day it grows more imposing. Hartforders view it with daily increasing satisfaction.
 The four tracking of the New York divi- sion of the Consolidated road will soon be completed between New Rochelle and Port Chester. When all the improvements on the New York division are completed it is expected that the trip from here to New York can be made in ninety minutes.
 NEW DEPOT AT CEDAR HILL.
 Cedar Hill people noted with great interest yesterday the fact that the Consolidated road is taking up the foundations for the new depot at Cedar Hill and building the founda- tion anew at point 20 feet further away. They had been expressing much doubt as to the depot's being built this year, but in view of the renewal of the work they take it all back. They are heartily glad to see the work going on. The new depot is to be be- tween the tracks of the Shore Line and Hart ford road as was first designed.
 NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND-PURCHAsE OF
 TERMINAL FACILITIES AT SPRINGFIELD.
 The New York and New England railroad company have purchased an important tract of land at Springfield, lying between Sum- mer street and the Boston and Albany rail road and extending east as far as Armory street for $37, ,50O. The tract comprises five or six acres and will enable the New York & New England company, says the Spring. field Union, to cut loose from depend ence upon the Boston and Albany in regard to tracks. At present the com- pany leases property from the Boston and Albany and now it will provide good ter minal facilities and tracks of it's own. It is expected that the headquarters of the road in Hartford will eventually beat or near Ar mory street. It is believed by those who are in position to know that the New York and New England will erect convenient passen- ger station near Armory street, and that freight houses, etc, with plenty of side tracks will be built on the newly purchased props erty.
 The Republican of yesterday morning says the railroad company has mortgaged the property to the Travellers Insurance compa- ny of Hartford for the amount paid. Con- tinuing it says: "The object of the New En- gland road in acquiring this land at so high Q price is to make sure of some facilities for carrying on their business before buying of the Boston and Albany company the track from St. James avenue 10 Spring street, which the New England road uses under a lease The legislature has authorthized the Boston and Albany to sell this track to the New England, but it would avail the latter \ road little if they did not own enough land besides to make them independent of the big ger road. There will probably be little de- ' lay now in transferring the old Athol track | to the New England company. Every ar- rangement has been made to give the New England passenger trains entrance to the new depot, as public necessity and conven- ! fence demand, but the new purchase will I afford storage ground for freight and passen- ! ger cars.
 EAST HARTFoRD's BOOM.
 The shops of the New York and New Eng | land road in Hartford will be abandoned I within thirty days and new shops will be los | cated in East Hartford. This will necessi- \ tate the removal of 300 workingmen now in I the Hartford shops. East Hartford will 4 probably be the main repairing station of the | road, more so than Norwood, iu Massachu | setts. The Norwood general shops have over \ 500 men, and if they are removed to East Il Hartford there will be over ,000 workmen | there.