Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-11-22
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York win the Heading Road.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Is --Fhe state de-
pattment at Harrisburg has granted
ohaitsr to the Schuylkili junction Rail-
road Company OF PHILADELPHIA, with o
capital Of $1,000,000. The president of
the company is James B. Washington of
Allegheny oity, who is president of the
Baltimore d Ohio Auxiliary Company,
owning the line between this city and
baltimore; and among the stockholders
are j. panSaut Smith, Theodore Froth-
ingham j. D McOubbin and Thaddeus u.
L. Vanderslice CT this city. This new
line is In the interest Of the Baltimore &
Ohio, and is designed to give that COM
papy an outlet to New York.
The new road will run from Thirtieth
street to Second street and OheItenham
avenue, the county line. The distance is
seven and a half miles. The intention Of
the Baltimore & Ohio Company is to run
its trains on the Readings tracks from
Twenty fourth atreet and Pennsylvania
avenue to Thirtieth street, where the new
line will begin. A company will be or.
ganized in Montgomery county to extend
the line from Second street and Ohelten-
ham avenue to the north Pennsylvania
railroad, only short distance further on,
thus forming q direct connection with the
Readings New York line.
Ftld ay morning's PhiladeIphia Record
says: The Baltimore & Ohio railroad eyi.
IDENTIFY hos project on foot to get to
New York direct with its passenger traffic,
bat its officials refuse TO throw any light
on the question. The Sehuylkill juno
tion road, chartered on Tuesday, is to be
seven miles long, starting from Thirtieth
street and Pennsylvania avenue and pass
ing TO old Second street road and Chel-
tenham avenue. To make direct line
between these two points would cat q
clean swath through buils-up section of
the city, and would require enormous
expenditures. 1t would pass In the rear
of tBrewerytown," right across newly
built.up quarter OF the city and would
not reach the cheaper property in the
suburbs for considerable distance. The
Pennsylvania road would also have to be
crossed OF some point. A less eIpsnaiVe
plan would be to pass directly to the
north after leaving the Reading road Rt
Thirtieth street but the most perplexing
| problem centres on the eastern terminal
of the junction road OF Second street
and Oheitenbam avenue. Iu reaching
that point the line would cross the very
road it is aiming for and build an un-
necessary three or four nilee Of track.
The shortest connecting line wouid be
one meeting the Reading near Sixteenth
street, and by this route as well as any
other direct road to New York would be
| seoured.
II was rumored yesterday that what The
Baltimore & ONO Is really after is con
neotion with the Newtown road, and ther
by pushing this toward New York il
would secure its own geahoard outlet
The charter name of the Newtown rnad
ia the Philsdelphia, Nswtown d EeS
York. 1t was PINNED to run to New
York and even qfits recently there bat
been talk of pushing it further toward
the Delaware river. It nov terminates q:
Nswrown in Bucks county. At SECOND
street and OheltenhRm avenue, TO which
point the Junction road is chartered to
run, 1t would be within less than mile
of the Newtown road while it would bs
about two miles from the Bound Brook
Line.
Vice president Lord Of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad when questioned yester.
day in regard TO the matter said: III
would rot be wise TO make knoRn our
plans at present. We are arranging fos
connecting road and that is all have
to say.n
The cspital Of the junction road il
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