Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-09

snort line 70 81. LOUIS are AZ last assured.
With the purchase of all the property on
the bank of the Allegheny river, between
Willow Grove and Millvale, the Plttsburp
and Western Railroad Company contem-
plates number of extensive improvements.
They will build large roundhouse, turn
table and water tank on the property, and
will make the yard the terminus for all
through freight business. The trains will
be made up and broken at that point, and
only local stuff will come into and depart
from Allegheny. The improvement will
cost over $100, ,0G0. Work was begun some
days ago improving the ground. The north
end of the Junction Railroad bridge is
right in the center of it, and it will make a
first class transfer yard for Baltimore and
Ohio freight. The Pittsburg and Western
is now receiving and sending to the Balti-
more and Ohio 500 to 600 cars per day
which pass over the Junction bridge.
The improvements will all have
ground was never filled in. The piling is
now being put down and the ground filed
up. The roundhouse will be built on the
same plan as the Pennsylvania Railroad
engine house at Twenty-eighth street. It
will accommodate about go engines.
WILL HOLD 1000 CARS.
The new freight yard will hold about q
900 cars, and the freight trains will be made
up there. AT the lower end of tie road the
company also contemplates number of ex-
tensive Improvements. New sidings and
switches are being constructed, and it is
probable that the shops will receive some
attention when the ], 800 new gondolas are
received.
The company yesterday received four
new locomotives. They are large mogul 90
ton engines, and were built at Rome, N.
Y. They have been in service about one
year, and were purchased from the St. Paul
and Duluth road. The company have also
ordered i've new narrow gauge locomotives
from the Baldwin Locomotive Company, of
Philadelphia, to be delivered January 1.
The Pittsburg Locomotive Company is also |
finishing seven new heavy locomotives, to |
be delivered this month. In addition to this |
power they have also ordered % engines to be |
delivered before March 1. This makes 3S To- |
comotives altogether, costing over quarter |
Of million OF dollars. Several hundred of |
the new gondolas will also be received |
this month, 900 of them are being |
built in Indianapolis and 600 at Minerva, |
0. All of them will be $4,000 pounds
capacity cars. They have also Just re-
ceived 307 new freight cars.
The company has just finished a new
freight yard at Painesville, o. In addition |
70 the one at Willow Grove they are build
ng new yard at New Castle and one at
New Castle Junction. They are now finish
ng up the work of laying 35 miles of double
rack With 40-pound steel rails on the mar
'ow gauge division between Zelienople and
Oowneyville.
THE WINTER SCHEDULE.
A new schedule will go into effect this
month. Several of the trains will be
hanged, but the latter will be of minor i'm
,ortance Major W. G. Mabley, Chief En-
.ineer of the Cleveland and Western road,
It Delphos, o., was in the city q few davs
go, and stated that the work on the extern
ion of their line to the Pittsburg and West
rn would be begun late this winter. This
S the road that is owned by the Cal
ery and Semple heirs, and was
projected by ]. D. Gallery and William
'emple. It is now narrow gauge line,
unning from Delphos to Carey 56 miles.
The road will be made a standard gauge
lext spring. and line built from Carey to
jhicago Junction, thence to Orrville, where
onnection will be made with the P. & W.
1t Delphos it will connect with the Toledo,
It. Louis and Kansas City line to st. Louis.
his Will give Ine Z. @ w. an d1uOSb |
traight line to st. Louis.
SHORT LINE TO ST. LOUIS.
The new line, which has been surveyed,
Till cut off 40 or so miles of the present
cute between Akron and Chicago Junction.
heir present st. Louis outlet is via the
Wabash at Toledo. This is too roundabout
nd shorter line will be secured. Only 70
niles of the new air line will have to be
INSTRUCTED. It will parallel the Fort
Wayne for a considerable distance, and be-
ween here and Delphos it will be 15 miles
horter. It will open up new country,
lention of which was made in The DIS
'ATCH six months ago, when the annual
,eeting of the Pittsburg and Western was
eld.
When General Manager Mcdonald took
old of the road six months ago he was sub
ected to considerable adverse criticism on
ccount ofhis economical policy by discharg- I
ng about ], 900 men. Those who have been
be worst kickers now see that the new man
cement is bringing the road up to paying
asis. One of the officers of the road stated =
esterdaY that the best evidence of the road
laking money was the large orders they
ave recently placed for rolling stock and
ne improvements they have under way.
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