Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-09
MERIDEN AND WATERBURY.

X Trip Over the New Railroad From
 Dublin; street to the New England |
 Road.
 When a prominent and progressive citizen. in speaking to a representative of the DEMOCRAT in relation to the cost of building the extension of the Meriden, Waterbury X Connecticut River railroad from Dublin street to the New England road said. it would be far more than all the money subscribed by Waterbury people. The scribe was inclined to doubt the statement, but after a walk over this wonderful section of road we take it all back. the construction of these couple of miles of railroad is truly a wonderful achievement, and the engineers are to be congratulated upon the success that has crowned their efforts.
 From the station beyond Dublin street the road winds along the south bank of the river passing under the street and reachingBaldwin street without incident. At this point the first great feat of en- | gineering is seen. The road passes under an iron bridge which has been described in a previous issue of the DEMOCRAT and which is in itself an unusually fine piece of work. One bad feature caused by the crossing of the road at this point is change of grade by which the bridge Is raised six or eight feet. PhalOn's block near the southeast corner of the bridge is almost buried to the top of the store windows, and the property on the west side is also damaged to a considerable extent From this point the road runs close to and almost on level with the stream and visions of a freshet and tracks washed away can be seen in the minds eye. River street runs paralled to the track on the other side. A fence along the road at this point is one of the neces- Sities that suggests itself.
 At Liberty street another bridge has 1 been built over the tracks. It is a hand
 some structure from an architectural point of view and will last for ages. this abutments being built of immense blocks of granite. From Baldwin street to the point the road is stone ballasted. Con- siderable filling of sand or fine stone is yet required to give the road finished appearance. Just beyond the Liberty street bridge a long and delicately cur
 ved trestle is built extending to South Main street where another iron bridge spans the street the road passing under
 the tracks. From there the trestle eN- tends across the land of Benedict X Burn
 ham. coming within a hair of striking
 one corner of the top of one of their
 buildings. At Burnham street just be-
 yond another bridge is built over the
 street.
 From here to the high ground at the
 lower end of Railroad Hill street is prob ably the most wonderful and inter-
 esting section of the whole
 road An immense zigzag trestle of : iron and wood is built from here. cross ing both the Mad and Naugatuck rivers This is the only point of the road that l:
 not completed. To-day the last of the i immense iron girders is being placed il D position and a train will probably g( . over the road for inspection Friday - The view of the road from the Burn n ham street crossing is a grand one. Th' = immense trestle work high in the al | follows the serpentine course of the rive
 for several hundred yards before i l. winds around the lower end of the hil $ where the Naugatuck road is crossed :. A fine view of the SimOnsville valle, :. can be seen from the bridge over tn II Naugatuck tracks. From here there l q another graceful curve for quarter o e a mile to the tracks of the New Eng d land road which is tapped near Fiftl Il street in the lower end of Brooklyn.
 The bridges and trestle work to al n appearances are substantially built, Il j. expense being spared to make the road Il model one. The section through whic a purpose in the town from an engineer :. point of view. although the land dam e ages would be much greater if any othe ,s route was taken. On the whole the rOa q makes favorable impression on one @ and the general public will feel it's beno
 ticial effects in the near future.