Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-15
BIG RAILROAD MOVES.
The Fort Wayne to Lay Another
Double Track.
AssOO,o0O CONTRACT is TO BE LET.
The Lake Erie Railroad is Expending an
0Odle Of Money.
A NEW FREIGHT DEPOT At BEAVER

It has been definitely fixed by the Fort
Wayne Railroad to lay another double
track between Allegheny and Conway. A
| number of contractors have sent in figures
bidding on the Job. The contract will be
let to the successful bidder on Tuesday. It
is expected that the work will cost before
completed upward Of $500, 900, as there are
so many obstacles to overcome before the
lines can be laid. The distance between
the two points is % miles.
The firm which secures the contract will
be obliged to commence on the work imme-
diately. The Fort Wayne has long been
contemplating this double track, because
its freight traffic has increased largely
during the past year and to such an extent
as to render it difficult to keep the tracks
clear for passenger travel. This new track
will obviate in the future any blockade on
the main track, and give the railroad ample
facilities TO carry on its immense freight
traffic with the utmost dispatch.
A ROCKY CONTRACT.
It is said that the most difficult part of the
work on this job will be between Ellsworth
and Dixmont. Here there is SO, 600 yards of
rock, standing 80 feet high. to remove. The
rock will be blasted by electricity and taken
away to some marshy ground owned by the
Fort Wayne road, west of Dixmont, and
near the Ohio river bank.
Further along the road there is another
piece of rock to remove. At several points
the company intends to lay number of side
tracks for freight car accommodations. So
pushed is the company for yard facilities
that it finds it absolutely necessary
to undertake this large piece OF work.
Hitherto the yard room all along the road
has been insufficient, and good deal Of In
convenience has been felt owing to this
cause.
Much Of the rock that will be excavated
will be broken into small pieces, and it will
be used for a foundation for some bad
ground, which they intend to utilize for
yard purposes.
A SIX MONTHS JOB.
The work on the Fort Wayne will take at
least six months before 1t is finished, and it
will give employment to 800 men. The men
will be mainly used to do the heavy work Of
blasting and removing rock at the points
named
The Lake Erie Railroad is in the same
box that the Fort Wayne is in--an INSULT
cheney Of yard facilities This company let
ouI 4ls COubIdCb " w " OOAAY u
week ago. The Lake Erie is going to move
all its tracks at Beaver from their present |
position and relav them nearer the Ohio river |
There will be 20 miles of track to change |
near Beaver. 1t will take over nine months
to accomplish the work, and the contract |
for the work will run into several hundred |
thousand dollars.
A BIG FREIGHT DEPOT.
The Lake Erie authorities will build |
large freight depot at Beaver, as soon as they |
complete the tracks. Lately Beaver has be- |
come great center for freight, and business |
is constantly developing.
During the progress OF the work at Beaver |
the contractors encroached upon some prop
ertY belonging to Metzger, paper manu-
facturer. The railroad authorities had not
completed the purchase of Metzger's land,
and when the contractor was asked to stop
work he refused. An Injunction was o6-
tanned against the Lake Erie, and the
Sheriff arrested Mr.. Harry Werneberg, who
was placed under SIC, 900 indemnity bond.