Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-23
PENN AVENUE DEPOT.
The B. q 0. Line Will Erect a Sta
tion at Thirty-Third Street
TO PREVENT LOSS OF TINE HERE
Improvements for the System to Be De-
cided on This Trip.
MANY CHANGES EXPECTED NEXT SPRING

The B. & o. officials spent Sunda
lounging in the lobby of the Monongahela
House. President Mayer, in keeping with
his position, remained in the background,
and put in the greater part of the day in his
room. He is an exceedingly nervous man,
and his fussy style is just the opposite of
the cool and collected manner of Thomas
M King.
When asked for something new, MI. King
replied that they were making the annual
inspection of the road, and the party would
so over the Pittsburg and Western and the
Valley to-day, reaching Cleveland this
evening. He added that a number of i'm
provements were contemplated, but it would
be determined finally on this trip what
would have to be done to make the main
line pass through Pittsburg. He said
all their arrangements would be made later,
probably in the spring.
Mr.. j. X. Cowan, of Baltimore, gen.
eral counsel for the company, also regis
tered at the Monongahela House. This is
the man who sold the Baltimore and Ohio
sleeping cars to Pullman and the telegraph
system to Jay Gould while Mr.. Garrett was
in Europe.
The B. & o. system, under the present
management, is rapidly coming to the front.
The o. & N. deal is practically settled, and
the B. & o. will now have its own line to
ST. Louis. There is much speculation
among railroad men as to what changes will
be made. 1t is believed that o. z. MoCar-
thy, at present General Passenger Agent of
the Southwestern B. & O., will have his
NJ. The Midland, from Columbus to Gin
cinnati, has been for some time in the posses
sion of the B. & o. Company. 1t is no
longer mere connection, but forms part of
the system. The chances are a through
Buffalo car to st. Louis will be put on. All
of the B. & o. deals will enhance the i'm
portance of Pittsburg as railroad center.
Though the number of lines are few, the
ramifcations are far reaching.
So much has been written about the local
end of the Baltimore and Ohio that until
something is done there is nothing to add.
The annual meeting of the stockholders Of
the Pittsburg and Connellsville road will be
held here December Z, and the directors of
the Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo road
will meet in Youngstown on the 9th. Sec
out in advance.
General Passenger Agent C. o. Scul1. of
the road, returned to Baltimore last even
ing. He saws the company intends to build
a passenger station at the corner of Thirty
third street and Penn avenue for the ac-
commodation of people taking the fast
trains to Chicago. Mr.. Scul said a depot
at Laughlin station was out of the
question, and too much time would be
lost in running the Chicago trains down
town. The officials reason that Thirty-third
street is easily reached from all points of
the city by the cable and electric roads. It
will be quite convenient for the East End
people. AS for Hazelwood the trains stop
there to get passengers. No depot will be
built in Allegheny, and the trains after
crossing the river will continue over
the Pittsburg and Western to the Windy
City. The Penn avenue depot will not be
erected on an elaborate scale, but it will be
sufficient to handle the Western passenger
traffic. The main station will be the pres
ent one downtown, and Eastern passengers
will start from Smithfield and Water streets
as usual The Junction road owns the site
for the new depot. The station will be
built above the street where the railroad
bridge crosses Penn avenue.
Mr. Scull says they expect to run the
Chicago limited through Pittsburg by
spring. For some time until they can make
arrangements to give the people living be-
tween Chicago Junction and Grafton good
service, only two through trains per day,
one each way, will be put on through this
CITY,