The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-24
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 ing Aboiished-othsr Railroad Notes.
 The new eut on the Shore Line division Of tho Consolidated railroad In Fair Haven is rapidly nearing oomple- ton, and by next Sunday the manage ment expected that passenger trains will be running over tho new track. The ties and rails are all laid now, but 1t will be several days before pas senger train can be run over it, al- though m engine went through the cut yesterday,
 This cut has cost approximately sl ,0OO, 900, and has taken nearly two years in construction. It is 1000 feet long and about thirty feet wide, and Is cut through solid rock. The altera- tions which havo taken place make the road about n mile longer, but they obviate the heavy grades which were so great m obstacle to hauling freight over the old tracks. Trains will make the run In just the same time us over the old track notwithstanding the longer distance.
 All the grade crossings in Fair Haven will be abolished. while three grade crossings at Brnnford arc being taken out this summer. When these changes are made only seven grade crossings will be left on the Shore Line division.
 Work on the four tracking of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road between Stamford and the Mianus river began yesterday. Work began at the Riverside end three miles from Stamford. Contractor Ryan has gang of 400 men.
 A Consolidated railroad official ill speaking of the recent strike at Chicago said that the Consolidated railroad sus- tained very little if any loss by the burning or damaging of cars there. He added that if it had been under the old Star line arrangement when various different roads including the Consoli- dated had common interest in the cars, much more loss would probably have been sustained. Nowadays, how over, very few Consolidated road cars get as far west as Chicago.
 A Chicago dispatch last night says the western railroads are recuperating from the effects of the late strike. The dispatch says: A fortunate feature of the strike is that it came at the dull period of the year, hence the business interest suffered little compared with the injury which would have occurred had business been brisk and the de- mand for prompt transportation of large volume of property urgent. The losses to the railways from a curtail- ment of traffic will also be less than generally supposed, as large majority of the freight and a good portion of the passenger traffic, was merely deferred, and is now being handled. This class of business is giving the roads active employment for liberal percentage of rolling stock and will, in connection with the legitimate passenger travel and freight, keep them fairly well en- ployed until the regular fall traffic de- mands their attention.
 Investigation regarding the damageto railway property from fires and other lawless conduct of the strikers is also said to have shown smaller losses than had been at first supposed. It is fortu- nate, however, that, owing to the cheap ness of railway material and the cost of rolling stock, the damage can be re- paired at less cost than at any proceed ing time. It is also expected that the city and county will be compelled to compensate the roads for large amount of the damages which occurred within their limits. The reduction on the pay rolls during the strike will also amount to round figure to the roads, but on the other hand the expenses of fighting the strike have been very heavy, and no direct receipts can be credited as an offset to such charges.