Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-01-17
ooNsoL1DArED ROAD.

Ice for the Road-New and Elegant |
Parlor Cars-The Shore Limo Tan.
nel-The Injunction Case I'm Provz.
dence. |
The Consolidated has all its los houses |
on the Hartford division and the large ice
house ct New Haven filled with clear ten |
inch ice. Tho loo was cut at Windsor
Locks and 1900 tons were harvested by
the company.
The Consolidated road has received three
elegant parlor cars from the Barney q
Smith Manufacturing company of Dayton,
Ohio. The osrs are seventy-dvs feet in
length, and are equipped with the most
modern and perfect car attachments and
furnishings. Three more cars, duplicates
of those now here, are under construction
and will be delivered in this city in few
days. The cars cost nearly $75. 900 or in
the neishborhood of 81. 600 each.
The delay on the Shore Line cutoff,
which has had the effect to extend the con-
tract for completing the work several
months, waa due to difficulties encountered
in the tunnel. The contract for complet-
Ing the cutoff January l was based on the
estimate that the tunnel could be CON-
struoted for about 900 feet through the
solid rock; but 1t was found that owing to
| the rottenness of the stone it would be
necessary to arch 1t with brick for q long
distance. There is only 400 to 500 feet of
/ the solid tunnel, the other 500 feet or SO
| having been cut out up the sides to great
height in places, adding very much to the
hard cutting and making necessary the
building of q large amount of brickwork.
Owing to this additional work, instead of
the line being ready for the track January
/ it is likely to DO June 1; but in that
month, there is hardly doubt entertained,
the new line will be in operation.
1t is now intended to build the Fair
Haven station at Hemingway street, about
a block from North Quinnipiac street. It
will be wooden building of one story.
The Cedar Hill station will be continued a.
at present.
A Providence dispatch yesterday says:
The city of Providence originally guaran-
teed the bonds of the Providence and
Springfield road to tho extent of $500, 900.
Before that road passed into the hands of
the New England by lease these bonds
were called in and permission was given to
Issue 81, 600, 900 of new bonds. The city
was asked, under special law permitting
1 ~ " w 81, W kuaI0nboo tdo JULIUS W tue
extent Of $3.50, 900.
The city council voted to do this, but
certain taxpayers appl, ed for an injunc'
ton. The petitioners are all stockholders
of the Consolidated and the effect of theil
petition, If granted, would be to debsr the
New England from building a line to con
meet with its present road and to stor
competition with the Consolidated FOL
western business, which would come intt
Providence and Boston via Webster. Tn,
case was heard yesterday and decision re
served.
The suit of Hulda L wife of Clarenc
8. LOOMS, against the Consolidated roat
for $40, 900 damages because of ipjorie
received by falling on the steps in tn
; Hartford depot, is now on trial in the So
perior court at Springfield. The suit ha
been tried twice before.
Recovering.
M1DDLETowN, Jan. 1e.-Clinton Davis
, chairman of the democratic state ceutra
committee, who has beea dangerously Il
at his home in Hsddam, is recovering an
it is expected that he will DO ont iu
week.