The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-17
FOUR-rnAcKISa OPERATIONS.
Extensive Job Between sound Beach and
 Riverside.

l " | Riverside.
 By September 1t is likely that al least two hundred men will be at wori on the Constructing operations be tween Sound Beach and Riverside, sayi the Stamford Advocate. The contrae tor, J. K. Ryan. has now about seven ty-hye men employed there. but as the work progresses much larger force VIII be put on. Just below Sound Beach there is large amount of i'll ing to be done. the present road-bed running for most of the distance many feet above the level of the ground alongside 1t. But for the remainder Of the distance between Sound Beach and Riverside the contractors will have q difficult piece of grading. There Is a | rocky embankment 10 be removed and | leveled down nearly all of that dis tance. IL will not be necessary to change the location of the present tracks at this point. but the steep grade between Riverside station and the sig nal-tower Is to be done away with. This will make the tracks about two feet higher than at present at the Sound Beach station. It Is not likely that the work between the Stamford city line and Riverside will be compile ted until next summer. if 1t is then.
 From what railroad men say-or rather what they intimate. for definite statements are hard to get-there Is not much probability that the four-track- ing through Stamford will begin until next summer. and then. 1t is said. 1t will go through with rush. It looks as If the Scompany's, intention was to finish the new grade each side of this city before doing anything in Stam- ford. The work Is gradually approach Ing us from the east. but the stretch from Glenbrook to Darien will not be finished for some months to come.
 The anxiety of Stamford people to find out where the new depot Is to be situated, how many feet the tracks are to be raised. and other important mat ters is shown by the numerous ques- tions asked of people supposed to be in
 
 property near the depot have natural ly deep interest in these things, as any change must affect them. The abo- lition of grade crossings will be a great benefit to the town, but will necessi- tate change of grade upon several important streets.
 A railroad man, speaking recently about the four-tracking through Stam- ford, said: All the indications point to the probability that work connected with change of grade and widening the road-bed in Stamford will not be started before next spring, and possi- ply not until later. However. nothing can be stated definitely on that point, because the company might take 1t into its head to go forward long before that time. All sorts of rumors are afloat, and it is not safe to believe any of them"
 Attention has several times been called to the importance of making ar engagements with the railroad company to have roadway under the tracks at Pacific street. What the company's Intentions. at this point are is not known, but everybody will admit that the connection of the upper and lower sections of this thoroughfare would re- suit in great benefit to the business men and manufacturers Tn the lower part of the city, to property-owners, and to the public at large.
 The company is about to construst a big track tank between Norwalk and Darien. It Is likely that the tank near Glenbrook, where the locomotives now scoop up water supply while in mo- tion, will be abandoned when the larger one is finished.