Evening star., 1896-11-30
TERMINAL STATION
Plans to Build a Big Strueturein This
City.
COMBINATION OF RAILROADS
President Ingalls, of c. and o. Out
lines the General Plan.
NO GRADE CROSSINGS

Washington is to have a grand terminal
railway station, worthy to be compared
with the great public buildings of the city
and in keeping with the system Of improve
ments made in these, days by the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, Southern and Pennsylvania
railroad companies, for whose use 1t is to
be constructed That is, provided present
plans carried out.
1t Is understood that terminal company
will be organized. as Is customary when
railway companies unite for the erection of
facilities to be used Jointly, but the only
stockholders in the new organization will
be the Vanderbilts, on the part of the
Chesapeake and Ohio, ]. P. Morgan for the
Southern, while the Pennsylvania will be
represented by the bankers who are the
owners of its securities.
1t Is expected that the station and the
great yards which are comprised in the
plan will involve the expenditure of several
millions of dollars, and all railroad COM
panies whose lines enter Washington, or
which may hereafter desire to enter here
with the exception of the Baltimore and
Ohio, will be accorded equal privileges with
its owners.
MIR. Ingalls, Statement.
The information above stated was given
to Star reporter by Mr.. Ingalls,, president
versng on the subject. Saturday, at his
office in Cincinnati. said: "Mr. Roberts of
the Pennsylvania, Mr.. Spencer of the South
ern and myself have given a good deal of
consideration relative to having the proper
sort OF railway facilities at Washington,
and We have come to the decision that the
traffic there requires two terminal stations
one of these to be used by the Pennsyl-
vania and its connections, the Chesapeake
and Ohio and the Southern and such other
roads as might hereafter want to enter
Washington by that way, and the other to
be used for the business Of the Baltimore
and Ohio exclusively.
Several months age the two gentlemen
hamed and myself agreed upon general
Plan for terminal connections which would
serve the purposes of each Of our lines.
After getting that far We by mutual
consent referred the matter to President
understanding that Chief Engineer Brown
of the Pennsylvania lines would as speed
lily as possible consistent with the impor
tance of the work and the carefuness nee
essary to be observed in preparing for the
execution of railway improvements of
great magnitude, prepare plans for carry
ing our determination into effect.
'Our plan contemplates the building of
fine station and extensive yards, both i'm
provements to be of sufficient capacity to
take care of the business of the Chesa-
pcake and Ohio, Southern and Pennsylva
MIA companies for all reasonable time to
come, and to provide accommodations for
any other lines that might wish to join us.
No Grade CrOsslngs.
TT is intended that the proposed station.
iron which a vast amount Of money will
be expended. will be in every way worthy
of being reckoned among the notable build
fngs Of Washington, and special instruc-
tions have been given to Mr.. Brown to
provide in the preparation Of his plan for
the elimination of all street crossings at
grade within the limits of the city of
Washington.
1T hcs been my understanding that the
plans would have been ready before this,
and that Mr.. Roberts. Mr.. Spencer and
myself would be notified that they were
ready for submission to US for our approval
rejection. put have not had any direct
advices on the subject. 1 have been in
formed, however, that Mr.. Brown has not
as yet been able to arrive at a complete
understanding with the proper parties at
Washington on the subject; but whether
this refers to the District Commissioners
or the committees of the Senate and House
of Representatives, I am unable to say. I
hope that all difficulties now existing can
be removed without unnecessary delay, so
that we car proceed with the much-needed
work, as with the improved condition of
the money market which now exists and
v hich is expected to continue. there will
be no trouble in my judgment to get all
the money that may be needed for the
purpose"
ton relative to the probable location of the
new yards. which after completion will be
used by all the railway lines entering
Washington. except the Baltimore and
Ohio, but as the Pennsylvania company
has within a comparatively short period
secured large tract Of land on the south
side OF the Potomac river and extending
from the vicinity of the Aqueduct bridge
for long distance east, the yards will
probably be constrr cted there.
As IN Organizer.
In view Of the fact that 1t is also prob
able that the serious illness of President
Roberts, aud the fact that President Spen-
Ger has such a multiplicity of improve
ments on the lines Of his own company to
lcok after, will cause the actual work of
arranging the financing of the contem-
plated improvements to devolve upon Pres
ident Ingalls,, brief resume of what he
has done in the way CT making improve
ments in the past will be Of interest
The reorganization of the Chesapeake and
Chic Railway Company was effected in
1889 under the si spices Of Drexel. Morgan
& Company, Morton, Bliss & Company,
Brown Brothers & Company and others Of
New York, wfose work was based on the
Judgment and advice Of Mr.. ingalls,, then
pany. and it was by the last named gen
tleman that the attention of the others was
drawn to the possibilities of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway.
that time IVES we'll known. It was dilapi-
dated in every department. It's antiauated
rclling stock vas worn out; the bridges
were light, and propped up by all sorts Of
cobble work; the small iron rails were old.
worn and ragged. and. as a rule, insecure
ly held together by decayed ties; its exca-
vations and embankments were narrow by
action of years Of weather; side tracks
wholly insufficient in number for the small
business then done on the road were un-
skillfully located some Of it's long tunnels
were still in an incomplete condition, with
roofs tumbling In and delaying trains every
few days.
1t was not an infrequent thing that pas-
sengers were obliged to climb the noun
tains, transferring from one train on one
side to another at the other end Of some
tunnel. High trestles, built as a temporary
matter years before, were still in use. and
their condition source Of the greatest con-
Germ to the management and such of the
public as knew of them. The stations at
all the points on the road were dilapidated
and totally insufficient for handling the
LEGAL business.
Rapid Changes.
Such was the condition of the road when
Mr.. ingalls, formed his plan and submitted
to the New York capitalists his scheme of
purchase and reorganization and the build
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