Evening star., 1896-09-19
The Baltimore Tunnel and Electric
Equipment.
an INCREASE OF BUSINESS REPORTED
Important Pennsylvania Connection
Finally Secured.
L WING n EW ACK

Urless something which is now entirely
unforeseen arises. the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company Will be able in tho
course of a couple of weeks to move all
Its trains-passenger well as freight
through the great Belt line tunnel at Bal
tinore by electricity.
In order to accomplish this many i'm
provements are being made in the big
power house at the south end of the tun-
rel, and Important extensions OF ;tIe cleo
trical service are being made. contract
has been awarded 10 the Maryland Manu-
featuring ana Construction Company for
the installation Of fifth power generator
ui.it to supply reserve power in case of
emergency. This plant will include an 500
horse power Greene tandem compound en-
slne, directly connected to multipolar
500 kilowatt railway generator
Another improvement which is being
made at this building is the installation OF
large coal handling plant When this is
completed and put in service the coal will
tie dumped from cars outside the power
station, and underneath the railroad
tracEs. From this hopper the coal will be
passed through crusher and carried by
means OF buckets travelling on an endless
chain TO a large storage bin. Pipes lead
from this bin 10 the doors of the furnaces
ana no manual handling will be required
for the coal from the time II leaves The
mine lntil it is shoveled into the fires un-
der the boilers
Full Electric Service.
Extensions are also now in progress with
'he overhead work SO as TO allow the
electric locomotives 10 couple wit. pas-
senger trains after they back out of Cam
den station, and will be finished in a few
DAYS. Another extension at the north end
| OF the tunnel will enable the electric loco
motive 10 haul trains 10 the vicinity of ~
extended han
| from the point TO which the electric en-
CINE hauls freight trains.
| inns VIII dispense with the use OF a helD-
ing engine anu also anate the nuisance
| caused by the smoke of TWO steam Iocomo-
| yves, which On account of the heavy
| grade there have TO be used, but which
nevertheless, are source OF great COM
| pant on the part of large number of
| residents OF the entire northern section of
| the city.
| The Baltimore and Ohio complement Of
| electric locomotives is 10 be Increased by
| the addition of a baby wonder" The
| contract for building this was AWARDED 10
| the General Electric Company which Quilt
| the big locomotive. The Specifications call
| for small electric locomotive, aud this IL
| is expected will be delivered in Baltimore
| In a few days. This. when put into regu-
| lar use, will be employed in switching
cars in the eastern section of the city
| where a string OF horses now does the
| work. An overhead trolley wire similar to
| those used by the street railway companies
will be employed for this service.
The Baltimore and Ohio proposes wher-
ever IL is practicable 10 do so. TO use cleo
| tricity, and it is expected that the system
| of hauling freight cars between Camden
station and the warehouses of the different
| commission men TO whom the contents of
| the cars are consigned and which for more
| than forty years has been done by horses
| Will he done away with in the near future
| and an electric system substituted.
| Great interest is being manifested i'm the
| electrical department of the Baltimore and
| Ohio, and hardly a day passes that the
power station at Baltimore is not visited by
| some prominent foreigner. a distinguished
| French engineer, who had visited the cleo
| trical plant recently at Niagara Fails and
| other important plants, said that the Balti-
| more and Ohio had in their plant the most
| impressive electrical undertaking in Amer
| lea.
| Important Connection.
The Baltimore and Ohio, il is learned on
| good authority, is about to commence the
| construction of an important piece of rail-
| road through the Beaver valley of Penn
| sylvania, which, when completed, will.
through the Pittsburg and Western, It is
| expected, increase their transportation
business to a very large extent.
| The Baltimore and Ohio has been IL is
| said, for years seeking entrance into
| the Beaver valley TO get share of the
heavy hauling there, but until quite recent
| ly was unable to secure a right Of way.
The name of the new company will be
the North Shore railroad. The line will be
from sixteen to eighteen miles long. and
it will connect the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
railroad AT Beaver Falls with the Pitts
burg and Western at Colliery junction.
The preliminary survey was completed
early in August, and two weeks ago the
engineers began locating the permanen,
lire The route is said to be a feasible one
and will be an easier grade than any here.
| tofore suggested The cost of construc.
| tion will also be small
1 Ea11 mill I. ,scs
above the Pittsburg and Lake Erie depot
charter has been granted the company
| for a bridge across the Beaver river, which
| calls for the right for a street railway
gers. The bridge will be twenty-five feet
above the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad
Crossing to New Brighton. the old cana
| bed will be followed to the end of the
| town. The Beaver river will be skrted tc
the mouth, and the Ohio river will then bt
| followed for several miles. A private com
pany which owns a railroad three miles
| long have contracted to let the new com
| pany make use of that, and a new TRACK
will be built from that to Gallery Junction
The Rochester council has been asked tC
give the new railroad company the right
of way along the river bank. The New
Brighton council will also be requested L
grant certain privileges 10 the new road
The North Shore Railroad Company will
be Independent of the Pittsburg and West
ern railroad. The new line will cross tn,
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago rail
road Tar above grade at place called Con
way.
Increased Business
The transportation business of the Bal
| timore and Ohio continues to increase I,
an immense extent, and so great is the ne
cessity for making every effort on the par
OF the company to meet the great demand
, upon their equipment and track that il
some places along the main line to IN
west two sets of men are constantly EN-
: ployed on track work. and the work 1
carried on both Gay and night, gasolin
? lamps being used during the latter perio,
| to enable the men to see what they ar
> | doing.
, AT those places along the Potomac rive
| where for years past almost every tim
5 | there a high rise of water the track
| We're washed away the latter are bein,
a | moved and placed on higher ground, s.
: | that damages by flood at these points ma,
he, if possible, obviated for the future.
. JUSTICE RUSSELL DEPARTS.
He and His Party Enjoyed Thef
4 Visit TO Washington.