The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-21
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Rumor mas IL tnal the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
company has made am offer for the re-
mainder OF the city property on Com
mercial street, New Britain. II it can
be secured cold storage warehouse
will be built upon 1t.
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad company will in
struct it's employees in the use and con-
struotion of the Westinghouse air
brake. A car has been equipped for
the purpose by the Westinghouse COM
pany and has been shipped to the Har-
lem River yard, where the first lot of
employees will receive instruction in the
construction, use and repair Of the
brake, under an expert from the West
inghouse works.
The car contains a complete air brake
equipment for q standard train. The
equipment Is set up inside the car and
the valves cylinders, etc, are shown
in sections so that the construction can
be more readily understood. Besides
this there are drawings and charts with
the parts labeled. The work of instruc-
ton will be done by means of lectures,
and when each class is instructed it
will be required to answer roll call
and record of attendance will be kept.
At the conclusion of the course the men
will be examined. When the men who
run into Harlem River yard have taken
the course the car will be hauled to
New Haven, where it will remain about
month, and will then. be taken to
other junction points and will conclude
the work at Boston.
All of the company's passenger
equipment is now provided with West
inghouse air brakes, and the entire
freight equipment must have them on
by January l, 1903, according to the re-
quirements of the interstate commerce
law.
Yesterdays Boston Advertiser re
! marks:
New Haven officials here tell me that
the report Of the development Of the
Norwich and Worcester as @ through
line for traffic between Boston, north
ern New England and Worcester, to
New York, is correct. An outline of
the proposed plans includes an i'm
provement of the plant and equipment
and extension of the Allyn's Point
branch to Groton, thence connecting
with New London over the Thames
bridge.
1t Is said that the proposed improve
ments will save to the New Haven as
lessee something like $4,000 a year,
which has been paid to the New Lon
don Northern for traffic over its line
between Norwich and New London. IT
opens to new route the summer shore
resorts Of eastern Connecticut and
western Rhode Island, and 1t gives
new opportunities for wharfage facili-
ties at Groton or New London, which
may be very valuable especially after
the Stonington boat line is discontin-
ued The Norwich and Worcester Is
regarded, therefore, as commercially
the best route for railroad traffic be-
tween New York and northern New
England with which 1t has connection
at Worcester BY way Of the Boston
and Maine and Fitchburg systems.
1t is further said that very important
increases in railroad business between
New England and New York will be
noted so soon as these plans are COM
pleted The earnings Of the New Eng
land road, which is the direct lessee of
the N. & W., will be improved to a
great extent.
The policy of the New Haven compa-
NY in equipping local short lines with
electricity is yet in the experimental
stage, and the officers are unwilling to
predict as to future extensions of this
policy to other parts of the systems
than are now, or soon will be, so equip
ped The success or failure of the New
Britain line viii 40 far towards de
termining what shall be done in other
places.