The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-27
A GREAT ROAD.
What New York Magazine Says o

what NeW fork Magazine SetSs VI
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 Under the caption, '"The Remarkable Growth of a Great Road, the New York Railroad Men, monthly puollca- tion devoted to the interests of railroad lnon, publishes an interesting article Tn the July number about the New Haven system. It Is written by H. E. Nettle- ton of this city, Some extracts rom 1t follow:
 'The New York, New Haven & Hart ford railroad is noted for its fine road bed and excellent rolling stock; for the frequency and regularity of its trains and the safe and expeditions manner in which freight and passengers are trans ported over Its lines; for Its superior service in every department; for its un- rivaled location; for the varied scenic attractions presented in the greatest profus1on; for the able and conscien- tious manner in which it's affairs are conducted by those in charge of the property and the regular and liberal dividends paid to its stockholders.
 During the past decade under the progressive and far sighted but ever careful and intelligent management of President Charles r. Clark, changes | and improvements of the greatest mag nitude have been made entitling the road to prominent place in the fore- most rank Of American railroads. The total length of all lines operated by the company has been, increased during that period from 277.39 to 1,464,20 miles; the number of employees, including off, cials, from 4,100 to 22000; the number of engines owned from 125 to 681; and the cars used In the passenger service from 391 to 1,5S8, the company now owning one of the most extensive passenger equipments in the country There has also been an enormous increase in the | number of passengers carried and the quantity of freight handled and in the l total receipts therefrom, although sub- stantial reductions in rates have been made.
 I Ut is the purpose of this article to 1 treat particularly of the operating and | transportation departments of the New 1 Haven system, which embraces all lines west of New London and includes in it's nine divisions thirty-two separate roads, running in every direction through Connecticut, extending into York state on the west and Massachu- sets on the north. A considerable number of these roads have already been merged in the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad, the others being operated under lease.
 "The, main line of the New York di- vision has four splendid stone ballasted | tracks, over which is handled an im- mense traffic destined to points l throughout New England, and beyond many important towns being accessible only via New York, New Haven and Hartford rails.
 Millions of dollars have been ex- 1 pended during the past few years in constructing two additional tracks, re- ducing grades strengthening and i'm proving the line, eliminating crossings at grade, constructing new bridges, modern stations, and an expensive and complete system of block signalling and linterlocking. In the vicinity of Roway- ton are four parallel tanks between the | tracks, each eleven hundred feet in
 length, from which locomotives take
 water while in notion
 "The many natural advantages of the towns along the New York division to- gether with the most excellent trans portation facilities and remarkably low communication rates have proved very attractive to great many of the mer | who are well known in commercial and professional life, in art and literary cir
 cles, and the passengers from this sec
 tion whose varied interests call them tt
 the metropolis six days in every weel are numbered by the thousands"