The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-08
CoNsoLTDATEp ROAD.


 CONSOLIDATED ROAD.
 The report in It's reference to the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road refers to the improvements In the New York division. Referring to the Hartford division the report states: The most interesting and important changes on this division are the double tracking of the New Britain branch, with a third electric rail in the center of each track, and the construction of an electric power house at Berlin to furnish electricity for the operation of electric roads in four different direc- tions on this division. and also supply power for the New England road in l either direction from New Britain. The New Britain branch is now so operat- l ed, also the New England road from | New Britain to Hartford. A new freight yard has been constructed at New Britain south of the former yard, near the Vulcan Iron works. Some nine miles of new 100-pound steel rails have been laid during the past summer on | the main line of this division at various points south of Hartford"
 NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD.
 The general depression in business. which has been manifested in large decrease of the earnings of the compa- nyny, has not prevented 1t from making such expenditures upon it's roadbed l track, bridges and equipment as were necessary for the proper maintenance and preservation of it's property. The
 Hop Brook trestle west of Waterbury
 structure about three hundred feet long and ninety feet high, has been fill- ed at a cost of about 5000. About fifty miles of the track has been thor oughly ballasted during the past sea- son. and liberal renewal of ties and rails has been made, as will be seen in the summary of this statement. New stations have been erected at East Windsor and Melrose on the Cennecti- cut Central branch, and one Is in proc ess of erection at Moosup on the Prov idence branch, all to replace those that
 were burned
 PHILADELPHIA AND READING.
 Referring to the Philadelphia and
 Reading road the report states: "Since
 our last report new roadbed has been
 excavated through the solid rock for a
 portion of the track just south of Tar | iffville, which was rendered unsafe by
 the action of the high water of the
 Pennington river in times of freshet,
 from the effects of which it was diff
 cult and expensive to protect the em-
 bankment over which it formerly pass
 ed. The track has been removed to the
 new roadbed excavated for it, where it
 will always be safe from any such
 causes hereafter. The bridges and tres
 ties on the line in Connecticut have
 been repaired and strengthened as re-
 quired, and a new iron girder has been
 erected in place of wooden bridge in
 the town of Simsbury.
 "The station buildings at Lakeville East Canaan and West Winsted have . been repainted and put in good order
 the latter being furnished with toilet accommodations connected with the } sewer. and lighted with electricity. Int
 freight station at Hartford has beer rebuilt and painted, new freight office . has been erected there and the track: , in the yard have been rearranged ant heightened. During the past summer , 2.20O tons of new eighty-pound stee ) rails have been placed in the track, re placing the sixty-pound steel rails whicl had been Tn service lor HlIeen or tWen
 ty years and which were badly wor1
 and bent.''
 5 ELECTRIC RAILROADS. = The report states that the tota length "of the electric road in operation , and reporting to us September 30, 1897 is 962, ,O2 miles, exclusive of sidings, ant 3S57 70 miles, including sidings, making :, 236S miles of sidings. This is an in q crease of 32.6S miles in the main lin - and 11O miles in the sidings."
 . The total amount of capital stock au l thorized is s1S,24S,0 900 and the amour e issued is $9,770,440, an increase of $54S, : 700 during the year, making the amour = issued per mile, excluding sidings, t e be S26,9SS.67, and the amount issued pc