The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-15
Consolidated load
Will Make I'M
provements.
A new FREIGHT HOUSE PLANNl-
Increased Facilities for
Slipping and Hand
ling Goods.

Before Feb. l, 1900 Worcester will
have facilities for shipping and receiv-
ing freight, unexcelled in New Eng
land, The city is already an estab-
lished important railroad centre, and
in recognition of this the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad will
keep abreast of the times and possibly
be a lap ahead, when chnges in the
loci freight service, which have been
ordered by the officials of the road are
instituted.
Consolidation will be the prime fact
or IN evolving freight handling by the
local divisions of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad into
science. The Norwich division freight
house, Madison square, will be
used as the inward freight house
Of the Providence and Norwich
divisions. Added to it will be a brick
freight house 500 feet long, of the
standard New Haven railroad pattern.
The building will be used as the out
ward freight department, and thus the
enormous freight business of the two
divisions of the great railroad will be
practically under one roof. BY the
system, freight will be handled much
more quickly than under the present
conditions The inward freight house
will be 300x60 feet, and the new house,
for outward freight which will be 5O0x
30 feet, and thus will give the freight
headquarters of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford railroad in this
city, total floor space of $4,000 square
feet
The brick building on Green street,
now occupied by the Providence divis-
ion, will be used as a freight house for
fruits, and special goods demanding
extraordinary care in handling In the
house adjacent, bulk freight and car
loads will be handled.
When the improvements are COM
pleted the new headquarters for the
handling of freight will have a track
| capacity of rs more cars than that of
the two houses now used. The South
bridge street swamp bordering the rail-
| road tracks win be utilizeds The land
will be filled in, and yards with a ca
| pacity of more than 800 cars will be
established. The new yards will be one
of the greatest factors in making the
| freight service of the railr5Ai on a
level with any in New England. There
will be no blocking of tracks on the
regular line of railroad, as cars can be
switched into the new yard.
Work will begin before next week on
the improvements, and whatever in
convenience patrons may be subjected
to during the building of new quarters
and establishment in them, will be
more than discounted when everything
is in running order under the new sys-
tenn. The construction of the new
freight house will be done by the rail-
road company, and work will be rap
idly pushed
The cashiers office will be on the
lower floor Of the Madison street build
ing, and the general offices will be on
the floor above. 1t is believed that the
new freight house can be built in two
months, and work will PROCESS with
this in view. The filing in of the
swamp will begin at once
C. c. Burnett, superintendent of the
agent, Henry M. McCambridge, yes
terday and the announcement of the
proposed construction followed C.
c. Elwell, superintendent of the
Norwich division, has been cognizant
of Worcester's needs. and in fact all
the officials of the road are unani-
mously in favor of the changes.
There will be no changes in the Of
fee forces, but the two houses will be
directly under the supervision of the
local agent. There will be no changes
in the running time of the trains, as
freights are running now to the salts
faction of the public users, but the new
freight yard, with its facilities for side
tracking cars, and even full freight
trains, will make the running time of
the trains faster than heretofore.