The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS
PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY SPENDING
MUCH MONEY IN INDIANA.
Track Between Bradford Junction, o.
and Logansport May BE Doubled
Il. e. & w. Grades Cut.
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Special n the Indianapolis Journal
HARTFORD CITY. Ind. Aug. 3L-The
greatest improvement ever made on this
division OF the Pennsylvania Railroad sys-
TEN is now nearing completion. The i'm
provement consists Of elevating the track
and lowering it az various places between
this city. Upland and Dunkirk, and when
completed will nave cost in tho neighbor-
hood OF one million dollars. The heavy
grade lust east of this city has been cut
down many feet, and an elevated track,
supported by piles. extends through the
city.
Yesterday a party Of officials of the rail-
vav company visited this city in a special
car The party included Ralph Peters, gen.
eraI superintendent Of the southwestern oil
vision: General Manager Peck, OF Pitts
burg: W. 3. Loree, superintendent of the
indianapolis division; J. A McGrew, chief
engineer OF maintenance of way on the
southern division, and Assistant Engineer
Bruning OF the same department. 1t was
learned here yesterday that IL is the in
tention TO make a double track Of the road
from Bradford Junction, o., to Logansport.
Ind. It has been noticed here for some
time that the roadbed was being con-
structed much larger han for a single
track, and the right of way has been
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strip of land all along the line. About 800
men are at work, but il is not believed the
Improvement will be completed before
spring, although the work is carried on
night and day.
The Lake Erie & Western Railway Com
pany also has under way, just south of the
crossing OF the Pennsylvania line, an i'm
prOvement Of no small dimensions. A large
gang OF men is engaged in reducing the
grade there sixteen feet. The grade was
cut about fifty feet when the road was
built. and the addition cut Will make IL
the deepest in the State. In order to make
the improvement a connection has been
made at the north edge Of the hill with
the Panhandle switch to the South Side
glass factory, and 1t Is now used as a Y.
The dirt taken from the Lake Erie cut is
turned over TO the Panhandle and used by
the company in its fill. At the Panhandle
crossing the Lake Erie track will be de-
pressed six feet, and the Pennsylvania
trestle work is 1712 feet above the level of
the Lake Erie, making a Roadway of over
~twenty-three feet. At the crossing the
Pennsylvania will place huge stone aout-
ments and steel trusses Will carry the
track. An abutment of concrete has been
erected Just south Of the large plant of the
Hartford City Paper Company 10 keep the
dirt off the mill buildings, as the elevated
road at this point is even with the top Of
the mill roof. and a protective measure was
imperative. The latter company has erect
ed "A new bridge over Lick creek, a small
stream that runs west of the paper mill,
that cost 1900.
large gang of labOrers, as they quit each
payday, and their places are filled by Ital-
ians. who labor hard. live frugally and save
a large part of their wages, depOSiting 1t
with Italian banks I'm Pittsburg or New
York. but frequently sending it to their
native land. The Improvement is one of
the most gigantic ever attempted in the
State, the railroad civil engineers assert.