Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-06-28
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The Town TO Bs A Central Point For
ala Coal Region Freight-A "a stall
Engine House.



The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company had decided to spend about
81 600, 600 IN improvements within a
radius of two miles OF Connellsville.
which. when completed, viii maka
that place the most important traffic
point on the Baltimore and Ohio sys-
tenn. Swift a. Co ,~of Chicago. IL Is
said. was awarded the contract for
the improvements, and +, j. Flynn,
a representative of the company has
gone TO ConnellsvIlle totake charge
OF the work. Contracts were let for
the brick work to be done on several
of the proposed buildings. and they
were Cancelled by II. II. Loree having
for his reason the changing of his
plans to one that will call for mncb
bigger buildings.
l.. Ct. HAIRS, Ohio. recently said
that when the work is completed
Connellsville will be the greatest
traffic center this side of the Allegha.
nv mon ntains. For the past two
wears the company has had under con-
s%ideratinn improvements at Oonnells-
vile and several plans were drawn
up. but disapprovad. The present
pla ms do not meet with entire salts
faction, as 1t is realized by the ofsic-
ials that Conn eilsville is becoming
more important as "a traffic center
everv day.
The new plans will call~for an en-
CINE house with 25 stalls a locomo-
tive works large enough to renair all
damaged engines on the system the
wards are to be doubled in length and
twice the amount of tracks laid; the
route Of the Fairmont. MorgantJwn
81 Pittsburg branch, running from
sJonnellsville to Fairmont, is to be
reconstructed from m end &c the
other, the route changed to avoid all
possible grades; the 0. & b. Short
Line. running from Gibson Junction
into the coke works, is to be rebuilt,
with its route changed a new bridge
will be built over the Youghioghenv
river from Connellsville to Brad
ford. to have four tracks. instead of
two. as at present several coaling
trestIes tn be erected car repair shops
will be constructed and the largest
car weighing scales ever bLilt for the
Baltimore and Ohio system is to be
installed at Uonnellsville, to take the
place of the ones now in use at Mt.
Bennett.
These improvements are all to be
made for the purpose of making Com
nellsville a centr.l point of all the
freight originating in the coal re-
lyons. The wards at that place will
be a division, a. we'll as a central
point. All the freight bound for
Eastern points will be taken TO the
yards bv shutters and then trains will
be made up for the trip over the
mountains.
At present the train crews crossing
the mountains have to gather their
own Grains. The same method will
be applied to western shipments. All
the coal and coke from the works IN
maj district will be taken TO Connells-
vile. where it will be made up into
trains. This Will result i'll all trains
coming west having equal tonnage
and the train masters WILL be able to
gauge the trains during snow storms
and fuegv weather. Al present the
trains are ordered to haul so many
cars regardless of conditions, resalt
ing in the engines breaking dawn sew.
eral miles from the starting place.
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