The Washington times., 1902-03-04
Long Island and to points on New York

been improved and extended. and large
purchases of real estate and right OF way
| nave been made at various points
Large sums have also been expended in
! rebuilding and increasing your passenger
equipment and providing additional mo-
| tive power.
The total amount of these expenditures
| during the year upon your Main Line be-
tween New York and Pittsburgh, and the
branches operated in connection there
! with, including 50, ,0v5, ,3ll.s6 for equipment
| was slI, So. .351.s0. or this amount 49,
| 0OO was provided by the fund set as.ue
| from the income OF 1850, Sl0 S2f. .594. .65 was
! charged against the income of the past
/ year, and S,5s6, 1861 against the premium
received from the stock allotment Addi-
/ tional expenditu. es upon the branch roads
amounting to s5.i0i 5l2.50 were met By the
I several Companies out nj their OWE re
/ sources.
/ The extraordinary expenditure during
/ the current year will be largely confined
4 70 the work now under way. covering the
improvements on the passenger line be-
! tween Broad Street Station Philadelphia
| and Overbrook, the completion of Office
Duilding, train shed and other terminal
improvements at Pittsburgh, and the COM
pietlon oil the four-track system between
I,uncannon and Aqueduct Lewistown
NarroWs and Miftiin, and Mount Union
ana MIL Creek on the Middle Division,
and between Wimore and SummerhiU'
Latrobe and Beattys. and Larimer and
Stewart on the Pittsburgh Division
~ Will, however. also be necessary to
tHe passenger station at HarrlS-
burg, TO construct a new single track tun-
mel at Galhtzin and hereafter rebuild the
old tunnel. and to improve the Port Perry
bridge and tunnel so as to accommodate
the trafi1c passing to and from the Pitts
burgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway
The elevation of the road through New
ark. New Brunswick, and Trenton will
require considerable outlay. as well as the
extension of the New York Bay Railroad
to Greenvflle and the construction of the
necessary facilities at that point
The piers at Jersey City used by steam
ers engaged in ocean traffic require re-
newal and Improvement. and your piers
at Philadelphia will need additional out
lay. -
81 1t win be noted that the sum of $780,
0oo has been transferred to the Extraord-
mary Expenditure Fund to De, applied tn
/ these general purposes
The Board have long felt that your in
terestS, as well as the convenience of the
public. require the extension of your line
into New York and the establishment of
centrally located passenger station in
that city, through which the inconyeni-
enee and delays of the transfer by ferry
VIII be avoided. Various methods of ac-
complishing this result have at different
times been considered. The great cost OF
bridge excluded that plan, unless all the
railroad companies whose lines terminate
on the west bank of the North River
would join in the undertaking Efforts
were made to bring this about, and your
Beard offered to cooperate with the other
companies to that end, but the project
failed to receive the necessary support.
The alternative was the construction OF
tunnel line; but the difficulties incident
to the operation by steam of tunnel at
the depth and with the gradients required
by the Typographical conditions, seemed to
make that method almost, IL not quite,
impracticable. Meanwhile, however, the
successful operation of a number of tun-
nels in different parts of the world by
electric power, notably the perfect work
ing of the Orleans Railway Extension in
a nfn nrv IN
ton of the problem might be found in the
construction of a line, to be operated by
electricity. under the North River to a
terminal station in New York, and thence
under the East River to a connection with
the Long Island Railroad; the tunnels to
be of such dimensions to admit of the
passage of your standard trains, and cleo
trio motors TO furnish the power for the
transfer of the trains through the tunnels
This plan has great advantage over
tile bridge, in that 1t provides a direct
connection between your system west of
the river and the Long Island Railroad
and gives to that ROAD the benefit OF q
terminal station in New York Prelimin-
airy Investigations having favored It's
adoption, IT was Thought best to proceed
at once to acquire ground for station
upon the location seiected. Tnis mas been
done and the greater part of the neceS-
Sary property purchased at reasonable
price. Inc Importance and cost OF tals
work, however, and the fact that novel
engineering questions were Involved
L
proceeding Iurtner, to have the plans for
construction, and IN fact the swnole SUBJ
Ject, Thoroughly studied by competent en-
Slneers- FOR tnis purpose commission
gtneers eminent IN their profession neme-
iy:-Col. Charles ". Raymond United
states Army, Chairman; Mr. Gustav Lin
denthal; Mr. wiinam II. Brown. Chief
Engineer pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany, MIR. Charies NJ Jacobs, and bir.
Alfred Noble.
This commission will supervise the prep
arauon of all plans, and will have general
control of the undertaking. The two
members last named Will have direct
charge OF the work, which has been d.
Vided into two sections, the North River
section having been assigned to Mr. ia
cobs, and the East River section to ar
Noble. The study of the project has al
ready progressed far enough TO establish
Its entire practicability. AS soon as the
problem OF building a tunnel Under the
North River was seriously dealt with its
difficulties largely disappeared.
ana the commission will have, in fact, a
choice between several feasible plans. Inc
cost OF the work will be large, but your
Board are satisfied that the expenditure
Will be fully justified by the results OBJ
tanned. In undertaking such a work your
Board has relied upon the cordial cooper
alton of the communities which will be
SO largely benefited by its completion and
they teel assured that such proper legis-
latlOn as may be necessary to consuInmate
the project will have the support OF the
both OF the State and city OF
New York.
Under the provisions of an Act of AS
sembiy OF the Commonwealth of Pennsyi-
Nania of March I'D, 1901, authorizing the
absorption by one railroad company OF
other lines connecting Herewith IN whicn
IL has an ownership OF two-thirds OF the
apital stock, it is proposed to consolidate
with the lines OF your Company the
Schuylkill and Juniata and Trenton Cut
off Railroads. in which your Company Is
The sole shareholder. Resolutions author
zing this action will be submitted for
fOur approval at the Annual Meeting
In connection with the reconstruction
II your terminal facilities at Washington
t was deemed advisable to unite under
me control the Washington Southern and
Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railways, the two roads forming the line
Jetween Washington and Richmond and
o have this line owned jointly BY the
Northern and Southern Zines reaching the
National capital Your Company there
ore sold the Washington Southern Rail-
way to and became joint proprietor in
he through line referred to on November
st, 1901.
A consolidation was made. taking effect
January LIST, 1872, under which the Fhi!a-
.elphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hfu.
ingelside. Kensington and Tacony, Fair
ill, Bustleton and Philadelphia BustIe-
on and Trenton Railroads were CONSOLE
lated with the Connecting Railway Com
any. This simplfies the working of
heSe railways and merges into one cor
'oration lines having common interest
md practically covering the local terri
ory between your Main Line and the
;nited Railroads of New Jersey system.
Mr.. A. j. County was appointed Suupr
ntendent of the Employees Saving Fund.
o fill the vacancy caused by the death of
dr. John c. Sims Mr.. George T. Smith
vas appointed General Agent at New
FORK on the 18th of July. in place of Mr.
}. j. Geer, relieved at his own rea1iest