Evening star., 1902-03-04
proyement; and -sour piers at Philadelphia will


w ss that +. the Q, has
tuss Fund: 3 lppllsd to these senersl Palposss.
the the G extension Of your line into New York and
ssen ss IN s v e rSs
Senience and delays Of the transfer by ferry will
this RESULT slsn, sads Se. H sss
esn The great @ Of bridge eseSded that
Hiysr would io:h "a sn the the uHdert.tns Eaost. We're
made to bring this about. and your board offered
end but the project failed to receive the neees
Of TN u the the nsen
na with ued to by the ,ss
Wsi msfhod almost not quite Mean
her Of tunnels in different parts OF the world by
electric power notably the perfect working OF the
that a satisfactory solution of the problem might
ee doInd IN the construction OF line to be oper-
Terminal .sstion N New %e' York I and thence under
the East River to connection with the Long Is
sions as to admit Of the passage of your standard
trains and electric motors to furnish the power
for the transfer Of the trains through the tun-
This plan has great advantage over the bridge,
your system west Of the river and the Long ls.
o elmns d sss e that of road the
legations having favored It's adoption. 1t
thought best to proceed at once to acquire ground
been done and the greater part Of the necessary
property purchased at reasonable price The
the fact that novel engineering questions were
,n1cissH made it the duty Of your loard before
oushly studied BY competent enKineers For this
purpose a commission was created consisting OF
name Charlie, W Raymond In.ea states
William H. Brown Chief Engineer Pennsylvania
Railread M Company; MIR. Charles NJ. Jacobs, and
This commission will supervise the preparation
OF all plans. and will have general control Of the
divided into two sections; the Nor,h River section
project has already progressed far enough to to
establish Its entire practicability. As the
River was seriously dealt with, its supposed difii-
will have, in fact. choice between several feast
hl, ble plans The cost Of the work will be large.
but your Board satisfied that the expenditure
will be fully justified by the results obtained. In
Undertaking such work your Board has Ielied
which will be largely benefited by its compile
tion: and they feel assured that such proper leg
islation as may be necessary to consuInmate the
project will have the support Of the authorities
both n,ar of the the state and city Of New f"rs
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Of March 22d.
1901. authorizing the absorption by one railroad
which it has ownership of twolhr,ls Of the
capital stock. it is proposed to consolidate With
"nata and rnon 'Gpx arssds IN who
your YOU. Company is the sole shareholder. Ksclu:
for your approval at the Annual Meeting.
er,ns I'm connection with the Of your
advisable to unite under one control the Washing
ton Southern and Richmond, Fredericksburg and
I0tonEicl Railways, the two roads forming the line
this line owned Jointly by the Sorthern % and SOUTH it
ern lines reaching the National Capital. Your
Company therefore sold the Washington Southern
through line referred to on November 1st. 1901
A conSodatiO was made, taking effect January
1st. 1902. under which the Philadelphia, German
town and Chestnut Hill, Engelside Kensington
Bustleton and Trenton Railroads cOnsoli-
dated with the Connecting Railway Company.
This simplitits the working Of these railways and
merges into one corporation lines having a
territory between your Main Line and the United
Railroads Of New Jersey system.
Mr.. a: j.. County was appointed Superintendent
Of the Employees Saving Fund. to fill the vacancy
caused by tie death of Mr.. John c. Sims. Mr..
George Il. Smith appointed General Agent at
New York on. the 10th of July. in place of Mr.. o.
j. Gecr reifysd ut ut his own reInest' after many
Mr.. W. w. Atterbury was appointed General
Superintendent of Motive Power, to succeed Mr..
+. ID. CaSnnaye, resigned.
taking effect January 1st. 1902, Mr.. Robert Pit
cairn appointed Resident Assistant the
President. Pittsburgh and Mr.. Robert NJ Pat
terson General Superintendent of Pittsburgh Ter
minals
The Board renew their Acknowledgements to the
officers and employees for the fidelity and efficiency
with which they have discharged their duties dur
Ing the past year
the Board. uil s..
A. ]. CASsATr. President.