Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-28

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$500 5ss, eoS cons Of terminal static.
and seventh snd Ninth Avenues, in New York.
and for that purpose the closing and occupancy
OF Tnirty-secand Street between the avenues
hird--The construction Of a third douh.e-track
railway from this terminal station under Thirty
third street and to and under the East River to
the terminus near Thompson Avenue.
Eourth.-The construction Of additional tracks on
Thirty first Thirty and Thirty-third Streets
for the operation Of the railway and
Fifth.-The occupancy of ground under Thirty
third Street and east and west Of Fourth Avenue
Sixth.-The maintenance and operation Of the
necessary cables, wires and conduits under and
along the route Of the railway for power, heating,
light and other necessary purposes
fully acquired for its corporate purposes in CON
nection with the construction and operation Of the
Eighth.-The right to maintain and operate the
railroad in perpetuity.
me conditions under which the franchise was
First.-That the tunnel company shall begin the
the OF neea munca and othr
sents and complete its construction within five
years thereafter except the portion under Thirty.
Is gwen. with the option to the COMPANY to
abandon the construction OF that section, build
period of five years may be extended for fur
Their five years upon reasonable cause shown, and
shall be extended SO as to cover any delays prop
Second.-That the tunnel company shall pay the
city compensation per linear foot for the tracks
land. and a further compensation for the use, for
station purposes Of the underground portions OF
occupies Such compensation is fixed for the first
period Of TWENTY-FIVE years, and is subject to re-
the first period Of twenty five years. It is SO ad-
justed that the tunnel company pays double the
thereof that it does for the first ten, and on this
basis the average for the entire period will be
Third.-That the tunnel company shall also pay
1885, 600 per annum for the portions OF Thirty sec.
end street vacated between Seventh and Ninth int
with the right to commute such annual compensa-
ton by payment Of $7ss, 600 soon as the city Is
authorized to convey said property to the tunnel
Fourth.-That the power to be used shall be
combustion in the tunnel.
A large proportion Of the real estate required
been purchased, and the residue thereof will be
acquired through proceedings In condemnation. The
consents are also being obtained from
under through which the railway runs, and in
default Of such consents the Determination n Of
the proper authority in lieu thereof will be Sc
cured The engineering work is now in progress
rated. It is believed that the location Of the
terminal station is such that 1t will permanently
fc Of your system, and it is intended that the
building to be erected and the facilities to be fur
OF It b
sary to provide additional capital for the prose ss
cutiOn OF this work after the expiration OF the
In the extraordinary expenditure for the year
is included large amount OF work upon the main
most important work upon the United Railroads
of New Jersey was in connection with the eieya-
ton Of your tracks through Newark and New
Brunswick, and. the revision Of you. line through
Trenton, for the purpose Of eliminating the grade
Tron involved construction a
track stone arched bridge over the Delaware river
at that point and re th IN nd
Trenton railroad on the western side OF the river
The other main expenditures upon that Division
1esaidns Of tse @
at on the New York; Bay
road through the construction of the bulkhead:
the dredging Of the nn nd the the g IN 81
ton of traffic to and beyond Long Island and to
New York harbor; and the completion Of the train
passenger station at Camden New Jersey. for the
use of your Amboy Division and seashore lines.
Upon the Main Line large outlays were required
in The improvement of your coal piers at Green
wich. and of piers and freight stations at other
points on the Delaware River front at Philadelphia.
The changes in your line at West Philadelphia,
which have involved a large amount OF difficult
elevated west bound passenger track, which elimi-
mates the former grade crossing Of your freight
tracks and yards at Fiftysecond Street. is now IN
service, also the under grade crossing connect
ing your main tracks with the Schuylkin Division:
The revision between your Broad Street Terminal
Station and POwelton Avenue, which includes the
abandonment of the passenger station at the lat
ter point the of new local and transfer
the substantial reconstruction of your West Phfa-
dephia passenger yard. is being vigorously prose-
York Division, the Main Line, and the Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad ere
rSses the
At Harrisburg the PASSENGER station has been
enlarged and improved. and the under-grade cross
track stone arched bridge over the Susquehanna
River above Harrisburg, was put In service on
on the new passenger line at Marysvile and on
the completion Of the feur-track system between
Duncannon and Aqueduct. Lewistown NarrOws and
Miffiin, and Mount Union and Mill Creek, on the
At Altoona the shops were further extended but
the heaviest expenditure at that point was on the
extensive gravity yard for receiving and classifying
1T, trains d the v te
limited capacity. Of the present yard and con
geston has resulted whenever there was a pres
sure Of traffic. But through the facilities which
will now be furnished. not only will this tonnage
be handled more promptly on your Main Line. but
bursh and points beyond, its movement will be e1-
pedited upon your Western system 1t is therefore.
Believed that the exceptionally large outlay upon
On the Pittsburgh Division, the work on the new
ward. the four-track system completed between
wilmore and Summerhill, and the larger portion
of the work that system nn16heu between La
trobe and Beatty and Larimer and Stewart. Tho
Improvement of the Port Perry bridge and tunnel
was also prosecuted, with the, view Of better ac-
commodatipg the traffic to and from your Pitts
burgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway.
The Pittsburgh Station, and other facilities con-
nected with the passenger service at that point,
with the exception of small section of the train
she'd have been completed and are now in service.
The total amount OF these expenditures during
the year from your Main Line between New YORK
and Pittsburgh, and the branches operated In
equipment and shop; tools and machinery, was
$25, S74, 276.37 OF this aggregate the sum Of
49, 374, 7637 was charged to Capital Account, as
hereinafter stated So 600 900 were supplied by the
fund set aside in 1901. and 126O0000 were
charged against the income Of the past year. Ad-
ditional expenditures upon the branch roads
amounting to s., 341 $50 were met by the several
On your branch and auxiliary lines the heaviest
expenditure upon the roads specially engaged
in the bituminous coal and coke traffic.
On the Southwest Pennsylvania and South Fork
Railroads additional sections OF double track were
constructed to accommodate their increasing
traffic, and on the Cambria and Clearfield, Tyrone
and Clearfeld and Ebensburg and Black Lick
Railroads branches and extensions built and
necessary additions made to the yard. siding and
other facilities. On the Western Pennsylvania
Railroad the outlay was mainly on double tracks
and sidings and connection with the new
stock yards Hers Island Pittsburgh.
For the purpose of further developing the coal
territory along the MonOngahela river, the MonOn-
gahela Railroad is being constructed from Browns
vile Junction to the state line between Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia. In the joint interest of
Erie Railroad Company, with branches up Middle
and Cats Runs and also up Browne Run to a