The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

and Ohio railroads. and thus established a
preservation of joint interest in the soft
coal ROADS, which has since proved a graft
flying safeguard to the holdings of stock
nuioers anu even to the public at large.
But MIR. Cassatt's greatest achievements
and probably those which will ever remain
as a monument to his memory, are the vast
improvements that have been made and are
being made on the pennsylvania Railroad
ana ITS kindred interests. The most Inn
portant of these can be epitomized as fol-
lows:
ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
Elevation Of the line through the city of
Newark, N. j.. and through New Bruns-
WICK, and the construction of q new stone
bridge w. feet long ana ~ feet wide -four
tracks, over the karitan River.
Alterations 10 the line IN Trenton and a
new stone bridge over the Delaware River
l,ao feet long and 81 feet wide -four tracks,
ana reconstruction Of the line from the west
end of The bride to MorrisvIlle TO take out
q curve.
-Reangnment of the road at Frankfort
Junction to avoid grade crossings and
~straiGhten the line, involvlng the purchase
OF a large amount of property and the re-
building Of the road for a considerable dis
tance.
Reconstruction of the road between Fifty
second street and Thirty-second and Market
streets. Pn.iaueiphia. Inc yard room here
Is widened and the tracks multiplied. and
the passage of trains across freight tracks
Is avoided by a series of bridges and tun-
neis, involving the construction of a new
uouDlG utCh SldtlOn at lE1rty-SeCOn1 ana
Market streets and the throwing OF two
new bridges across the Schuylkill.
lhe projected new Union Station In
washington will be constructed at a cost Of
slo,vJJ.GD under act OF Congress. 1t Is de-
signed TO harmonize with the other public
buildings OF the national capital, and will be
not only the most imposing edifice of It's
kind in the world. but the most complete
in its appointments. AS an adjunct to the
new terminal facilities at Washington a
new stone bridge to replace the historic
Innu hyihon 10 rntrr t,n1nr orrsfvt,ntf1V,
This being the principal gateway between
North and South. q new and modern VIA
duct Is required to accommodate the rapidly
increasing traffic between the two sections.
In order to better facilitate travel to the
resorts of South Jersey the lines Of the
PENNSYLVANIA, and West Jersey and Sea-
shore railroads are being elevated through
the city limits of Camden.
GREAT WORKS IN PROGRESS.
On the main line. between Philadelphia
and Pittsburg, a stupendous amount Of
still in progress. On the Philadelphia divi-
tracks. over the B~randyIine. at Coates
s.sie f has p Ianr ordered sna q Al 4 new w, stone bridge
four tracks. as a substitute for an iron
bridge, now spans the Susquehanna River
at Rockville, five miles west of Harrisburg.
structure of Its kind in the world.
On the middle division a number of miles
of new track have been built and a large
amount of work has been done In relocating
and reconstructing the line Of four tracks,
with easier grades and more direct align
ment. A number of iron bridges have been
replaced with four track stone viaducts,
and a new double track tunnel has been cut
through the mountain at Spruce Greek. THE
amount of work on this division between
the Susquehanna and Tyrone EQUALS the
construction of a double track road over the
entire length of the division.
The Juniata shops at Altoona nave been
enlarged and improved to. insure a larger
output of locomotives and facilitate repairs,
Their capacity has been almost doubled.
On the Pittsburg division new yard facfli-