Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-06
Great Railroad improvement.

The important announcement was
made last week at the general offices
of the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad
Company that work on the construc-
ton of the large new Union terminal
at Washington will be commenced at
once.
The contract has been awarded by
the Baltimore and Ohio for the part
of the work it is to pay for and su-
pervise to the McMullen- McDermott-
Hoffman Engineering and Construc-
ton Company. Of Philadelphia, at its
bid of something over 100000
The contractors will begin work at
once and it will require two years to
complete the construction. This work
is that portion OF the new Washing
ton Terminal Company construction,
the Washington Branch Railroads en-
trance and connection with the Met
ropoitan Branch Of the Baltimore and
Ohio. 1t will be the eastern approach
to the terminal and will be about
three miles in length, running from
Montello, on the Washington branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio, to the
Union Station, at Massachusetts ave-
nue.. The tracks of the Metropolitan
branch, over which the Baltimore and
Ohio secures its outlet to the West,
and the tracks of the Washington
branch, its route for reaching Wash
ington from Baltimore and the North,
will diverge at Montello: The tracks
of the Pennsylvania railroad will be
connected with the terminal approach
in the same vicinity.
In constructing the eastern APP
proach large stone viaduct about
mile and quarter in length will be
built and over it all traffic from the
North, East and part of the West will
be carried into Washington. The vi
aduct will have 10 tracks from New
York avenue to the station, where
there will be many more tracks. The
contract includes the construction of
the viaduct, the freight terminals,
roundhouses, ETC., to be used by the
Baltimore and Ohio.
The station is to be built under the
direction of Architect W.D. Durham,
of Chicago, and it will be magnif-
cent marble building, which it is estl-
mated will cost over 100000 The
Capitol Hill tunnel, about 5000 feet
long, and southern connection will be
constructed under the supervision OF
Pennsylvania Railroad engineers.
The total cost will approximate $l4,-
100000, of which 100000 will be
borne by the District of Columbia and
the balance divided almost equally be-
tween the Baltimore and Ohio and the
Pennsylvania Railroads.
These terminal improvements will
be controlled by the Washington Ter
minal Company, which is owned joint
ly by the Baltimore and Ohio and
the Pennsylvania. The Washington
branch, of which the State of Mary
land owns about one-third Of the
stock, will have to supply about
100000 Of the amount expended
by the Baltimore and Ohio. Divi-
dends on the stock Of this branch
were stopped few years ago and now
there is large surplus on hand to
help meet this expense.
The Washington terminal will be
one of the largest in the country and
will be ueed by railroads having an
aggregate mileage Of over 10000.
They will be the Baltimore and Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Atlantic Coast Line
and Louisville and Nashville system,
Chesapeake and Ohio, Southern Rail-
way, Seaboard Air Line and the Nor
folk and Western.