Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-14
STEAM ROADS WELL KEPT
Railroad Commissioners Report ea
 Their Annual Inspection.

E The railroad commissioners have re. ported on their annual tour Of inspec- tion of steam roads and announce that the systems are in good condition. The tour was made from October n to Oc-s tober 20 and was thorough inyestiga- ton of the various railroad divisions in the state. The commissioners re~ port on the Hartford division follows:
 "On the main line of this division, 5.71 miles of new steel rails weighing 100 pounds per yard have been laid, 4.35 miles in the orth-bounds track, extending northerly from Cedar Hill, and 1.36 in the south-bound track. A new steel girder bridge has been built over the Quinnipiac river, south Of North Haven, over Harbor brook at Meriden, over the Newington river south of Newington station, and at Elmwood. The west span of the Con- encticut river bridge at Warehouse Point has been erected since our last
 inspection, and the masonry of the remaining piers and east abutments Of the bridge are about completed. A new station building has been erected at Hayden's in place of one which was burned On the Valley branch four teen miles of steel rails, weighing sev-
 enty-four pounds per yard, have been laid, mostly between Cromwell ana Deep River, aad five new steel girdes bridges have been erected, one south of Essex. one at Higganum and three south of Middletown. The station grounds at Essex have been enlarged and additional track laid, and the con- 1 dition of the track has been improved l in various wet cuts on the line by re
 ballasting with suitable material. The
 Middletown branch is in good condi-
 tion, and the Dridge at Berkley1s. No
 27g. has been renewed. The Winds0f
 Locks and Suffield branch is also in
 satisfactory condition. Ine Middle
 town and Waterbury branch has been much improved by baliasting the track. particularly on the east portion
 of the line, and by repairing and re>
 moving the numerous wooden bridges l and filling such portions Of the iona
 billings as are necessary
 The commissioners state that the l track and roadbed of the main line or 1 the Highland division are in excellent
 condition. New steel girder bridges have been erected at Danbury, new floor and gravel covering have been 1 nlaced on the Howe truss bridge over l the Housatonic river at Sandy HOOK | and new steel deck truss bridge has been placed over the PompersFig river.
 The terminal of the Connecticut Cen tral at Rockville is being enlarged anu rearranged. The Central New England road was found to be in better con dition than ever before and It was
 necessary for the commissioners to suggest only a few repairs.
 On the New York division, bridges
 over the HousatoEic and Saugatuck rivers and at Cos Cob are to be icrr- l tracked to obviate the necessity or stonpin1 coal freight trains at each
 end and waiting for chance to ayoisa the passenger trains. The temporary l bridge at Cos Cob, which will be used
 while these changes are being made,
 is already completed and in use. The erection of the four-track bridge with lift draw will take about year. The temporary bridge at Saugatuck is also nearly done At Greenwich. a new station for east bound trains has been l built and also foot bridge connecting
 the east and west bound stations.