The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-21
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 receipts which 1t had been impossible to move. There is no indication of a decrease in the freight movement in the near future. and the only means of pre- venting serious freight congestion on this division of the road is to put into service more locomotives and to complete the track improvements in order to make possible the more rapid handling Of trains and the use of the new heavy engines.
 Twenty Locomotives.
 Twenty of these locomotives have been ordered from the Baldwin works at a cost of about $SOO,OO Only two have been delivered as yet, but efforts will be made to have the others com pleted as soon as the new bridges are ready for use.
 These locomotives are all of a type new to the east, although some have been put in operation recently on the Santa Fe. They are known as the Vauclain balanced compound cylinder type. Their characteristic feature is the employment of four compound cyl finders and the balancing of recipro- eating parts. They are especially ef- ficient for the hauling of heavy trains and use about thirty per cent. less fuel and twenty per cent. less water than the ordinary locomotive. The introduc- away with the hammer-blow pounding of the rotating weights in the ordinary driving wheels, permits the attainment of much higher speed without undue strain upon the working parts and re- duces the strain upon the tracks to that directly due to the weight of the engine itself The new locomotives weight about eighty tons each. One of the new engines now in the company's possession recently hauled the Mer- chants limited from New Haven to Boston and reduced the regular running time nineteen minutes.
 The New Bridges.
 The new bridges which are being in stalled to permit the operation of these heavy locomotives and trains and to bring the equipment of the entire di- vision up to the highest standard of the best English railways are located at Cos Cob, Westport and across the Hou- satonic east of Bridgeport. The work on the first two of these is well ad- vanced and will be completed soon aft CT the first of the year The construc- tion of the Housatonic bridge has just begun and will not be finished for sew eral months. These bridges are all of the Sherzer roller lift style, carrying four tracks, and will cost s2.5OO, ,0GO. | They operate on the principle of the mediaeyal draWbrldge across the meats of the old feudal castles. In place of a few blanks hoisted by chains and windlasses worked by hand, however, these are structures weighing thou sands of tons each, are raised by espe- cially designed and complicated ma chinery and are capable of supporting the heaviest trains that can be hauled.
 These bridges take the place of the double track revolving structures pre- yiously in use and make possible the handling of more and heavier trains. The superiority of the lift bridge to the revolving type is due to the difficulty in making the latter strong enough to sustain very heavy trains without be- | ing too cumbersome and unwieldy for rapid operation. While the new bridges are building trains are moved over temporary structures, a process which | frequently results in the loss of several minutes to the fast trains.
 Bridgeport s55OO,OOO Improvement I The elevating Of the New Haven tracks through the city of Bridgeport has just been completed at cost of $5,5OO,OOO and work is now being rushed on the new station in that city which is already Up and roofed over, and which will be ready for occupancy be- fore spring. Work began last week on the erection of the new $100,000 sta ltion at New Rochelle, and on the build l ing of a subway underneath the tracks to connect the platforms on both sides. Six Tracking and EIectrincntion of Harlem Branch.
 All preparations have been completed for the commencement of work on the six tracking and electriflcation of the Harlem river branch from One Hun dred and Twenty-ninth street to New Rochelle, on which nearly $100O0,OO0 will be expended Operations will be- gin as soon as the board of estimate of New York city has approved the en- gineering plans for the section of the road running through the Bronx. It is expected that the formal approval will be given within a few days as the plans of the railroad company have already been considered and favorably report ed by the committee for the Borough of the Bronx The New Haven off, cials desire to hasten the work as rap- idly as possible, not only on account of the improvement which it will affect in the handling of the local passenger business, but also because of the in- creased facilities for the movement of freight are urgently needed.
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