Evening journal., 1904-06-01
GREAT CHANGES
At BELLEVUE
Expensive Operations at the
Pretty Suburb Almost
Completed
HOME OF PROMINENT FAMILIES


The alterations being made at
Bellevue station on the Pennsylvania l
Railroad are now assuming definite l
shape and win probably be completed /
within a few weeks.
In order to avoid the congestion Of \
freight and passenger traffic over the |
one set of tracks at that point two
new tracks for passenger trains will be /
put down. This necessitated an eX-
pensive i'll extending from Edge Moor /
to Holly Oak, a distance Of about
mile
The "Jump over"
The present passenger tracks leave |
this city on the west side of the freight |
tracks where the latter come in at
Edge Moor. The object is 10 use the
outside track north Of Bellevue for
passenger trains. leaving two in the
centre for freight.
To accomplish this 1t was necessary !
to cross both north and south bound
freight tracks with the north bound
passenger track, a feat which has been
accomplished by constructing the fiji
spoken Of and making what is known
in railroad parlance as a Jump over"
The highest point in this new work
Is thirty feet above the present tracks
and IL is about three hundred yards
north of Bellevue station. This new
track is carried over the old roadbed
by a steel truss about sixty feet long,
resting on abutments of Allegheny
sandstone flanked with wingwalls 210
feet in extent. Under the centre of
this bridge are iron columns resting on
stone piers to bear the heavy strain
to which IL win be subjected.
A short distance south of the "jump-
over" is another bridge over a small
stream. The elevation of the south
bound passenger track will not be so
great as it viii be but eight feet above
the present level, the highest point be-
ing at the station.
Another advantage which will be de-
] rived through the change is the elimi-
nation of much of the curve at that
point, resulting in practically a straight
track from Edge Moor to Holly Oak.
The Station Improved.
The station building has been moved
back twenty feet and elevated nine feet
to conform to the level of the new
tracks. A wide driveway has been
graded up to the station. which is be-
ling remodeled with new and additional
platform accommodations.
A new signal tower viii be erected
south of the station. It will be equipped
with forty levers with which to oper-
ate the switches and the signal sys-
tenn.
Operation an Expensive One.
The operation is a very expensive
one for two reasons. First, the dirt
for filling i'm had 10 be hauled from
Farnhurst and second. the nature of
the ground under the bridges made il
necessary to sink piling for a founda
tion on which TO lay the stoneworl1
THE foundation walls of the Jump
over' bridge were sunk fifty-four feet
below the surface and those of the
bridge which spans the creek thirty
feet deep. The ground is low and
marshy, hence the unusual depth to
which it was necessary to go for a
solid base.
The cost of this operation has been
Approximately estimated at $500, 900.
Ryan and Kelly have the contract
THE actual work was commenced in
November of last year. and an effort
Twin be made to have trains runnins
over the new tracks by the fifteenth OF
this month. A large gang of laborer.
is employed there now and the work i,
being pushed as rapidly as possible.
The Father of Bellevue.
Bellevue station is i'm charge of w
3. Livermore. who is also postmaste
as well as station agent. He has serve,
as postmaster there for twenty three
years and has proved himself not onl.
Ian efficient officer but he takes grea
pride in everything pertaining to tn
welfare of the business under hi
supervision. He is assisted I'm his worl
by A. M. Byerly a young man who !
also familiar with the workings of tn
office and who is able to relieve his su
perior of much of the stress Of wor
which has to be disposed of there. Tn
lpostohice is i'm the fourth class.
A Region Of Homes.
The high ground back from the rive
commands a beautiful view and is or
cupied by several attractive couptr
} lhones. Among those who live ther
or spend the hot months there in com
. lparative comfort are J. ID. Lippincot
IUl llAAlhf hbaA lAA AN~NAH va ~ %
llyn farms: William DUPONT. of Belle
vue Hall; Theodore Stub, of Fairvie'
stock Farm and Judge Charles I
Lore of Gwendollen.
Many of these have pleasure launche
on the river and are to be seen FIRE
quently enjoying the healthful pastim
to be derived by passing few hour
on the water.
, Becoming Popular.
During the summer season Bellevu
r takes on an air of life and activity.
large number of visitors are enter
l. tanned there so that there is muc
travel 70 and from that point.
e With the increased facilities offere
by the railroad company the neighboi
hood is growing in popularity and d,
servedly so for It is one of the mo-