The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-04-27
S4.O00.OO0 FOR ENGINES.
B. q o. Awards Mammoth Contract
for Power.

for Power.
Announcement was made Tuesday
bv the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
COMPANY of contracts closed Monday
afternoon for $50 new locomotives,
which will cost little over 81. OOO. 900.
The American Locomotive Com
panv got the lions share of the con-
tracts, orders Being placed with it for
21O consolidation tyne freight locomo-
tives aud 30 Pacific type passenger
locomotives. To Burnham. Williams
y Co. Baldwin Locomotive Works.
was awarded~a contract for five
switching locomotives. The contracts
call for the beginning of the delivery
of the locomotives in August, aud all
are to be delivered by December /,
1865.
President Murray is especially anx-
ious to get this additional motive
power i'll service as early as possible
to meet the requirements in the
steady but heavy increase Of traffic
over the system.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
has made wonderful growth and de-
velopment since it went into the
hands OF the receivers, III 1896 At
the end OF the fiscal year June 80,
1896. four months after it had gone
into receivership, the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad had total of 1877 loco
motives, while on April 1, 1905, the
motive power in.the service had in
creased 624, to total OF 1901 locomo-
tives. In addition, the affiliated lines
had 124 locomotives in service. The
addition of the $50 locomotives Just
contracted for will make the total
number the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and affiliated lines 2075.
This number will be slightly reduced
by the putting out of service of some
old locomotives, but it will still leave
the road with almost double the
number of locomotives it had when
it went into the hands of the receiy-
ers.
Rapid progress is being made in
getting the present rolling stock of
the system in frst-class condition by
following out the present policy of
making substantial repairs and by
disposing of the obsolete equipment
which cannot be utilized to good ad-
vantage for the present traffic require
ments.
With 10000 freight cars, which the
Company has decided to add to its
equipment, the end of the calendar
year will show an addition of II $50
new cars and $50 locomotives of the
most modern designed to the equip
ment of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road.
The 30 Pacific type of passenger
locomotives that has been ordered
are of the most modern and substan-
tial design and specification that has
yet been Fproduced, and will be fully
equipped for the efficient and eco
nomical handling of both heavy and
light passenger trains oyer all parts
of the system at the highest permissi-
bic speed.
The 210 consolidation type of freight
locomotive have been especially de-
signed, with large driver wheels and
other essential features, for the fast
movement of heavy freight trains.
The five switching locomotive are OF
a special type for the handling of the
terminal work in the New York dis
trict.
The American Locomotive Com
pany, which received the larger part
of the contracts, has capital stock
of $4,000, 900, one-half preferred and
one half common. 1t owns every i'm
portant locomotive works in the
United States and Canada.