The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-14
AMONG THE RAILROADS
News From all Sections :
improvements Forthcom
ing; Much Building.

ser
tine work OF constructing q new double
track iine between Haslcton and Cuya-
Loal Fails. O.. on tho plttsburg division
Of The Baltimore a. ohio railroad. is pro-
etcssing rapidly and the entire line will
bc put into Service boy May /.
The section from Newton Falls 90 Ra-
VIENNA. distance Of lt.1 miles. has been
flushed and was put into tse March "a,
ihc operation over it being highly satis-
fntor- The old line iron sasleton to
Cmuhoga Falls was 5.li miles. by the
elimination of curves end taking "a more
direct course the new line viii be nearly
Sis miles shorter. as by q the distance
between the two. poirts will DE reduced
to yt.5i miles This Improvement is part
O. the very good work OF the present
I management !n ltmishtenng the allie
sumen; and reducing the grade of the
Baltimore s ohio railroad
or constructing this new line q radical
departure from ordinary railway location
al d construction has been made and TO
accomplish this &c was necessary TO rec
iuc.itc and reconstruct portion of the
olG Plirsvlllo az Youngstown railroad
f,meily narrow gauge rold, but not
caoutcd since The fan OF 1878, and lying
icvtaen Hasleton and Miles. o.. dis
lance OF $50 miles
The eastern terminus of ih new line
BE- az Hosletou o EAST Youngstown
vhete it connSc,s with the present line
kuowu as tho PitisDurs Cleveland x
o oleio railroad. and from there It crosses
the Mahoning river tFrcc times untn it
finally remains on tht south side Of the
u,er through tho feunc busy and in
Gustrial checlScred Mahonlng valley
The new nne leaves the old TrumbuI
& Mlhonng railroad at Niles and at
Newton Fails it crosses the east and west
/ branches of the Aahoning river and also
The present line overhead. AT this point
the present track il connected with the
ncw line by branch a. that an busi-
ness from the old line between loungs-
town and Newton Falls can be taken care
Of and the present road used as "a feeder
for the new one.
AT Niles the new line crosses both the
/ Mics and the New Lisbon railroad (l,rle
batnch line) and the Niles & Alliance rail
rad tPenu.lyyann branch line) over
lead The Niles * Alliance railroad has
/ q direct branch line connection with the
hcN line. IRON ,sewton Falls westward
/ tine new line meets the cid at grade only
a; the Eavcnna Ohio ana Mout. o.. sta-
{ lions. from where it runs m direct course
/ to its western terminus at Cuyahosa
/ Iais.
'tke salient features I'm the construc-
/ ton Of the Lew line are s.'sed. distance
aud safety. he geographical. as well
as typographical conditions met with
through the Mahoping valley required an
elaborate study before the final and mos.
economical ioca tion was secured. and not
~itlistanding this. il required an unusual
Iuuount OF grading heavy masonry work
1ad steel superstructure to secure "A 3
trr cent grade for east and westbound
traffic on account os the nofth and south
iound crossed overhead by It. The loca-
ton Of cures and their degree Of curcu-
turc has been so arranged between stop
ID rg points as 10 eliminate any slowing
uf of fast trains at whatever speed they
1855 be able to make
lie new line will not have any railroad
crossings al grade hile the present line
between Hasleton AMI Newton Falls has
fourteen such crossings. protected by
distance signals. The present lire is
very circudtous and located mostly on
the old Pennsylvania and OHIO canal. The
HaXlmum grade westJound is 6 per cent
and .55 per cent eastbound agoinst 3
I.'r cent both ways on the new line when
finished it will complete a double track
between Pittsburg Pa, and Sterling, o.,
q distance OF 100 miles. with tie exception
o. the Bakerstown tunnel Uhree miles)
From Sterling TO sullivan, little over
twonty-one miles, single track remains
.empororily, while there Is double
track from there TO Chicago junction.
chs work is being douo under the direc-
tior of -. -. Cnrothers. chief engineer
of the Baltimore s. Ohio and a. NJ Kis-
uL, engineer OF construction. Is direct
ly iE charge.
Fate Reduction Said to BE Unfair.
\ dispatch from Chicago says that the
! announcement that the Eastern Illinois
win absorb switching charges except
bridge tolls, at st. Louis has caused con-
sternatloE IN the freight offices Of the
Alton and the Illinois Central The
freight traffic officials OF these roads
ccuhre il breach Of faith on the part OF
tnc Eastern Illinois 20 have made this
announcement without giving the other
roads time 10 trink IL over. II prob
ably viii result 10 the advantage of the
st. Louis merchants and monufacturers
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