Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-29
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NOTES SOFT THE RAILWAYS
Pooling System of Car Repairs
 For New York Central.
ALL SUPPLIES WILL BE UNIFORM

Eugene Chamberlain Put In Charge
 of Clearing House For KeeDins
 Freight Car Equipment In Order.
 To Beauftfy Right of Way Illinois
 Central will Rent Land to Farmers
 For Raising Grass = Fries Steel
 Postal Car.
 A new and important department will be added to the New York Central lines on July l, when Eugene Cham berlain will open up the clearing house under which all freight car repairs on the system will be pooled. says the Chi- cago Tribune. His headquarters will be in New York.
 Preparations for the starting of this department have been under way for two years, and 1t is another step <or- ward in the policy of President New man to unify all lines in the system. It is expected to mean greater economy and efficiency in keeping the freight car equipment in first class condition and will facilitate the promptness with which repairs can be made.
 One of the changes will be that all the shops will have uniform supplies, and when a car is damaged 1t can be repaired at the nearest plant without regard to the road by which it is owned. The economies of this scheme are manifest on account of the eliraina- ton of delays and the consequent in- crease in the earning capacity of the equipment.
 The plans of the New York Central were perfected after carefully study ing a similar pooling system of repairs which has been in operation by the Pennsylvania lines for several years Mir. Chamberlain believes, however. that he will be able to eliminate some objectionable features which be found In the Pennsylvania shops and to effect even greater economies than the Penn sylvania has been able to accomplish.
 In his capacity as chairman of the clearing house Mir. Chamberlain's ju- risdiction will extend over all the lines and will permit him to make any changes which he may deem necessary for the improvement of any of the shops.
 The Illinois Central has adopted . unique method of improving the ap- pearance of It's right of way. says Bloomington Qlll dispatch to the St Louis Republic. The oficials have de cided to rent the "way land" as 1t is called, to farmers and others along the road. but will restrict them to the rais- ing of grass.
 The right of way not occupied by tracks or buildings will be rented for q dollar per mile. with the understanding that the lessee will keep of all weeds and now the grass when if natures for hay. He is entitled to the hay as bis recompense for the blowing. planting and cutting The Central was fortunate in securing a right of way averaging 200 feet for the entire distance down the state of Illinois from Galena 10 Cairo. The road stretches through the richest farming land in the world. and the right of way is wide enough at sta tons to allow for ample yard room and necessary buildings.
 There is ample room for c four track road. with space left after these are provided for. But such . magnificent right of way has its drawbacks. It nanifests an annual inclination to grow up in weeds. These offend the eye of the railway msgnste and perhaps the aesthetic passenger Many thou sands of dollars have been spent each year in cutting the weeds and burning the stubble. thus keeping up a sem blance of deceDcy and also preventing disastrous fires. which sometimes burn fences and telegraph poies. not to spesk of adjoining property.
 The leasing scheme comes as . happy thought to save the expense of caring for the riEht of way. he lessee will plant the land in grass and blot out the weeds. Tbere will be pro6t to the men who lease the way land snd there will be thousands of dollars of revenue for the road. while the biIl for tbe care of the right of vay will be re- duced by m immense fgure.
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