New-York tribune., 1905-02-27
TO SPEND S9O,OOO,OOO.
OUTLOOK FOR L. /. ROAD.
r,.aouncement of Improvements
Tnder Way and Contemplated.

,..,- about se0Oaooo will be spent toward
*'D 7s,-g Island 3" said officer OF the Long
Ps PeiHrrad Yesterday, IN discussing the i'm
sunder way aI1G IN contemplation by the
- Telsfd and Pennsylvania companies The
D'Le - - improvements to be made by the
St"''' - Ratlroad alone. announced by
Ioas Potter do not include any
-. -. =, connection with the S4eo00.o0o tunnel
- Pennsylvania NeW-Aork ana Long Island
:. - company. under the Hudson and East
FAM - Manhattan Island which will connect
r'e.s T-rs,5 with the West; nor do they include
Lohe .-..+,o- of the New-York Connecting Rail
tle eO,-,., will cost SOG9eoo. and viii form
res', -orncctiou by way Of a bridge over Hell
laiss5 wards Island. for The Long Island Rail
saw =. pennsylvania Railroad and the New
- 1ev-Haven and Hartford
w. es,ial referred TO gave the 1oIoWing par
-. ~aea-drg the proposed betterments'
rr,nerts OF the Long Island Railroad
Iae ne 14a account. some already 5aG adyanced
o. = 7Hsrs fully planned Ieaay 70 ne aliIe4 ii at
Wiz = ,s,rT1ushout the whole western END of Long
iFe4u 80 give to residents living III sections as
- yssf as Bay Ridge ara as 1T ~ etSt S. aS III
y-.shinst0u and Queens i--e ! ns.!SE - = - i ~
rrsord2ea,,Ss ,,Ss-b-t+an The plans include the elec-
S-s5rstion of ali western branchss ana spu[S t ot
The -ose, and NV equipment which will en-
80 fhe latest most coiAi1tte i''eA9 A11"4' ~
electrl5a sLErcsr ,4s now prosecuted by the Long
Island read being pushed VIZ - ,iifIrosd Com
- men - - - 49, completed the electrihcaton
PS.5 PS..5-+f,e miles Of road. including the lines from
55.so3Fs[en Junction 70 RockaNay Fark from
Hainaeis = 49, THIS electrincation viii cost
SsGse ia addition. u is planned 20 1y tietilly 5 Ia
Ao-5c Pc- WagtingJon. from Long Island City ard
-ss Manhattan Beach l1ae. from Long 1siiiu ~1'S
70 Jae % -ucipaI improvements now under way,
IN addition 10 The S5evtV' elecli 'at4oi' 'ie ''0
ioISlA oaa,g Atsrtic-ave from Flatbush-aye TO Wood
r-7,cfiou The elimination OF grade CROSSINGS
ne csIrsst terminal faclities At the Flatbush-
a-s station This improvement Is now nearing
Completion and VIII cost the railroad the sum o.
ne Bav Ridge line elimination Of grade cross
ings from East New-York TO Bay Ridge, and gen
s- inProveuaent Of the road The railroad is ready
= 4 beEin actual work a cost OF + 0eooeo -
When these changes are all complete y,5. and the
Island rou1uuters viii be Whirled to the heart OF
Manhattan Island through the tn4leI M & rom ~ 4Das
- ~ stiantic-ave line, with which the new Flat
51s5-ars Manhattan subway win connect At Fiat
re zaiuTe q the Bay Ridge improvement Is in
streets Here. as on Atlantic-ave.. many. OF the
SECTIONS OF lighter track being replaced by the
standard 1po-pouud rails 10 accommodate heaFE
The work along Atantc-ave raised difficult prob
lens which had he met with rare engineering
skill The complete reconstruction Of the line ana
he r-ersrati3ns OF the eectriacation were carried
N Simultaneously while traffic along the line could
nor BE- Interrupted Some idea Of the nature of tins
esyo5 bsr7 trains leave the Fatbush=ave station
for another Of the tracks at teT-Inlnule m
tervals during certain hours OF the afternoon: IN
addition 10 The regular schedules over otheF
TIE Atlanuc-ave. work has now been going on
for three years, and has naturally caused delays
TIE most difficult part of the work was at the
terminal Here the road viii end in sixteen stub
r. -e - n 80 -. sror+ of the structure
4 the elevated road which runs Atlanticave. at
rest on eye6earas. and directly below these beams
pits were Tor the subway columns men lllc
load transferred TO the columns. Another seri-
gus obstruction was an old 4s5inch water man nam
running diaEonalIy across the line OF excavation:
slca lad 10 Be iala anew On ne s4nui fIsn+tc -
ave Booked the work and was source OF danger
adjoining street
Leaving the terminal, the new road runs in a
tuunel for 900 feet when Il emerges and proceeds
tie elevated structure for 1850 ieet ms -
followed again by 5000 feet of tunnel and the rest
elevated and open cuts The tunnels are IN ~; ~
electricity, that the passengers G'I4u lllu tII @
way about ia an emergency though Lney a. are bI n9r
= Rht as 70 lnteIdtIe NJ a,3HV IN synl- Irj
night OF way above. is able 10 yehlll5te me
gfriers are eeneray used in she construction
though a The terminals big Se-ineh glraeFs nave
The new power house Is a huge red brick build
g 2s5 by 5yo feet conspicuous from the river. with
Is four great steel srnokestacks Js feet in diameter
towering 20 feet above the foundations me
Rff neHf can .' Be doubled BY the @ II is necessary
furnish power for the New-York Connecting Ran
ways tracks 10 the Harlem River and the Penn
syIvania New-Jersey and New-York tunnel as far
= &c ! Manhattan
rhs big generators Of the plant VIII furnish close
10000 klOwatts- The plant will start in Juno
sith three 551l iioWatt generators and thlTty-tWO
55-horsep0R-er boilers
From the power house the transmission lines will
the current in big -hree-conductOr cables for
he third rail 70 all parts Of the forty-ve miles Of
iue Five sub-statiors Of the power hOuse-at
Grend-ave. Brooklyn. East New York Wood
haven Junction. Hamrnels and Rockaway Junction.
resU+ctiTeF-wiI receive the current IN lZptJ-Volt
catlAs and transform il from an alternating TO
& direct current. 10 be distributed over the third
rail hv means Of the feed wires
A. EammeIs the sub-station has attached TO II
the largest single storage battery in the country
Thfs battery occupies building 81 by 100 feet. The
battery comprises 300 cells and has capacity OF
200 a-IpeTes hourly rating ana SoJ' alnpeTes
r2ouHuTsTv discharge
TIE two portable sub-stations constitute q most
interesting innovation engineering They VIII be
used reinforce any Of the permanent Sub-sta-
lions ir IN emergency caused rush o. traffic in
zr particular section and viii increase from two
six times the capacity OF any station Each con-
~ one -klIOWatt rotary converter with its
three Transformers. q little blower and a switch
complete ali carried in drepTo0f stee' car on the
heaviest type Of standard Pennsylvania Railroad
track equipment
complete new car equipment is under con-
sructi1r FOR the new electric road. The company
is having built - steel motor cars similar TO the
steel cars nov used in the subway These cars
are . feet . inches long and feet inches wide.
each equipped with Two 2og-horsepOwer motors and
complete Westinghouse multiple control brake sys-
ten. Each car VIII seat ffty-twO passengers.
u addition. sixty of the newest cars now in use
VIII be utilized r a modified form. traiIers