Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-28
NOT ANTAGON|ST|C
Pennsylvania Railroad Makes
No Discrimination.
TALK WITH AN OFFICIAL
Traffic in and Out of This City Essen
TALLY Passenger.
THE NEW YORK TERMINALS
Will Be Direct Benefit to the Travel
Between the Two
THE NEW YORK TERMINALS

Referring to published articles charging
the Pennsylvania railroad with discrimina-
ton against Washington. a prominent off,
cial Of the Pennsylvania railroad said:
THE idea Of the Pennsylvania railroad
being antagonistic to the interests of Wash
ington is absurd. On the contrary, for the
past five years the company has spent mil
lions Of dollars and is now spending mil
lions more, in betterments in which WASH
ington will directly share Up to the pres
ent time the traffic in and out Of Washing
ton is essentially passenger, and for the
better accommodation Of this class Of bust
ness to and from Washington, at all times,
4 and particularly on the occasion Of the as
sembling of great masses Of people at the
capital, the energies of the management
are being directed and the expenditures Of
vast sums of money being made.
1.-The improvement of the terminal facili-
ties at New York, 50 far from menacing the
welfare Of Washington, will prove direct
and distinct benefit to the travel between
the two cities, in that 1t will not only re-
duce materially the time of transit, but the
delivery of passengers in the very heart Of
New York will be an enormous advantage
He is mistaken who thinks that the tunnel
ing OF the Hudson and East rivers and
Manhattan Island Is done for the purpose
of increasing the freight traffic. The tun-
nels and the terminal station will be used
exclusively for passenger business. and not
freight car will pass through them. The
expenditure for freight terminals in and
around Manhattan is inconsiderable when
compared with the cost of the improve
ments for the better handling of passenger
business.
No Washington Industry Injured.
mo amount Of freight traffic originating
in New York could ever affect injuriously
any productive industry of Washington on
account Of the geographical situation OF
the two communities.
"Besides the expenditures on terminals
for passenger traffic in New York, millions
have been spent in improving the roadbed
between New York and Washington. All
the grade crossings in the large interme-
date cities have been eliminated, and a
costly steel bridge has been constructed
over the Susquehanna river
I'm fact, the old Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore railroad has for miles
been relocated and practically rebuilt in
and a quicker movement of passenger
trains. 1t is needless to more than men
ton the new union station in Washington.
Every citizen of the District appreciates
the enormous benefits that will accrue to
his community from this great passenger
terminal, not to mention the distinction II
confers on the national capital of possess
ing the handsomest and most costly rail-
ROAD station In the WOrlO. south OF w ASH
ington the improvements have been pushed
forward with like vigor. The new bridge
over the Potomac gives to Washington as
the gateway to the south fitting and ade-
quate outlet. The great freight yards at
Alexandria, under joint control of the sew
eral roads, will afford ample facilities for
the forwarding of all freight both through
and local, for years to come.
1.-The double tracking and in fact recon-
struction of the Richmond line provides
ample trackage to a section of the upper
south which has suffered for years from a
congestion which has greatly impeded the
movement of both classes of traffic. THIS
work has been accomplished at great out
lay of capital, but the cost is fully justi-
fed by the increased facilities and the con-
sequent increased traffic it will give to
Washington and points north.
New Railroad Station.
During the nearly quarter century of
more or less agitation concerning the
site of the Pennsylvania railroad station
the company has fnsistently urged upon
Congress the necessity for a greater area
to properly conduct its business, and
when the plan for making Greater
Washington by readjustment of its build
ings and a reconstruction on lines more
| nearly approaching the, original plans
co-operated heartily, and accepted the
conditions imposed upon 1t as to the
style and architecture of tho new sta
ton, although they involved far greater
expenditure than the actual necessities
of the situation demanded.
The people Of Washington may rest
assured that when the time comes for
increased freight facilities to handle the
products of industrial Washington the
Pennsylvania railroad will make ample
provision to meet all their requirements,
as it has always been the policy of the
company to develop traffic by the en-
enlargement of the production on its
lines Of all kinds of transportable COM
modities"