The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-28
MILLIONS TO BE SPENT
ON THE NEW RAILROAD IM-
 PROVElLENTS.

How and Where the Enormous sums
 of Money is to be spent--New Haven
 VIII Use Up About Three Millions on
 New Cut and Station.
 Contracts calling for the expenditure of millions of dollars by the New Ha- ven road are now in progress and as the work on some of these big jobs is now progressing rapidly interest is be- ing shown in what the road is doing in the way of bettering it's system.
 One of the big jobs is the six track ing of the Harlem river branch from Harlem river to New Rochelle, N. Y, This work is being done by Daly & Holbrook, contractors, who do consid- erable road building for the company. Four of thse tracks will be equipped with electric third rail and the total cost is estimated at $7,700,000 of which $4,825,0 GOO vii be paid out for roadway and stations and the remainder for electrical apparatus On the New York division the company is electrifying its rails between Woodlawn and Stamford. This fork is nearly finished and has cost in the neighborhood of $2000, ,00O.
 Of chief interest in New Haven is the cut work This is getting along in good shape, but this stretch of little more than mile will not be covered by new iron for some time to come. This job together with the construction of new station will cost the company at least $3.000,0O0 and possibly more.
 Some of the other work under way on the New Haven lines and other jobs in contemplation put the better ment charges of the New Haven on an enormous basis for it is doubtful if the company ever had so many big contracts in the works and under con- templation as at present. Among other improvements is the further double tracking of the Highland division be- tween Danbury east to Hawlyeville about five miles, from Waterbury the Irebuilding of the road northeast to the new line. Lathrop & Shea are the con- tractors for this work The new line from waterbury to Bristol reIocates much of the road and involves the bor- ing of a $500 foot tunnel at PequabuclS in Litohfield county. This work is well under way.
 At Providence the New Haven is making $2,O00,0O0 change in the lay out of its tracks. This is being done under the name of the Providence Terminal Co.,, a creature of the New Haven, and it is building a line from the main line station at Providnce un- der the river to East Providence lit tie less than three miles This work includes a tunnel about two miles long which will run under the city of Prov idence.
 The new four track bridge at Nauga- tuck junction is now practically conn of the new spans put up by the New Haven road and because of the sub stantial methods employed in it's con- struction was one of the most costly. The bridge work includes the new span over the Connecticut river at Saybrook the cost of which was not less than $1, 100000 and a number of other mod ern railroad design have just been com- pleted by the company.
 The company plans to make large Improvements to its freight and steam ship terminal facilities at Boston and the remaining 20 miles of the Provi- dence division are to be four-tracked and possibly equipped with electricity.
 One of the largest bits of work in contemplation is the strengthening of the Air Line division between New Ha- ven and Wilhmantic, a distance of about 54 miles. Surveys for this work have been made already and the pro- posed change will be started shortly it is stated The elevation of the road through Meriden will cost $3,00O, 000 The company is to build new cutoff from the New York division near Greenwich to the Highland division west of Danbury about 30 miles, which will shorten the distance betweeen New York and Danbury about 15 miles. Sur N6yS ItdVb DtGll llleiuCt ll lS odlut LOI another cutoff from Huntsville on the Northampton division to Yalesville on the Hartford division, a distance of about eight miles, which cut off would result in the better operation of freight transfers over these two lines
 Authority has been asked by the com pany for a line from the present ter miuns of the road at Woodlawn, 12 miles north of New York, south along the east bank of the Bronx river about four miles to make a connection with the Harlem river and Portchester branch near West Farms which is four miles north of the Harlem river ter minum. Right of way has been pur- chased for this line by the company and the expense of building the line will be very heavy
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