The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-17


 t.., .stbcbes sauare. down on she xrourfd.r He had nearly all the ro1o laid again.>. which now pushed rouno bv hand to test the new work
 No account appeared, that the pres emf writer has been able to trace, or the actual results of the trials. No notice was given when they Wouiu fihisf.j nor in fact when they would oe- gin, other than the one quoted. but as the letter of July 2s says. the writer hopes it will all be complete oy tne end of this week" Monday. August l. was no doubt the actual date.
 Nearly forty years later one who had ridden round the circular railway ttp,Inr the speed as. twelve miles an hour. wrote that the engine ran Tor some weeks. when rail broke. ana made the engine fly off at tangent and upset, the ground being very soht at the time means on the inciosure and costly re- laying. while very few people came 10 see the show, he gave 1t up and the engine was not put on the road aga'n'
 Either the Pennsylvania Railroad has not been hit hard by the recent de- pression in business or the reViyal in husiness has reached there far earlier than If has the roads of this section. When a road puts out s5,000,000 at one shot fl is going some and 1t is believed thai fine same habit" will take hold of the roads through Montgomery ano this section of the country Speaking of the big appropriation of the Penn syIvania The New York Sun says:
 After a meeting of the Board or Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad held in Philadelphia yesterday after
 x Ger GnFnniaftOn or the electrification of the Pennsylvania terminal in this city were announced and the signing of a S5,00o.00O contract for the work with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company
 Aside from the importance of the contract and the work 1t involves the announcement had political signifi- canoe which became known through George Westinghouse in this city.
 "The contract for thls work was signed at the meeting in Philadelphia thIs afternoon, said Mir. Westinghouse "It was decided at first not to an- nounce the fact just at this time. put after arriving here telephoned Fresl- dent McCrea of the Pennsylvania. oI course we all hope for the election or Mir. Taft tomorrow" said Mir. Westing house with a smile, "snd l thought this would be a good time to show our confidence and also that 1t might help the situation a bit. This contract means, Of course, the additional em- ployment of at least 1000 more men. .
 Tie contract is for the electrifica- ton of. the entire Pennsylvania system from Harrison. N. J., to Jamaica. L. |. The initial amount of the apparatus required under this part of the con tract will be 35, 100000. but this by no means can be taken as the full amount that the work will cost, as 1t has not been determined yet just how mucn more than the contract calls for VIII be done. Mir. Westinghouse said tnet the contract was elastic in form anu that if the Pennsylvania wanted 70 push its work out further It couid Do done under this same contract
 Tt is believed that the action or tne Pennsylyania Railroad will have Tar reaching effect. with reference 70 many other electFifcations which nave been held in abeyance pending the de cjsion of the Pennsylyania road, saio Mr Westinghouse. ''As a D1atter or phvsical fact, this work will eventual iv form a link with the New Haven and Central lines Mind you. l mean pbysieaI connection, as of course, .I know nothing about what the Pennsyl' vania may mean to do in regard to any future traffic arrangements"
 The magnitude of the work of elec- tr,fication of the Pennsylvania may De understood better by comparison Wltn l what has been done in the New daVeh and Central lines.