Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-03

10. s4S. SO against the Extraordinary Expendi'
ture Fund heretofore existing. There was also
charged against the income for the year the
amount Of s0.51s.39 advanced to the Western
New York and Pennsylvania Railway and other
subsidiary companies.
The capital expenditure on the branch lines.
which was met out Of their own resources. az
gregated 81. 49,. 321.21
In pursuance of the policy announced In the
last report. the expenditures for the year were
confined almost exclusively to the completion
OF work actually under way; and 1t is gratifying
TO note that with the exception Of portion OF
the relief freight lines for which no present ne
cessity exists. substantially all the Improvements
outlined in the report for 1902. as essential to
put your road in condition to meet the legitimate
demands of your traffic have been completed.
As a result, the average daily mileage Of the
freight moved over your lines increased
about twenty per cent between 1903 and 1907.
The expenditures for the present year will be
practically confined to finishing the work now
in progress on the main line. and to the Tunnel
Extension into and through New York and the
Terminal Station In that city.
The progress upon the Tunnel Extension has
been satisfactory. although 1t has necessarily
been delayed by the engineering legal and
municipal questions inseparable from so ex-
tensive an undertaking. 1t is expected that
the entire work upon the tunnels and terminal
station will be completed in 1910.
On the section between Harrison east Of
Newark. where the Tunnel Extension leaves your
New Jersey Division, and the western portal Of
the Bergen Hill Tunnels, substantial progress
was made during the year upon the masonry.
perstructure. and embankment necessary to carry
your railroad across the Meadows above the
grades Of the railways and streets traversing
that territory. The two tunnels through Bergen
Hill have. with the exception Of about seven
hundred feet, been fully excavated The concrete
lining is being placed in the Bergen Hill Tun-
neis and also in the two tubes under the Hudson
River while the excavation Is completed from
the river to the Terminal Station approach at
Tenth Avenue. From Tenth to Ninth Avenue
more than half of the work has been finished,
and the Terminal Station site between Sew
enth and Ninth Avenues in New York City prac
tically all the retaining walls and foundations
are in place. The steel viaducts for the support
OF the streets adjoining the station site and for
the avenues crossing ii also nearing compile
tiOn, while the steel structure Of the station It.
self Is in process Of erection. The tunnel
walton from the terminal site eastwardly to the
First Avenue shafts on the westerly side Of the
East River is completed, with the exception Of
the section between Fifth and Sixth Avenues,
and nearly one-half Of the concrete lining and
other work on that portion Of the line is COM
pleted. In the construction Of the four tunnels
under the East River one Of the iron tubes has
already been completed, and the remaining tubes
win be connected early in the present year.
The tunnels under Long Island City from the
East River to East Avenue shaft in the Borough
OF Queens have been completely excavated and
iron lined. and two-thirds Of the concrete lining
Is in place. The work between the East Avenue
shaft and the western end Of Sunnyside Yard,
near Thomson Avenue, where the tunnels reach
the surface, is under construction.
1t was not possible to actively proceed with
the Sunnyside Yard, until q number Of changes