The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-10
Pennsylvania Lines Begin a
Campaign Which Will Make
The Road One of Best in
The Country.
PLANS OF COMPANY
ARE VERY COMPLETE
Official Announcement Made
Of improvements to Be
Made Between This City
And Indianapolis.

just started work on some very i'm
portant double-tracking and grade re-
vision, designed especially to facilitate
the movement of traffic on the Pitts
burgh, Chicago, Cincinnati & St.
Louis railroad between Columbus and
Chicago on the one hand, and between
Columbus, Indianapolis and St. Louis
on the other.
The first of these undertakings in
wolves the double-tracking of 80 miles
between Horation and Onward. This
improvement will involve 100000
cubic yards of excavation, and the
installation of 25,OOO yards of masonry
and the removal of twenty grade
crossings. 1t will also call for the
elimination of all facing point switches
on this part of the line except those
which are interlocked. The maximum
grade on this line at the present time
is O5 of one per cent, but it is de-
signed to decrease this to O.3 of one
per cent.
Gary Needs Coal.
These improvements have been rem
dered necessary by the development
of the steel plant at Gary. Ind. where
large amount of coal and coke from
the West Virginia coal fields Is used.
The cost of this undertaking will be
about 100000. Grading will be
pushed as rapidly as possible this
year and it is expected that the
tracks will be in use by the summer
Of 1910 With the completion of this
work the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburgh will have an alternative
double track road between Pittsburgh
and Chicago as the entire line Is al
ready double tracked except between
these two points and about 6 miles
through Piqua, o.
To facilitate the movement west OF
Columbus destined for indianapolis
and other points for the southwest
| the 63 miles between Richmond and
| Irvington, Ind, are to be double
tracked and all grades reduced to 4
of 1 per cent; at an estimated cost OF
$4,OOO,OOO. Contracts for two sections
of this line have been let already, COW
ering the II miles between Richmond
|
involve the excavation of 1.1S7.OO(
yards of earth, the elimination OF \
highway grade crossings, and the in
stallation og 46,500 yards of masonry
Change Terminal.
| For the seven miles between Dun
reith and Knightstown, $4,000 yards
additional of excavation will have t.
be taken out and 1890 yards of ma
sonry will be installed. BY this i'm
provement all highway grade cross
ings will be eliminated. 1t is plannes
to raise the grade at Cambridge Cit.
about twenty-seven feet in order t.
separate the crossings Of the Penn
sylvania lines with the Big Four ant
the Lake Erie and Western railroads
The Cambridge City branch will b.
abandoned between Cambridge Cit
and Bentonville, a distance of 80 mile
and a new line built from Bentonvill
to a connection with the main line a
Dublin, a distance of five miles in OF
der to reduce the ruling south boun
grade of the branch.
Except for six miles through Piqu
and thirty-one miles between Bradfor
and New Paris. this work betwee
Richmond and Irvington will complet
the double tracking between Pitts
burgh and Indianapolis. On the lin
between Indianapolis and St. Loui
there are now thirty-six miles of do,
BILE track so that for the total distanc
between New York and st. Louis
will be possible to travel for 81 mile
on a railroad having from two to 81
tracks. 1t is expected that this wi
greatly facilitate the movement
both freight and passenger trains.