The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-06-01
Railway Improvements for Southern.

Atlanta, Ca, May 24-Contracts FOL
locomotives, rolling stock, steel rails, anC
fittings, involving q total expenditure o.
81, 900, 900, 90 have been let within the past
few weeks by the Southern Railway Com
pany according to announcement made to
day, thus carrying out the statements as
to orders to be given, contained In Presi'
dent Finley's announcement OF March 18th
. Seventy-fve locomotives, $500 all steel
bined passenger-baggage cars are to be
added to the motive power and rolling
stock equipment Of the Southern as the
result Of these contracts. In addition to
this, contracts have been let for forty siS
thousand tons of IS steel rail and for 100,
900 improved Joints for use with this rail,
The steel rail and fittings which will
represent an outlay on the part Of the
company Of 81, 100000 will be used in i'm:
proving it's lines by replacing lighter rail
which will In turn be relaid In place OF
still lighter rail on the subsidiary lines
and In the prosecution OF the COmpanys
plans for donble tracing its more impor'
tant lines lines. The completion OF work
on sixty miles Of double track under con
.struction will give "a miles OF doYhletEsSk
there are IS miles OF double track now In
use on other.lines of the system. Thirty
thousands tons OF this rail will be furnish.
cd by the Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail,
road Company from its Birmingham plant
in line with tho Southern Railway Com
pany's policy Of %patronizing southere In,
dustries wherever possible. Ten thousand
tons will be furnished by the Maryland
Steel Company, and six thousand tons by
the Cambria Steel Company.
The entire locomotive order went to the
Baldwin Locomthe Works Of Philadelphia
and this investment of 81 SOC, 900 90 on the
part Of the Southern Railway will add tc
its motive power 38 consolidation freight
locomotives, 25 Pacific type passenger 10
comotives, 10 switching locomotives, anC
2 Mallet freight locomotive will be the
largest and most power in the South, tc
be delivered during September or October
1910.
OF the $500 all steel 5O-ton coal and coke
cars for which the Southern Railway will
spend So, 9 5000 co.. two thousand will be
furnished by the Western Steel Car anC
Foundry Co., Of Hedgewisch, ILL.,, 1920 by
the Cambria Steel Company Of Johnston
Pa, and 500 by the Standard Steel Car Co
of Butler and Newcastle, Pa. 1t Is expected
that these cars will be In service by July
1910. The ten combined passenger-bag
gage cars are to bo built by the Hicks Lo
cost of SOC, 600, 90 and will be delivered II
June 1910,
In addition the Company Is building
for itself at it's Lenoir Car Works, 100
steel underframe ventilated box cars ant
200 steel underframe stock cars, and TO
the Georgia Southern and Florida Rail
way 900 steel underframe ventilated bo,
cars. Upon the completion Of this worl
about August /, construction will be begun
Of Q, 900 additional steel underframe ven
tilated box cars Of 10000 pounds capacit.
for the Southern Railway.
These large expenditures on the par
of the Southern Railway Company meal
greatly increased facilities for handling
the growing traffic throughout the south
ern states and better service for ever
point on the various lines Of the company