Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-02-19
B. { 0. TO SPEND
OVER S8,0OO,OOO
For Roadway Improvement and
Motive Power Equipment.
ROAD DIRECTORS SO DECIDE

viii Be Upon Basis of President
Wizards Recently Outlined Meas
ures to Raise Operating Standard
and is Expected to Increase Facili-
ties so Per cent-lncludes 80 New
Engines.
Baltimore, Feb. 12.-Work upon the
basis OF President Wizards recently
outlined measures for bringing the
Baltimore and Ohio to an operating
standard meeting the fullest require
nents of its patrons will be immedi-
ately begun. Announcement TO this
effect was made yesterday from the
office of the president in this city.
Such of the general plan as was al
ready for submission to the board of
directors of the road was unanimously
approved at Thursdays meeting In
diture aggregating something over
IS, 600, 900. OF this amount 1t is stated
that $4,000, 900 will go into the road
way and $4,000, 900 for new motive
power.
The expenditure for improvements
to the roadway will be for facilitating
operations at points where congestion
is most likely to occur. The greater
part of the work viii be done on the
mountainous section OF the road,
where two tunnels are to be eliminat-
ed entirely and third tracks be laid
as approaches to other tunnels, which
it is believed, will greatly facilitate
passage through them. A provision
made for heavier motive power than
ever before used on the road. In
creased height and width of the tul.
nels will be increased at various
points.
Thirty Gigantic Locomotives.
The board of directors also took up
the question of additional motive pow.
er and authorized the placing of the
record order for locomotives. The
feature OF this order is that it in
| cludes 80 Mallet engines of the heav'
lest type ever built for road use. The
Baltimore and Ohio was the pioneer
in the introduction of the monster
Mallet, having put in actual operation
the first of that type. The engine was
at that time the largest in the world
and was placed on the Sand Patch
grade of the Connellsville division
Since then other American railroads
have employed the Mallet type for hill
work, the Northern Pacific using
$50, 000-pound engines and the Erie
one of 410.0 0 pounds, these being the
weights of the engines proper, not in
; GLIDING the tender.
The Baltimore and Ohio is now tc
have no less than thirty of the gigan
tic weight OF 400, 900 pounds, the
heaviest known and much the largest
order ever placed for such a type
work, but are to be operated as road
engines over the Allegheny Noun
tains. One of these engines is cal
culated to equal two of the ordinary
consolidation type locomotives, and
has demonstrated that 1t can do the
work of two engines in hill climbing
In addition to the 80 Mallet locomo
tives, the new order includes 120 con
s~olidation freight type locomotives
of 227,0000 pounds weight each
and of the general design of the 81
new locomotives that are now beine
delivered. These latest orders to
gether with the recent orders placed
by the road, will call for an ~expendi
ture of 5000, 900 for equipment and
a total expenditure in all OF $4,000,
900. This action on the part OF the
board shows 4 lively faith in the bust
ness conditions remaining favorable
and is a complete backing up of the
promise OF President Willard that the
facilities of the road would be in
creased to such an extent that II
could handle so per cen more bust
ness within nine months than it is
able to handle now.