The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-12
B.&O. PLANS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS:
A LARGE EXPENDITURE OF MON
EY WILL BE MADE FOR CON-
STRuCTIoN ANG EQUIP.
MEkT.

BALTIMORE. Feb. 12.-Work upGn
the basis OF President WIlIard's re.
rently outlined measure for bringing
the 8altinicre and Ohio Railroad to an
operating standard. meeting the full
est requirements of the patrons, is to
be immedaltely placed under way.
Such of the general plan 40 ready for
submission to tho Board of Directors
Was unanimously approved at Thur.
days meeting. The expenditures AN .
whole SO sanctioned aggregate sont-
thing over eight millions of dollars,
five millions going upon the roadway.
The latter olt1o will be largely fer i'm
proving operation at points where con-
ac<t.jn fs more liable to occur.
Much work is to be done on tho
mountain sections Of the road. where
t;Ho tunnels are to be eliminated en-
Itrrely and third running tracks laid at
the approaches. to others that will
greatly facilitate passage through
them. Providing for heavier riotive
rower than ever before employed upon
the road nectssitates increased widt.
Erru height of various points and for
n1er difficulties experienced with the
water supply are to be obviaied by
the construction of ninety-miIIion
gallon reservoir with a pipe system.
therefrom that will meet demands
which hitherto had to 90 unheeded.
The enlargement and Reconstruction
of yards. new help stations, etc. are
of the provision wh.hin the latest ap-
provaI which with these previously au-
thorized will most apPreeiabTy expe-
dite the movement of beth freight and
passenger traffic. Thursdays action
tf the Board together with former ac.
ton o. late in like direction evil
dcnces the ffvetfest faftt. a business
conditions continuing favorable, some
sixteen millions now being available
more for new motive power and equip
ment.
The 3. and o. Board of Directors at
thursdays meeting added to the large
appropriation made for roadway i'm.
provement 81 the service of President
Willlrd's plan for Increased operating
efficiency authorized some three mil
lion more expenditures for motive
power. This with the thirteen miTion
dollar order fer locomotives and cars
now being filled makes sixteen million
for new equipment an Interesting fea-
ture of which last orner for motive
Fower Is that it includes thirty mallet
engines of the heaviest weight ever
EEilt for road use- The s. and o. was
the pioneer company In the addition
Of the monster mallet, its first weigh.
ing 33i.5p0 pounrs, then the largest
locomotive in the wcrId. healg placed
ON the Sand Patch grade on tine Cor.
ncllsviiIe division. Since then oth.-
American railroads have employed thc
mEliet type for hill work. the Northern
Pacifirs weighing 25o.ooo pounds. the
Great Northcrne a62 coo pounds and
the Eric $4,000 mounds. These hefnJ
the Weighinas cf the. engines pros.r,
not including tank. TIE. 3. and o. is
now to have no less than thirty Of the
giant weight of 100000 pounds, the
heaviest knawn and much the largest
eI der ever placed for such type. Th.y
are not to be confined to hill work but
are to E= operated as grade engines
ever the Allegheny mountaine. In ad.
d'tion to the thirty rallet locomotives
OF k27.OGU pounds weight and SANE
general design rs the eishty.four now
teinI delivered.