Catoctin clarion., 1911-06-15
". N. R. R. Will Not Build
New Shops.
Preparing to Handle Lumber.

Preparing to Handle Lumber.
J.H. Shepherd, general manager of
the Western Maryland Railway Company,
and H H Berry, superintendent of the
West Virginia division of the road. went
to Hambleton, w. Va, Monday after
noon to locate spur and necessary sid
ings to accommodate the tonnage which
will result from an extensive lumber de-
velopment enterprise which is in process
of formation In that section.
The company, which has acquired the
timber rights on an extremely large
acreage near Hambleton, is known a.
the Beulah Lumber Company. There 10
iaid to be ample capital back Of the en-
terprise and the amount of lumber which
will be cut, sawed and marketed within
the next seven years will approximate
70, 600, 900 cubic feet, of which about l0,-
OOO, 900 feet will be got each year.
The lumber will be principally spruce
and hemlock. with liberal sprinkling OF
oak. The Western Maryland will get
practically all Of this immense tonnage
at it's point of origination, and the amount
of new traffic which It will furnish to the
railroad company may be appreciated
when it is known that the capacity of an
average lumber car is about $4,000 feet.
The officials of the Western Maryland
Railway Company have about concluded
not to locate any new car shops at Cum
berland or anywhere else in connection
with the Connellsville extension for some
time to come, at least.
The intention of the management now
is to enlarge the present shops at Ha-
gerstown so that all locomotive repair
work, in particular, can be taken care of
at that point for the whole system. 1t
is pointed out that this will be the more
economical plan, as one set of 10 foremen
can handle the business at Hagerstown,
whereas, if new shops were built at an
other point this force W ould have to be
duplicated without any particular in
crease in efficiency to the amount of
work turned out. Then, again, in the
case of two or more shops the amount
and value of supplies for repairs carried
in stock would have to be nearly doubled
and altogether the overhead charges
would be increased to an unwarranted
extent without any corresponding bene-
fits accruing. with the exception of
shorter haul for disabled engines and
cars to and from the shops. AS the en-
gines are never permitted in the usual
course to reach point where they can
not proceed to the shops under their own
steam. and take disabled cars with them,
if necessary, the distance to the shops
does not cut much of a figure.
John B. Carter, president of the Carter
Construction Company, which has the
contract for building the Connelsville ex-
tension to the Western Maryland Rail
way Company, made a very favorable
report to President Robertson. of the
railroad company, regarding the progress
of the construction work on the new line
and assured the Western Maryland's ex-
ecutive that the extension would be ready
for the OPERATION of trains between Cum
berland and Connelsvlle by the first of
October, or a full month in advance of
the time agreed upon under the contract.
AS the construct for the building of
the extension provided for bonus of
81 600 per day to be paid to the Carter
Construction Company for each day that
interviewed between the date of the actual
completion of the line and November l.,
the contracting firm bids fair to profit
considerably, because of the expeditions
manner in which the work is being done.
Evening Sun.