The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-17
Local Plant Looks For
Some of Contracts
to be Let by Penn
Sylvania Railroad
BIDS ARE NOT
YET ASKED FOR
Announced That IA Locomotives, 146
All-steel Passenger Cars and 9,745
Freight Cars Are to Be Included in
the New Equipment

1t was stated in the executive offices
of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, in
Steeltou, this morning, that the local
corporation confidently expects to re-
ceive a considerable share of the con-
tracts for material under the plan of
the Pennsylvania railroad, announced
last night in Philadelphia to spend
$20,000,000 for new equipment.
While the Steelton Company has not
yet received specifications on which to
base bids the steel company officials
feel sure that it will share largely in
the contracts.
The Harrisburg and Enola car shops
of the Pennsylvania railroad will not
build any of the new rolling stock, ac
cording to information obtained this
morning from the office of William b.
McCaleb, superintendent of the Phila-
DELPHI vision of the Pennsylvania
railrC
Tn local shops are not equipped for
the building OF locomotives or cars, the
work done here being principally re-
pairs. Much of the car and locomotive
building work will be done in the AL
toona shops of the company.
Philadelphia, April 17.-Signs of an
impending era of countrywide prosper
ity are seen in the announcement from
the offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad
last night that the company would to-
day go into the markets for $40, ,000,-
600 of new equipment and for new ma
al for ,..,l
it will build in it's own construction
shops.
The company will build at once 144
new locomotives, 46 all-steel passen-
ger ears and approximately 10000
freight cars. This is the largest order
for rolling stock given by the Pennsyl-
vania in years, and assures protract-
ed period of great activity in the com
pany's own shops and for other rail
way construction concerns.
All the new equipment will go to re.
place rolling stock now worn out. The
announcement bears out the statements
made by railroad officials to the effect
that when they got per cent. in
crease in freight rates they would be in
a position to make large expenditures
on new equipment.
Coming on top of the announcement
by President E. B. Thomas of the Le-
high Valley Railroad, that his com
pany would spend s1,000,000, the
Pennsylvania 5 announcement heralds a
business boom which will affect the en-
tire country.
The Pennsylvania will build much
of the new rolling stocks in its Juniata
shops, at Altoona. 1t is likely that
number of large Pennsylvania concerns
will get some of the contracts.
Cars to Be of Steel
Most of the new equipment is to be
all-steel, in keeping with the Pennsyl-
vania s announced policy to build only
with steel until ultimately every train
operated by the company-passenge
and freight-will be of all-steel con
struction.
The company's comprehensive pro-
gram includes the building of 144 new
locomotives, 76 of which will be loco
motives of the new standard freight
type, and 6S shifting engines. Bids
will be asked to-day for the materials
for these engines. Only this week the
Juniata shops management laid, off a
number of men and cut down the num-
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