Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-29
NEW HAvEN's EQUIPMENT.
Company Increases Facilities BY Or.
dering 1926 Units of Service.


In its efforts to build the system. and
in spite of the difficult financial condi-
uons the company has had to confront,
the New Haven railroad in little over
two years has expended over $1,000
900 for new equipment and has author
lied the expenditure for additional
equipment of over "a 500, 900. The to-
tai amount involved in equipment or
dered and authorized from September
/. 1913, to December 81, 1915, is &c.
500. 600
This expenditure of approximately
0,50O.O 900 for purchases the company
has made or obligated itself to make
constitutes a total of 1885 units of
equipment. This equipment has been
ordered with the view of bringing the
facilities Of the company up TO the
standards required by the business of
New England.
OF the 1886 units that have been or
dered in the twenty-eight months
from September l. 1913 to the begin
ming of the present yeah. At units
have already been delivered. These
include 3 electric locomotives. III
coaches. 80 smokers, 100 baggage cars
Is baggage and mail cars. 20 bag
gage and smokers. 6 club cars. 10 milk
cars, Is postal cars. so cabooses,
crane, 1 wrecking crane. 10 multiple
unit motors and 26 multiple unit
trailers.
There are 75s units that have been
| ordered but have not yet been de-
| livered. Included in this list are so
steam locomotives, 63 coaches, IS bag
gage cars, 500 coal cars, and so re-
frigerator cars, and 2 multiple unit
| motors.
The following is a statement just is
| sued by the auditing department Of the
| New Haven railroad itemizing the
| equipment delivered and ordered but
not delivered from September l, 1913
| to December 81, 1915:
| Electric locomotives units. coach
| es' III units. smokers 80 units. bag
gage 100 units, baggage and mail IL
| units. baggage and smoker 20 units
club cars units milk cars Is units
| postal cars Is units. cabooses so units
| NJ. L. motors Is units, NJ L. trailer.
| &c units. Total delivered, Az units.
Ordered burt not delivered:
Steam locomotives 80 units, COACHES
63 units, baggage IS units milk car
| % units, refrigerator cars so units
coal cars 500 units, diners units, fu
neral cars 2 units, NJ. L. motors
units. Total 759 units.
Total delivered and ordered but no
delivered 1926, S10.5C0.O00.
The Central New England railday
in the same period. has placed in com
mission 3 steam locomotives. g coach
es. 4 combination smoker and baggag
cars and combination mail, expires
and baggage cars. This is a tota
of IS units of equipment delivered an,
| pliced in service. In addition to thi
the Central New England railway ha
authorized and ordered 8 Mixado loco
motives This makes a tital expen
} ditUre for new equipment on the Cen
trail New England of about 5000. 900.
The company plans to spend add
tional millions of dollars on variou
: Improvements to provide the facilitie
{ demanded by the business of Ney
England. Expenditures for these i'm
: provements will be authorized as rap
' IDLY as the funds can be provided an
] the necessary men and materials oh
b. tanned. Deliveries of new equipmen
! are slof because builders are havin
5 ". For example. thirty-three power
! tumn of 1915 and promised the com
pany In January and February. 1911
: viii not be received before April an
l. May. Fifty Of the most powerful pas
1 senger locomotives ever introduced in
s to the service were ordered in Fet
j ruary and delivery is promised by Az
r gust With eighty new and power
{ full locomotives the company will I
= able to improve the reliability of II
:, service which fs4s not been satisraC
tory to it nor to fla patrons for SON
time. The heavy engines will natul
| ally be used on the main line wheI
trains are heaviest and this will pei
9 init the engines now in use there
take the place of lighter engines c
| other parts of the road which are no
/. | too light for the volume of busine,
= and weight of cars.