Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-07
BIG RAILROAD JOBS
NEARING COMPLETION
CONTINUED From First Pagel


burg, additional freight track facilities
new turntable east of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad station, additional
tracks for engines and passenger cars.
underground wire system, additional
! freight tracks at Steelton, improve
ments at No. roundhouse and new
signal towers at Harrisburg and
Enola.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way Company is still at work on the
new freight track between Rutherford
yards and Nineteenth street, and ten
additional tracks in the yards at
Rutherford. All of the work now
under way will be completed early in
January except the new freight sta
tion which will not be ready before
next Fall.
The Robert Grace Company of
Pittsburgh, contractors on the Cum
berland Valley bridge have been MAX
ing history in the construction of this
reinforced concrete viaduct. East of
the Island the bridge is finished
Tracks are being placed in position
and will be ready for service as soon
as the west side of the bridge is COM
pleted. The date fixed for turning
the bridge over to the railroad COM
pany is December l. This. however,
it is said. is not compulsory because
of flood troubles, but the contractors
whose work has been favorably dis
cussed in railroad and scientific
magazines throughout the country,
will not be far behind time. There
are four spans to be finished. Forces
are busy night and day and indica-
tions are that the bridge tracks will
be connected with the main line early
next month.
The Warren Moore Company of
Philadelphia is working on the new
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delays in getting this improvement
under way because of water trouble
and lack of labor. However. the con-
tractors are more than pleased with
the progress made. The new station
is to be four stories in height, built
of reinforced concrete. and there will
be three freight sheds. and tracks to
accommodate 143 cars. The cost of
this improvement is estimated at
100000.
The new turntable east of the sta
tion is expected to be ready in Janu-
airy. This table will save considerable
time in turning engines for emergency
use, and in handling combination cars
that must be turned. Now it is neces-
sary to go to No. l roundhouse. The
new table will be operated by cleo
tricity and will be 175 feet in length.
The underground wire system which
starts at Seventh and Division streets
is completed to Forster street The
conduits, six in number will carry all
railroad wires, which VIII mean the
removal of hundreds of poles in the
railroad yards and along Seventh
street. In order to get the wires over
the Herr street subway, it was neces-
sary to construct q large concrete
conduit, measuring 60 feet in length
and weighing u tons. This mammoth
concrete slab was made near the sub
way, and was hoisted in position last
Sunday with the aid of a large steam
derrick.
The additions to No. 2 roundhouse
to accommodate the large engines now
in use are finished. The brick walls
are in position and men have been at
work on the pits for sometime. The
new hump at Maclay street, and the
tower at Lucknow along with the new
electric system for operating the
switches in the yards were completed
sometime ago.
The Reading improvements were