Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-14

Const-uctaon work will commencs l immediately on the widening and
 Boston cut of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com. pany. The plans have been approved I by the public service commission. all arrangements have been completed and contract for the work has been awarded. Tke enormous growth o1 I business in the Boston freight termi- nal of the New Haven road, brought about to a large extent by the 1oca- tion of the Commonwealth pier and the Fish pier in that territory and the location of many industries in that section; all of which are served by the railroad through the South Boston cut, has riecessitated the improve This section of the railroad was constructed about 50 years ago. at a
 time when trains were much lighter
 and freight cars and engines much
 smaller than at present. The cut is
 consequently entirely inadequate for
 both the volume of business and the
 increaset size of equipment The op-
 eration of two trains in opposite di-
 time is impossible. The present in-
 adequacy will be overcome by the
 widening of the cut to allow for four
 tracks instead of two as at present,
 and by constructing SeaciSs with ann
 pie clearafces to permit all tracks to
 be used at the same time
 Completion of the work will mate riaily expedite the movement of freight
 in and cut of Boston,, beIug a most important improvement and a neceesi-
 ty which has long been recognized by the railroad company and which was authorized by the directors some time ago.
 The cut is the entrance from all the railroad lines in the South Bay dis trict to he yards, terminals and docks in South Boston. This connection with the freight yards is sometimes termed tthe nec,< of the bottls," through which passes nearly all of the fre' ght trafdc of the New Haven road ill and out of Boston. Train movements through the cut average one every three minutes during the day of 24 hours. The cut pleted will contain four tracks. An expenditure of about S1 1.00n 0eS will be required, and it is estimated that the work will take about eight months to the cut. These will be built of steel with solid floors. The grade approaches to some of the bridges will be slightly raised, while the about 10 feet below mean high water. Should Gny water accumulate in the.| cut 1t will be disposed of by a pump Ing plant having a capacity for the discharge of 4 ,8D1 gallons IAsr minute.
 A general idea of the amount of
 
 the fact that 120, ,o00 cubic yards of \ex- zavation will he necessary About 3o.- 100 cubic yards Of masonry will be re- 1ufred; -ai3c 10,oe0 square yards of street siirfacing, 3.100 squAre yards of bridge flooring, . mile ard a half of lraans and three. miles of track 1
 The growth of South Boston as a l and industrial center, 1 he bull ling of the Commonwealth ,ief-th. largest combination passen- ] ger and freight pier ln the worid-and l he Fish pie-, upon which is the 1 afgest fish market in the United l States, have all greatly increased the | business of the South Boston terri | ory. The completion of the improve | nents to the cut will prove to be of | ,reat importance to the locality as | yell as .o the business located there, ince it will permit hanSling of the ! amount of freight with the I east possible inconvenience to ship I CTS, consignees and the railroads. +