Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
EDGE MOOR'S YARDS
To Be SUPER-YAROS
Pennsylvania Railroad Will Spend
Two Millions in Great
Improvement.

More than $4,000 900 will he spent
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. for
the conversion Of the freight Yards at
Edge Moor into n sort Of super va rdg,
n vast receiving departure and ciassifl-
cation station, extending the present
system by more than three miles Of track
age and solving very great and compl-
Gated transportation problem. Work has
already been started on the job.
The announcement is Of far-reachng
importance to Wilmington, for these
big extensions will make this city, per-
haps one of the big shipping points Of the
Fast and the whole territory contiguous
10 the enlarged freight yards il bound
To undergo greater development than
heretofore dreamed about.
Something of the magnitude Of this
work may be undcrst ood when II ~ ex-
planned that 81 500 600 will bc spent for
construction work, 800. 600 for new
property and $500 900 TO increase the
locomotive facilities Of the company at
the Wilmington shops, which will mean
enlargement Of the present round-house
and other property connected with It.
The bigness Of the project may be shown
further by the statement that, to com
pletc his work $50 900 yards Of grading
must be done, an 'Indergrade bridge
built and 2fS, 900 linear feet Of track laid
In connection with The larger project
there are many other lesser improvements
to he made all Of them important
enough in themselves including an OK
tension southwark Of the northbound
platform ut French street station, nj a
cost nf s5.406. now water facilities for the
west yard at n cost of si2 ,36s and new
10O-foot turntahlc at the Wilmington
shops engine house. replacing the S5-fOot
turntahle there NJ present, the cost Of
this operation being s34 ,297
It Is expected that the French street
station extension Will be completed in
October Just now the company is wait
ing structural material in order to 90
ahead with the work As to the new
water facilities in tho west ward the tub
has already been completed and IS IN
service, an overhead bridge has been
erected and the company IS waiting
for overhead water fixtures II is OK
pcctcd that This work may he completed
hy September For the new turntable
in the engine house At the Wilmington
shops material has been ordered and II
is hoped that this work too, NAV be
completed in September
II was owing 10 the enormous increase
= y and " railroad in the vicinity Of
Wilmington that the present yard facili-
tics at Edge Moor were entirely outgrown
and careful investigation of additional
facilities in the Wilmington district bad 70
be made to determine whwt her tho ew
facilities should be located at Edge Moor
On account Of the large investment
represented in the present facilities it
was finally determined to make the
improvements at this location
The present classification yard con
sists Of thirty tracks, extending from
the Shellpot branch at Shellpot creek
10 connection with the main line If the
+ B. and W railroad at Edge Moor
station. The new yards proposed include
receiving, classification and departure
yards, both north and south bound,
the work under way at present being
confined altogether to the northbound
yards The southbound yards Will be
built at some future time.