. Book of the Royal blue . iles of second track, is new bridges and the entire division rocked I he yard 1 apai it) at 1 Cumberland hasbeen increased over 300 per cent, and new , etc., have been added. Cumberlaithe poinl where the second, third and Connellsvilledivisions unite. The new yards have been ar-ranged so that trains ma one divisionot interfere with am other. lln seco n entirely relaid with S5-pound rails and thetrack roi 1 d. The result of the new equip- ment, better grades, other track, strongei bridgesand more careful managements finds expression initement that the av
. Book of the Royal blue . iles of second track, is new bridges and the entire division rocked I he yard 1 apai it) at 1 Cumberland hasbeen increased over 300 per cent, and new , etc., have been added. Cumberlaithe poinl where the second, third and Connellsvilledivisions unite. The new yards have been ar-ranged so that trains ma one divisionot interfere with am other. lln seco n entirely relaid with S5-pound rails and thetrack roi 1 d. The result of the new equip- ment, better grades, other track, strongei bridgesand more careful managements finds expression initement that the average train load has in- d in two years al t 1 pi Baltimore 8 Ohio now runs a fasi freight be-tween New York and <hieago. practically equal to the best till Ol her lines. The growth in pa kept pace with the gain in freight. The company asks noodds in competition on business from New York toi 1 .vest. It is at a disad- vantage onl) ntial run. The connection with ReadinCentral station by way of the 1growing in H 3 - a ROBERT S. WINSMORES contribution in the N. Y. Times, togetherwith the Times reprint of Mr. Dons article: A NEW BALTIMORE & OHIO. Baltimore & Ohios expenditure foi imp merits and new equipmenl during the regime of the receivers have been the subjects of much criticism. \\ hen Mi ssrs. I owi n I VI m ray b iok Ihi tand that it was absolutel) essential to the upbuilding and rehabilitate t the Baltimore A Ohio pr to have the proper (acilities foi gel ing and handlin^ traffic—that il was neci ssarj to improve theroad physically before ii could be improved finan-cially—there was much obje >ondholders,who could not, foi personal reasons, favoi theof receivers certifii would take place aheadol the mortga Lhal the improvi menl polii ) is a « isi i me nowmakes itself evident, first in the steadily increasingearnings I the road and again in the physical con-dition oi the pr< iperty. M any i hanges haimade, and there is to-day practically a new Baltim
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