. Book of the Royal blue . eks with fiftymen. What is known as the Old Main Linewas always just about as crooked as a rail-road very well could be without tying itselfin a knot, and about a year ago $2,, was appropriated to defray theexpense of reducing the grades and elim-inating the curvature on this line. Thiswork is now in progress and will probablybe completed by spring. Another verycrooked piece of track was what was for-merly known as the Seven Curves, east ofCumberland. These curves were removedat a cost of $89,, and with them theexcuse for several vaudeville quips whi
. Book of the Royal blue . eks with fiftymen. What is known as the Old Main Linewas always just about as crooked as a rail-road very well could be without tying itselfin a knot, and about a year ago $2,, was appropriated to defray theexpense of reducing the grades and elim-inating the curvature on this line. Thiswork is now in progress and will probablybe completed by spring. Another verycrooked piece of track was what was for-merly known as the Seven Curves, east ofCumberland. These curves were removedat a cost of $89,, and with them theexcuse for several vaudeville quips whichwere imposed upon the ]iublic for years. Another big piece of work now in prog-ress is known as the Patterson (reekCut-off, which is a new line constructed asa short-cut, which will save some distanceand considerable curvature. This workcost $1,, The steady increase in the export of allkinds of material produced in this countrymade it necessary for the Baltimore it Ohioto build a yard and pier in Philadelphia,. WHERE THE MONEY WAS SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS ON B. & 0. exclusively for business of this work cost $375, When the railroad went into the handsof receivers, in March, 1896, there was verylittle rail in the tracks heavier than seventypounds to the yard. All of this light railhas been removed from the main line of theroad and put in side-tracks and on thesmaller branch lines where there is butlittle traffic, and has been replaced by railweighing and 100 pounds per rail purchased during the past sixyears has been as follows: 1896 22,908 tons 1897 31,.547 1898 3,5,179 1899 75,618 1900 71, 1901 40,651 Total 330,234 tons To insure better time of trains and re-duce the risk of accident to the minimum,a great deal of the line has been double-tracked, where only single track existedbefore, and passing sidings have been con-structed at many places. Work of this kind on the Philadelphia Division duringthe past eighteen months has cost
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