Show EASTERN ROADS IN INA INA A MERGER NOW NOV F NEW HAVEN Conn Conn June 17 Steps 17 Steps are ito to be taken almost immediately by ly bythe bythe the New Kew ew Haven Railroad c company for the merger with Itself Itsel of the Poughkeepsie Bridge system of ot railroads which which- in includes includes In- In the Central New England and its Is i subsidiary subsidiary- lines now under the New Haven Haven Hayen Ha Ha- ven yen corporations corporation's control control I The Central New England Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie- I Bridge s system has hal beside a bridge a to total to- to i tat tal tal track trac mileage of ot miles mies It I has about seven fifty seven In New York four miles mies In Massachusetts and the rest In Con Con- The Hartford Connecticut Western Wester railroad which may be regarded as the head of the Poughkeepsie Bridge system Is IB the old Connecticut Western line which iC was opened In n 1871 It was o one of I the original original- rI town 11 aid r roads of f fo Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- og for tor which assistance was wa voted by town ton bonds a system now prohibited by the Connecticut State association For Fot several years the New Haven com com- pam pany has operated the Poughkeepsie Bridge system as a separate corporation under the controlling corporations corporation's of Of- Of I |