Show G UL S Sj j I MILLIONS IN AST j 1 TInge Huge Undertaking to Crp ute I Immense Tontine e of f Pitts f burg j ON TO PHILADELPHIA DELPHIA NOW HOW i 1 J Y Project liDS Has nil Of and tIC ting or of Many Inn Obstacles While Is Js contemplating exten lo railroad construction In the w he ho has bon ben pending money with a I lavish hand hond In the tho east In order to till tap the tho greatest freight producing region In the world In order to reach the tho richest tonnage storehouse the Iho Interests lire are credited with having spent for tor the tho Into It U II now as assorted sorted that the objective of at system sy tem Is 19 Philadelphia I I r rT There T ere Is one distinguishing thing about the new Wt lino It enters tho th contest In the field fully Cully armed It Is nol th fIe l tnt of ot a n road all t trunk lines have been Its equipment In Iy complete and modern In every respect and it will Meek UH ItH share of ot on a II par with older rivals In physical Tho extension was Wl laid out and built for tor to come Through a n country averaging as difficult for tor con construction as ns traversed by the tho of oC the tha tho were directed to bulla double which from Crum tho beginning I should bo an good an nH antho the tho Pennsylvania now virtually rebuilt at nt a cost lIt of ot many million dollars in III operation Is of ot vital Im Importance on a lino IIno like the tho Wabash extension lon Low trades easy curves solid roadbed strong trong construction par particularly In tn bridges were controlling con 11 A factors All II there havo been attained nl At a construction cost ap al approximately proximately a n mile for tor tho en entire tire line IIno Exclusive of oC two great cantilever bridges there ore are nino Important vla 1 duets ducts on the line aggregating s feet In length The bridge nt huf Is the largest larH t can J bridge In America and ex IX tho 1 of or Forth r orth bridge tho largest of oC Its kind In the tho world It has haR n a middle span of ot 82 feet and two 1 of oC II feet ouch making a total length of ot 1606 feet teet Mean level of at the river ther Is cleared by hy 70 pet trel Second only to this bridge Is that over lover thu tho Ohio river at This with a n central cen span of oC feet teet ind two end pans each ench of oC feet tet has a II total length of ot 1236 feet and la Is 00 feet teet above tho water bridges cost nearly each There are 10 to tunnels on the line ag aggregating nl 20 2049 a feet teet or nearly tour four in length To the number of ot bridges the ther course r urs of oC Cross rou Creek In Pennsylvania lenn nl let Virginia has been heen changed chan nt several placed new channels as M much an Oil GO font deep deop having been through rock The entire lint line IH he laid with steel rails II s sOut Out of ot o II 1 per font grade carries tour four to 10 the summit nl t the of or tho Iho tun tunnel tunnel nel Hero will be ho the tho tormina freight yards whore whelo trains will bo made un III to full tull weight for tor the run to Jewell Jewett Except for tor this short switching haul out of ot the maximum grade ralle wet west or oa t U Is 37 l ct to tho mile t From the h will willbe be he the short to Toledo while to It will bo b only five miles and to t Louis 40 O longer than tha tho Pennsylvania P routes Tho terminal In at Liberty Terry lerry Is 18 moro more I located limn uny Iny other rail railroad road rond station illation In that Ity It I within wAlk of ot tho district and of Die tho big onico omro buildings II I Passenger Pl station and building combined will co t morr 1000 Before tho Iho freight terminal ny l tem m Is III completed another will have havo been expended |