Port Clinton, Ohio Progressive Times from Port Clinton, Ohio • 8

rp I 7 rtr Page Six i Progressive Times Port Clinton OV Thursday September 26 1929 'IT'' Dream Of ears Has Come Why wait another year to own ah Eight True Elevation Completed New York Central Trains Now Run High Over Streets Dangerous Crossings Eliminated 11 oe The steel for the bridges arrived in August and work was rushed on the grading of the east bound track over the elevation On Friday September 9 1928 the first train east bound passed over the elevation It was a freight train The first passenger train was the Interstate Express No 150 which runs between Chicago New York an Boston and which comes through Port' Clinton at 8:30 By October 1928 the retaining wall mlogg the jyorth from Madison street to beyond Jefferson street was finished and the work on the west bound track was rushed to completion West bound traffic over the elevation began October 5 when the mail train No 151 pasesd over it at 2:11 With the opening of both east am west bound tracks 18 watchmen some of whom had seen many years of duty as crossing guardians were out rof jobs or transferred to other work The bridge tenders also were transferred from the old to the new bridge The dirt fill was completed' by Thanksgiving day 1928 afid the work of grading- and building the other two tracks and placing the remaining bridges was carried on winter weather had been purchased by the railroad company was equipped for a commissary and sleeping quarters for the out-of-town men Charles McNall employed by the New York Central had supervision of the work The very first sign of a change was the removing of the Madison street crossing gates which had become a landmark in Port Clinton A few days later Madison street was closed to traffic Before the beginning of the year 1928 the concrete abutments for the bridges on Harrison street Monroe street Madison street and the south side of the retaining wall along Thiid street were completed Temporary tracks were built north of the old line so tat trains could continue their schedules igniHLieu 416 UnUKClf 1IUWCKI In January 1928 Madison street were not all completed until the sum' through the as the permitted The bridges however was opened to pedestrians a watchman was placed on duty with his shelter house on the north side of the tracks Work on the overhead was suspended until spring when the trestle work for the -dirt fill was rushed The former Ineichen famf in Erie township was purchased to supply the clay necessary for the elevation fill The stone came from the Marblehead quarries The jack knife draw bridge was lowered into posi- mer of this year Ia the spring of 1929 work was begun on the sidewalks and pavements under the- subways Westbound traffic was switched to the north trgck to give the engineers a chance to remove the wood bridge woyk under the south track and replace it with steel pillars to support the steel bridges at six street openings At Monroe and- Second streets 'the old railroad bed was leveled down The last bit of construction on the Hew York Central trick elevation his been completed There yet remain itw incidentals tidying up jobs of minor character and then the gigantic undertaking which cost more than £3500000 is finished in every detail Years ago when the New York Central was still the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern the idea was conceived to eliminate the curves through Fort Clinton but it was not until 1012 that the idea 'took material form The question of elevating the tracks through the town when the tracks would be straightened was discussed pro and con by the citizens Xt was finally decided to do away with 'the 11 dangerous crossings by asking the New York Central to elevate their tracks The straightening1 of the line from near the Three-mile crossing at tbs west to a little beyond the Madison street crossing The elevation began west of the Ifatthews boat plant extending two and one-half miles through the city to the lane on the old Widow Payne farm near the trestle' The work began in 1912 with the attempt to throw up a railroad bed from the bottom of the Portage river by means of hydraulic dredges but it soon was seen that this would not be Xaesible A fill was then made' by hauling material from some distant point and gradually building across the water The jack knife elevation railroad bridge was built in 1913 and it was evident that the work would be ashed through The World War owever caused the work to be abandoned In 1926 the project was again given attention The New York Central found it necessary to condemn several properties for a right-of-way Legal action took up some length of fit time Two condemnation suits wen in probate court that of the Fool hospital and the Freer property The others were settled out of court In September 1927 the New York Central awarded the contract for the Construction to the Hecker-Moon Con-onstruction company of Cleveland and work began in earnest 1 The building on West Second Street which formerly was the St John's Lutheran church and which tion ill readiness for the clay hauling an(j a brick pavement built and crete sidewalks constructed making one of -the neatest in this Corner town In May 1928 the first clay was dumped for the elevation Two trains were employed to haul the clay and two steam shovels wt re kept busy loading the cars Work was carried on day and night searchlights providing the necessary illumination at night New sidings were constructed to accommodate Tanke' ft Wepler Coal company the Gypsum Canning company East Clinton Lumber A Coal company Matthews boat plant Fort Clinton Lumber Coal company Bell-Bcnee Fish company and Lund-gard brothers' mill If was necessary to move water lines at Madison street and Jefferson street so they would not lie under concrete work The lines of the Northern Qhio Telephone company and wires were placed in conduits under the embankment By June the fill had been extended to Washington street and the concrete work was nearly finished evident on every hand America wants to stay in high gearl I The public knows that extra gear shifting and ier engineejing devices applied to a six-cylinder motorSvill not give the smoothness and flexibility of an eifrht 1 nr Madison street was widened from the subway north to the post office and paved with brick The depot was moved from its old location at Depot street to the site on Fulton street two blocks further west A basement was built under it and a furnace installed other radical improvements were make making it completely modern Shelter houses at the track level were built one for passengers and the other for express and freight packages An elevator to carry freight to and from the track level was installed The elevation is of four track construction but as yet only the' two tracks are used except one which was used temporarily for construction work Two of the four tracks are for high speed traffic only that is the passenger and mail service These are the inside tracks The outer tracks are for freight trains Jefferson subway was completed this week and the force of the Modern Construction company are at the Fulton street subway The Hecker-Moon company -moved the last of their equipment last week The old Lutheran church building was dismantled of its kitchen dining and sleeping equipment The building is now empty Comments on the effect the elevation has on the appearance of our town are for the most part favorable The cars started it- Today every fine American motor car Is an Eight Now we find the same sweeping trend amongcars of more moderate cost In eight key states for fhe first six months of 1929 new car registrations above $1000 showed a 90 --per cent increase in Eights while sixes above $1000 showed a decrease of 1 6 per cent Spurred on by an Eight-minded public Studebaker set out two years ago to build a high-quality Eight that could be sold at moderate six-cylinder cost HOWARD BOLINGER Manager Quick Relief Sure New Laxative WALDORF TISSUE A Real Kroger Value at This Low Price 4 for 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