Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — NOVEL IDEA IN RAILROADING [ARTICLE]

NOVEL IDEA IN RAILROADING

Eastern Road Inaugurates Central Classification Yard for it* Entire System. j| The New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, despite its troubles, has just started to put in effect what amounts to a new idea In railroading—a central classification yard for its entire system. The new yard is to be at Montowese, or Cedar Hill, near New Haven, and will be the largest in New England. The Idea of a classification yard may not be entirely new in Itself, but the New Haven yard will be the hub of the whole system, covering most of New England, from all parts of which trains, on all routes, made up of cars for all destinations, will be run to Montowese to be sorted, thus relieving the present terminals and yards on the outposts of the system from much* of their present burden. The Montowese yard will be big enough to take the peak load of the whole system without overcrowding. At the same time the plan of a single huge central classification yard Is relied on by New Haven officials to simplify compliance with the eight-hour law. — New York Times. ——•