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New York City Piers

Lease of Pier No. 33, East River, was entered into with the City of New York, to sup¬
plement the Company's pier freight station located on the adjoining Piers Nos. 34 and 35.

Important Improvements

Construction was completed on a new branch line extending from the Illinois Division
of THE CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY, leased by this Company,
to a connection with the Illinois central railroad, near Pana, Illinois, in order to serve
a coal mining operation of the Peabody Coal Company.

Work was started on the extension of Wolf Run spur of the Alliance Division of this
Company in the vicinity of Phillips, Ohio, to serve a new coal mining development of the
Warner Collieries Company.

A new passenger station at Dunkirk, New York, was placed in service. This replaces
space rented in the Erie Railroad Station.

Construction of a new passenger station at Harmon, New York, was begun. This
work will include lengthening existing platforms and canopies, providing a modern type
suburban station east of the tracks and at street level.

Construction proceeded during the year on the new passenger station improvements
at Toledo, Ohio.

Engine terminal and power house improvements were completed or in progress at
West Albany and Selkirk, New York; Ashtabula and Collinwood, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
Gibson, Indiana; and Englewood, Illinois. These improvements include modern boilers,
cinder pits and cinder-handling equipment, lengthening and rearranging enginehouses and
larger drop pits.

Improvements in classification, coach and repair yards and shops were completed
or in progress at Harmon, Rensselaer, Selkirk, Utica, and East Syracuse, New York; West
Springfield, Massachusetts; Ashtabula, Collinwood, and Air Line Junction, Ohio; Gibson
and Beech Grove, Indiana; and Englewood, Illinois. These improvements include addi¬
tional yard tracks, an electrical appliance building, extension of wheel shop, and pneumatic
tube systems, and facilities for passenger coach repair, servicing freight and passenger
Diesel-electric locomotives and car washing.

To expand facilities for storage of Diesel fuel oil, new tanks were completed or are
being installed at Harmon, Minoa, and Buffalo, New York; West Springfield, Massa¬
chusetts; Nottingham, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Gibson, Indiana; and Englewood, Illinois.

Grade crossing efimination or reconstruction projects have been completed or are
under way in Ohio at Collinwood, Toledo, Marcy, Columbus, and Cincinnati, and in Indiana
at New Auffusta.