Brookfield reaches railroad spur agreement with Westinghouse for muntions plant

NO DELAY ON PLANT

OF WESTINGHOUSE

Agreement Reached for Spur to

New Munition Plant with the

Brookfield Glass Co.

Under agreements reached at a conference in New York yesterday, there will be no delay of operations in construction of a railroad spur to the proposed new munition factory of the Westinghouse Air Brake Com­pany and the American Locomotive Company. In accordance with terms agreed upon, the Brookfield Glass Company will permit the construc­tion of a spur across its property. Work for the new munitions plant has been started, a tool house has been erected and, under the speed with which it is intended to push construction of the plant, it will not be long before the big corporations will have large forces of men at work grinding out high explosives for the allies. It is stated upon good au­thority that the the manufacturers have a $60,000,000 order from the allies in the European war to load high explosives.

The Westinghouse Air Brake Company and allied manufacturers will pay $2,000 for a two-year lease for privilige [sic] privilege to operate a railroad spur across the Brookfield company's land, according to the agreements reached yesterday. This settlement was brought about largely through the efforts of C. R. Rose, represent­ing the Brookfield Glass Company. Its land lies between a railroad and 370 acres of land, which the Westinghouse manufacturers have under lease from Asbury Fountain, his brother, James, and Henry Wolff. When it was reported that Westinghouse interests would try and force their way across about five acres of the Brookfield concern's property, armed guards are reported to have been placed on duty to ward off any such attempt.

Arrangements were made for an amicable adjustment of the problem. At the conference held in the Westinghouse office yesterday were H. M. Brookfield and counsel, C. R. Rose, on one side, and H. H. Westinghouse, president; R. F. Emery, secretary; A, Miller vice president of the Westinghouse concern; Leavitt J. Hunt, of the firm of Hunt, Hill & Betts, and Russell E. Watson and Frederick Weigel, the latter two of New Brunswick, on the other.

The plant which the Westinghouse interests are erecting will be an aux­iliary works to fill the one $60,000,000 order, alleged to be from the allies. It was learned during the conference yesterday that the con­tract would be up in about eighteen months.

In addition to receiving $2,000 for the use of a portion of its land, the Brookfield concern will secure all of the improvements, including rails, ties and general equipment on its land at the expiration of the two-year lease.