Complex sentence: The CNJ created the Lake Hopatcong Railroad to connect the CNJ's High Bridge Branch line with the Ogden Mine terminus at Nolan's Point, and by 1882 the connection was in operation and the Ogden Mine's dependence on the Morris Canal ended.
Split into simpler sentences: The CNJ created the Lake Hopatcong Railroad to connect the CNJ's High Bridge Branch line with the Ogden Mine terminus at Nolan's Point. By 1882, the connection was in operation and the Ogden Mine's dependence on the Morris Canal ended.